MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday to discuss various bilateral and international issues, the Kremlin press service said Monday.
"On August 25, a meeting will take place between President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and c, who will travel to Russia on a working visit at the invitation of the Russian president," the press service said in a statement.
Joint projects, including plans to build Jordan's first nuclear power plant, will be discussed.
"The leaders will also exchange views on key regional and international issues, including countering the Islamic State terrorist group, settlement of the Syrian conflict, the Middle East peace process," the statement reads.
Russia and Jordan signed an intergovernmental agreement in March this year laying a legal foundation for the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Jordan.
The Russian state-run Rosatom corporation is expected to build two 1,000-megawatt nuclear power units in the country’s north by 2022.
Jordan’s ultimate goal to provide nearly a third of its electricity generated from nuclear power by 2030 came about after the 2007 discovery of large uranium deposits.
