Lukashenko invites Lithuania and Poland to resume dialogue
<p> MINSK, Nov 9 - PrimePress. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko urges the leadership of Lithuania and Poland to abandon confrontational rhetoric and get back to dialogue. He spoke about this on November 7, 2020 when visit to the NPP in Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast, the presidential press office reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> “I once again address [Lithuania] today from this site, the Belarusian NPP. Let’s live together. Let’s be good neighbors. Our peoples once lived in one state, lived normally, and they have lived normally until recently. But, out of the blue, they are making innuendoes. Well, if they realized that they were mistaken, leave us be. Let’s work together. Let’s produce electricity, sell it, exchange,” Lukashenko said. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to the president, under the external pressure, Lithuania began to categorically oppose the NPP construction. “Pushed from the EU, they claim that the plant is unsafe, and things like that. Why? Because we are competitors today, competitors to Western countries. They do not want this plant, as they do not want a peaceful, calm Belarus,” Lukashenko said. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Oblast also referred to as Astravyets) will have two units with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts. The AES-2006 Russian standard design of (generation 3+) was chosen for its construction. Rosatom’s division Atomstroyexport acts as the general contractor for the NPP construction. The Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant RUE is the project customer and the future operator of the NPP. The first power unit was launched on November 3, 2020. It is expected to be put into commercial operation in February 2021; the second unit – in May 2022. </p> <p> </p> <p> Lithuania has been objecting the NPP construction since its very beginning, pointing at insufficient safety and violations of the established procedures for preparing the site for the construction. After the launch of the NPP, Lithuania and Latvia stopped procuring electricity from Belarus. Poland had early announced the same intent. End </p> <p> </p>
2020-11-10
Primepress
Lukashenko invites Lithuania and Poland to resume dialogue
MINSK, Nov 9 - PrimePress. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko urges the leadership of Lithuania and Poland to abandon confrontational rhetoric and get back to dialogue. He spoke about this on November 7, 2020 when visit to the NPP in Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast, the presidential press office reports.
“I once again address [Lithuania] today from this site, the Belarusian NPP. Let’s live together. Let’s be good neighbors. Our peoples once lived in one state, lived normally, and they have lived normally until recently. But, out of the blue, they are making innuendoes. Well, if they realized that they were mistaken, leave us be. Let’s work together. Let’s produce electricity, sell it, exchange,” Lukashenko said.
According to the president, under the external pressure, Lithuania began to categorically oppose the NPP construction. “Pushed from the EU, they claim that the plant is unsafe, and things like that. Why? Because we are competitors today, competitors to Western countries. They do not want this plant, as they do not want a peaceful, calm Belarus,” Lukashenko said.
Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Oblast also referred to as Astravyets) will have two units with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts. The AES-2006 Russian standard design of (generation 3+) was chosen for its construction. Rosatom’s division Atomstroyexport acts as the general contractor for the NPP construction. The Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant RUE is the project customer and the future operator of the NPP. The first power unit was launched on November 3, 2020. It is expected to be put into commercial operation in February 2021; the second unit – in May 2022.
Lithuania has been objecting the NPP construction since its very beginning, pointing at insufficient safety and violations of the established procedures for preparing the site for the construction. After the launch of the NPP, Lithuania and Latvia stopped procuring electricity from Belarus. Poland had early announced the same intent. End