On September 26, 2024, on the sidelines of the international forum Russian Energy Week, ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev met with Nenad Popović, Minister in charge of International Economic Cooperation in the Serbian Government.
Alexey Likhachev and Nenad Popović discussed the prospects for cooperation with Serbia in non-power nuclear applications, as well as national personnel training with degrees in nuclear and related fields in Russian universities.
Special emphasis was placed on readiness to engage in implementing nuclear power projects in case regulatory barriers are removed in the current Serbian legislation (the country has a law prohibiting its officials from discussing the issues of building nuclear power and nuclear fuel cycle facilities in the country; at the moment, removal of these restrictions is being considered).