MOSCOW, September 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Iran have confirmed that they intend to commission the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) by the end of 2006, a spokesman for Russia's Federal Agency for Nuclear Power said Monday.

The agency's head, Alexander Rumyantsev, and Gholamreza Aqazadeh, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, met in Moscow Monday to discuss the construction of the first power unit at the Bushehr NPP and confirmed they planned to commission the plant by the end of 2006, the spokesman said.

Russian experts are currently on the final stages of the construction of the first power unit with capacity of about 1,000 Megawatts.

Earlier reports indicate that Russia is planning to build six power units at nuclear power plants in Iran within the next decade.