ASTANA, June 12 – Construction of the first stage of solar power plants in the exclusion zone of Chernobyl nuclear power plant could start soon, Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Minister for European Integration Natalia Boiko has said.

"We visited jointly with Minister [Ostap] Semerak Informal Ministerial Council in Energy Community in Vienna. The minister informed colleagues from other states that there are around 60 potential investors. There is large interest to this. I think that we would see the first stage soon," Boiko told Interfax-Ukraine in Astana on Monday.