The synergy of Belarusian and Russian scientific expertise facilitates the forward movement of the two countries, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with a delegation of the Russian national research center Kurchatov Institute led by its President Mikhail Kovalchuk on 27 July, BelTA has learned.

“I am sure that when meeting with the Belarusian president you have discussed a wide range of matters and promising avenues of cooperation in nuclear technologies. I am happy to say that scientists of our countries have not only maintained ties, but also strengthened them. I believe that today we will be able to discuss our main joint tasks with the government. Your field of work ensures technological and economic security of the country, its scientific sovereignty. At present, it is important to combine our scientific capacities to move forward faster. We are happy that Kurchatov Institute provides a wide range of services and scientific support for the Belarusian nuclear power plant,” Roman Golovchenko noted.

The national research center Kurchatov Institute is one of the world's leading research centers and a national interdisciplinary laboratory. Its main areas of work include safe development of nuclear energy, controlled nuclear fusion and plasma processes, low- and medium-energy nuclear physics, solid-state physics and superconductivity, mesonic chemistry. The center also carries out fundamental and applied research in molecular physics, physical and inorganic chemistry, chemical physics, plasma physics and chemistry, industrial safety, ecology, element base of microelectronics, and informatics.

Written by belta.by