Meeting fails to resolve dispute over Russian involvement in nuclear tender

A dispute over whether to allow Russia’s Rosatom to enter a tender process to build a new unit at the Czech Republic’s Dukovany nuclear power station was not resolved at a meeting on Wednesday evening, iRozhlas.cz reported. Attending the hastily called talks were the minister of trade, Karel Havlíček, the head of the BIS counterintelligence, Michal Koudelka, and representatives of opposition parties. Mr. Koudelka reiterated that the intelligence community was against Russian involvement in the key project.

After the discussion Mr. Havlíček said this was a matter for the government to decide. However, there is also disagreement on the issue in cabinet, with Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček opposed to a Rosatom bid.