On behalf of Serbia, the document was signed by Nenad Popović, Minister of Innovation & Technology Development, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Committee for Cooperation with Russia; on the Russian side, by Evgeny Pakermanov, President of Rusatom Overseas.
Under the agreements, a Nuclear Centre with a cyclotron complex and radiopharmaceuticals production facilities will be built in Serbia within the next 3 years.
Nenad Popović said:
- It is a historic day in the relations between Serbia and Russia
- Following the agreement between our leaders, we have signed the agreements that bring Serbia back on the map of European countries that have a base for scientific research in nuclear technology. The signing of these agreements opens up new prospects for the development of relations between Serbia and Russia in the area of nuclear technology
Alexey Likhachev, ROSATOM’s Director General, stated:
ROSATOM plan to start working on the practical implementation of this project as early as in 2022.
- We are very happy that, together with our Serbian partners, we have identified the specific steps and a preliminary timeline for implementing this project, which employs Russian innovative nuclear technologies