OREANDA-NEWS. November 29, 2012.  The tasks of the new office are related to ROSATOM’s long-term business plans in Hungary. In particular, the office will be in charge of fostering cooperation with nuclear power enterprises in Hungary with respect to both existing and potential new projects, representing the interests of Russian nuclear power industry in Hungary, as well as engaging local companies in the global supply chain of ROSATOM for projects in Russia and other countries.

"Russian-Hungarian cooperation in the nuclear power engineering has long history. Hungarian specialists possess large experience and competence in the nuclear field, particularly with respect to the Russian technologies, which in that country have been successfully used for over 55 years. All this provides us a solid foundation for the development of new areas of mutually beneficial partnership", said Kirill Komarov, Deputy Director General for International Business and Development of ROSATOM.

"Marketing office is intended to strengthen the current position of ROSATOM and its subsidiaries on the Hungarian market, as well as become a base for our future business development in this country. We are opening the office also to actively interact with Hungarian companies by engaging them in new and prospective projects not only in Hungary and Russia, but all over the world", noted Dzhomart Aliev, General Director of JSC Rusatom Overseas.

At the moment a key aim in cooperation with Hungary on peaceful use of nuclear energy is participation in the tender for the construction of power units 5 and 6 of Paks NPP.