Iran resumes payments for power station: Russia

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Source: Agence France-Presse

Iran resumes payments for power station: Russia

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MOSCOW (AFP) - Iran has resumed paying for construction of the
Bushehr nuclear power plant but has still to catch up after recent
shortfalls, Russia's atomic energy agency said on Monday.

In a statement, the Rosatom agency said the plant's contractor,
Atomstroiexport, had "received the first payment for building of
the Bushehr nuclear power station since the cut in financing."

"Our Iranian partners have overcome the difficulties they had.
This is positive but still far from compensates for the period
of non-payment for the needs of the site," the statement said.

Rosatom spokesman Sergei Novikov told AFP that construction of
the plant had been thrown off course by the non-payments and
it would not be possible to launch the power station in September
as planned.

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