MOSCOW. Feb 19 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Jordanian King Abdallah II are due to meet in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss proposed Russian participation in a project to build Jordan's first nuclear power plant and the crisis in Syria among other issues, the Kremlin said.
The meeting will be held during what is Abdallah's 10th visit to Russia. The two leaders last met in Jordan in June 2012.
"The heads of state are planning to consider prospects for the implementation of large-scale joint projects. Primarily they will discuss the possibility of Russian participation in the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the kingdom, and projects for infrastructural development and the extraction of minerals," the Russian president's office said in a statement.
Economic issues will dominate the negotiations, and one of the results of the talks will be the signature of an agreement to launch a Russian-Jordanian commission on economic, scientific and technological cooperation.
According to the Russian government, Russian-Jordanian trade grew 22% in 2012 to $426.5 million. Russian exports, mainly oil products, steel and grain, make up the bulk of goods flowing between the two countries.
Proposals on education and personnel training are also on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting.
About 600 Jordanians are studying at Russian higher education institutions. In the last academic year, the Russian government provided 25 Jordanians with scholarships, and another 12 scholarships were paid by Rosatom, the state corporation regulating Russia's nuclear industry, for training Jordanian nuclear physicists.
Putin and Abdallah will also discuss international issues, including the Syrian conflict and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the statement said.