Burkina/Russia cooperation: the nuclear power plant project is taking shape

2023-10-13 13:05:10

Relations between the authorities of Burkina Faso and those of Russia quickly warmed up. “We need electricity production. We would like to build a small nuclear power plant in our country. We occupy a strategic position in the center of the West African region. A region which generally experiences an energy deficit. I think that if Russia can gain a foothold in this area, it will be able to generate energy for the entire region,” declared Captain IB during his stay in Russia in July 2023.
We thought this point had been sidelined as recent meetings between members of the Russian and Burkinabe governments focused on military cooperation. But now the nuclear power plant construction project is back on the agenda. According to the Burkina Faso Information Agency, during the Russian Energy Week, from October 11 to 13, a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the field of the use of atomic energy for commercial purposes peaceful, was signed between the two parties.
The agreement was initialed by the Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries of Burkina, Simon Pierre Boussim and the Director General of the Russian National Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom”, Nikolay N. Spasskiy. This signature will be done “with the objective of developing nuclear power plants in Burkina Faso and seeing to what extent we can use this energy peacefully in order to meet the needs of the Burkinabe population, particularly in terms of industry, medicine, agriculture, security, etc. », affirmed the Burkinabè minister, at the microphone of Suptnik.
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