BEIJING, June 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Europe are collaborating on a project to build a space complex in Kuru, French Guinea, the head of Russia's Federal Space Agency said Wednesday.
Building a launch site in Kuru is Russia and the European Space Agency's main joint project, said Anatoly Perminov.
According to a contract, Russia will help construct the complex and supply it with Soyuz-2 type launch vehicles.
Perminov said construction has already begun.
"Joint ventures are being established both to build different purpose spacecraft and launch those vehicles from (Russia's( Plesetsk launching site," Perminov site.
Perminov is here for the Russian-Chinese Commission for Cooperation in Space.
