According to the Iranian FNA news agency, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said on Saturday that the final stage of construction of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant is moving forward at a good pace. Shmatko made the remark in a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
In the meeting, Shmatko briefed Putin on his recent visit to Iran, where he visited the Bushehr facility and participated in a meeting of the Russian-Iranian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation. Russia has resisted calls for sanctions against Iran despite its disregard for UN calls to rein in its illegal nuclear program.