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Turkey's energy and natural resources minister told reporters from foreign media on Thursday that Turkey is in the final stages of completing its second nuclear energy deal with China. The country is preparing to generate its first nuclear-powered electricity next year through a plant being constructed by Russia...
If an agreement is reached, it will symbolize NATO member Turkey's all-directional friendships, even during a period of intensified U.S.-China rivalry.
Alparslan Bayraktar mentioned that a Chinese delegation, led by the deputy director of the National Energy Administration, recently visited the site in Turkey's northwestern city of Kirklareli. This location, near Turkey's borders with Greece and Bulgaria, is planned to host four nuclear reactors. The project has been a subject of negotiation between Turkey and China for several years.
"We have been in talks with a Chinese company for a very long time. We are now at a stage where finalization is needed within a few months' time. We need to reach an agreement because there are other interested parties," Bayraktar said.
"We have already had enough negotiations on certain aspects of the deal. We are quite close," the minister added..
China has been engaged in discussions to construct a four-reactor power plant at a third site in Turkey's northwest for nearly a decade. China's State Power Investment Corp. is pitching its CAP 1400 reactors...
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