DUSHANBE, October 19. /TASS/. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref have discussed the construction of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said following Russian-Iranian talks in Dushanbe.

"We discussed cooperation in the energy sector, specifically regarding the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant," Overchuk said.

Mishustin, who arrived in Tajikistan for a two-day visit ahead of a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, held talks with Aref. The Russian delegation included Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko, Deputy Energy Minister Yevgeny Grabchak, and Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Sazanov.