Earlier in the day, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev and Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto held talks in Turkiye.
"The parties noted the high level of implementation of the Paks-2 NPP project, which was achieved thanks to joint effective work with the Hungarian customer for the construction of future power units built according to the Russian design of III+ generation nuclear power plants," the statement says.
The plans are to begin work on the construction of the nuclear units by the end of this year, the company said.
It is planned that "before the end of July, a core melt localization device will be delivered to the construction site — the first large-sized cargo that will arrive in Paks from Russia."