Lithuanian and Latvian leaders expressed Friday their confidence that the Baltic states and Poland will agree on a joint nuclear power station project.
There will be a deal as the Baltic countries and Poland have no differences over the project, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said in Vilnius after meeting with his visiting Latvian counterpart Valdis Zatlers, according to news reports reaching here.
Zatlers said he was fully supportive of the construction of the facility, noting the power station would be vital to securing power supply to the Baltic region in the future.
Lithuania's Ignalina nuclear power station is the only facility of its kind in the Baltic region. Built in 1980s, the nuclear complex is expected to be shut down by the end of 2009 out of safety concerns. As a replacement, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland are planning to build a new one nearby and put it into operation in 2015.
The four nations failed to strike a deal on the issue due to Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's absence from the signing meeting "for domestic political situation." Poland reportedly objects to the proportion of share holding of the nuclear power plant.
Source: Xinhua
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