Bushehr NPP to be launched soon - Russian Foreign Ministry
MOSCOW. July 21 (Interfax) - The Bushehr nuclear power plant will be launched shortly, and the exact date will be set with the Iranian side's request taken into account, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
"The launch is on the immediate schedule. I cannot name the exact date, but Deputy Foreign Minister Borodavkin, while dealing with journalists, described the situation in the following way: Russia would like Iranian colleagues to provide more specific requests on exactly when they would like the nuclear power plant to be launched," Lukashevich said at a press briefing in Moscow on Thursday.
Preparations for the launch are proceeding according to plan. "Technologically, the process complies with the plan. No setbacks have been reported," he said.