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Hungary signs agreement with Belarus to help build nuclear reactor

The Hungarian government has signed an agreement with Belarus to assist in the construction of Hungary's second nuclear power plant, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, reports NewsUkraine.rbc.

The Hungarian nuclear power plant Paks-2 has been under construction by Russia's Rosatom since 2014. The Russian company is building two reactors with a capacity of 1.2 GW each at Paks-2 in central Hungary.

"Of great importance is the agreement signed here today on nuclear energy cooperation, which allows us to use the experiences Belarus gained here while constructing reactors with a similar technology," said Szijjártó, without providing details of the agreement.

The implementation of the €12.5 billion project has been ongoing for a long time, despite nuclear energy not being subject to European Union sanctions against Russia imposed due to the war against Ukraine.

Hungary, which receives most of its energy from Russia, opposes expanding the sanctions to include this sector.

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