Azerbaijan, Baku, April 17 / Trend R. Hafizoglu /
Foreign ministers of Turkey and Russia Ahmet Davutoglu and Sergei Lavrov discussed the Syrian crisis at a meeting on Wednesday, Turkish TRT Haber TV channel reported.
The foreign ministers discussed regional issues, the economic relationship between the two countries, as well as the construction of the first nuclear power plant Akkuyu in the Turkish province of Mersin.
The first Akkuyu nuclear power plant will be built in accordance with the Russian project envisaging the construction of four VVER-1200 type power units. The agreement on the construction of the NPP was signed in May 2010.
The capacity of each unit will be 1200 megawatts. It is assumed that the units are to be commissioned in sequence at intervals over a year.