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Rosatom says nuclear plant projects in unfriendly countries need state agreements
Rosatom says it is open to discussing nuclear power plant projects in countries Russia considers unfriendly.
Chief Executive Alexey Likhachev was asked about a possible request from Germany, but he did not say Germany had made one.
He said projects would require intergovernmental arrangements before they could move forward.
Likhachev said nuclear cooperation is sensitive and tied to international obligations, so it cannot be handled separately from relations between governments.
He pointed to Indonesia, where a document on building a plant was signed, but a government agreement is still needed.
Any German proposal would require dialogue between governments, and possibly their leaders, if German businesses or the government again pursue nuclear energy.
Rosatom is open to building nuclear power plants in countries it considers unfriendly, but says government-to-government agreements must come first.
Chief Executive Officer Alexey Likhachev said nuclear cooperation is sensitive and tied to Russia’s international obligations.
He said any project would require intergovernmental dialogue and specific agreements.
Likhachev made the comments in an interview with RT while discussing a hypothetical request from Germany.
- Who
- Rosatom and its Chief Executive Officer, Alexey Likhachev.
- What
- Rosatom says it would consider building nuclear power plants in countries it considers unfriendly, subject to intergovernmental agreements.
- When
- November 12, 2026.
- Where
- The comments were made in an interview with RT. Germany was discussed as a hypothetical location for a project.
- Why
- Likhachev said nuclear cooperation is sensitive and bound up with international obligations.
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- Company
- Rosatom
- Executive
- Alexey Likhachev, chief executive officer
- Condition
- Intergovernmental arrangements and specific agreements
- Hypothetical country discussed
- Germany
- Example of a separate agreement
- Indonesia
What people are saying
Yes, let’s discuss this.
we can only make any real progress once intergovernmental arrangements are in place, leading to specific agreements
This issue cannot be isolated from the broader context of intergovernmental relations.