On April 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin may visit Turkey to take part in the nuclear fuel loading ceremony at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant.. This was announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an interview with ATV..

“Perhaps Putin will also arrive on April 27, or we will connect together through the online system and, I hope, take the first step,” he said..

Turkey's first Akkuyu nuclear power plant is being built by Russia's state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom. Work on the first reactor began in 2018. It is planned to complete the construction of the nuclear power plant by 2026.

Turkey did not sign the Rome Statute, therefore it should not comply with the decision of the International Criminal Court, which issued a warrant for the arrest of Putin.

Earlier it was reported that the German regulator did not issue a permit for the export of electrical equipment from the German Siemens Energy for the construction of nuclear power plants by Rosatom in Turkey and Hungary..