MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and South African President Jacob Zuma said that launching a program of development of South Africa's nuclear energy was a priority, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
"As a priority the launch of a program of development of nuclear energy in the South African Republic," Peskov told journalists, adding that Russia has "serious potential" for cooperation.
Putin and Zuma also discussed resuming military-technical cooperation between the countries, the Kremlin spokesman said.
"The discussion included the resumption of military-technical cooperation," Peskov told reporters following a meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines of the SCO and BRICS summits in Ufa.
