ISTANBUL

Russia and Ethiopia on Thursday signed an action plan to develop a nuclear power plant project in the African country, TASS news agency reported.

Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev and Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timotheos exchanged the document in Moscow, in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Both sides also highlighted cooperation in energy and infrastructure.

Rosatom is Russia's state-run atomic energy corporation, established in 2007.

Ethiopia and Russia signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy in 2017, laying the groundwork for broader collaboration in nuclear science, technology, and education.