Construction site of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant is seen during the groundbreaking ceremony in Mersin, Turkey April 3, 2018. Depo Photos via REUTERS

ANKARA (Reuters) - Investment in Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, which is being built by Russia’s Rosatom at Akkuyu on the Mediterranean coast, will exceed $20 billion, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.

Speaking at a news conference with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Erdogan also said work on the second line of the TurkStream natural gas pipeline was continuing rapidly.