President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to St. Petersburg on June 4-5 to participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), according to the Kremlin's official website.

The key event of the visit will be a meeting on the sidelines of the forum with Russian President Vladimir Putin. During the talks, the two leaders will officially launch the construction of the first power unit of an integrated nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan via videoconference.

The 2026 forum is held under the motto "Pragmatic Dialogue – Path to a Stable Future." Mirziyoyev and Putin are expected to speak at the plenary session.

Other scheduled speakers include Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, and Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud.

Earlier, foundation pouring for the reactor building of the future NPP began in the Jizzakh region. Russia's Rosatom and Uzbekistan's Uzatom signed a memorandum on cooperation in radioactive waste management and decommissioning of nuclear and radiation hazardous facilities.

Source: podrobno.uz