Russia and Zimbabwe signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, a Sputnik correspondent said.
The agreement was signed by Zimbabwe's Energy Minister Soda Zhemu and the head of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, at the Russia-Africa summit.
The document provides a legal basis for the parties to cooperate in the peaceful uses of atomic energy in a wide range of areas, such as assistance in building and improving Zimbabwe's nuclear infrastructure in accordance with international recommendations and regulation of nuclear and radiation safety.
The agreement also stipulates that Russia and Zimbabwe have a framework for interaction in the production of radioisotopes and their application in industry, medicine and agriculture; cooperation in the application of radiation technologies and nuclear medicine, education, training and retraining of specialists for the nuclear industry.
The document was signed during the Second Summit-Russia Africa, which began on July 27 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Earlier in the day, speaking at the summit, Alexey Likhachev, head of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said that Africa has great potential for growth in nuclear energy technology and thus a higher standard of living.
A day earlier, Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Andrey Avetisyan announced that Rosatom's subsidiary is completing construction of a uranium processing plant in Tanzania.