St. Petersburg: Russia and Kazakhstan on Friday reached an agreement and signed documents outlining a timeline for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan.

According to Anadolu Agency, the agreement was signed by Alexey Likhachev, director general of the Russian atomic energy corporation Rosatom, and Almasadam Satkaliyev, chairman of Kazakhstan's Atomic Energy Agency. The signing ceremony took place during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Kazakhstan had earlier selected Rosatom as the leader of an international consortium tasked with building a large-capacity nuclear power plant in the country.