25 August 2015, 20:52 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Erdogan arrived in Moscow earlier today for a one-day visit to attend the opening of one of Europe’s largest mosques near the center of the city. The Turkish leader discussed a number of bilateral and global issues with the Russian leader.
"The construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant Akkuyu (four blocks, 1200 megawatt (MW) each, the forecasting commissioning date — year 2022)," the materials read.
In 2010, Moscow and Ankara signed an agreement that a subsidiary of Russia's nuclear energy company Rosatom would build, own, and operate a power plant at the Akkuyu site in the southern Turkish province of Mersin. In 2013, Ankara commissioned Rosatom to implement the project, the cost of which is estimated at about $20 billion. Construction began in April 2015.
The Akkuyu will produce about 35 billion kilowatt-hours per year. The NPP is expected to generate electricity for about 60 years.
