"I will travel to Moscow to sign contracts for building new nuclear power plants," Salehi told reporters before his departure.

The AEOI chief underlined that the construction of these nuclear power plants will begin in the near future.

Salehi is accompanied by AEOI Spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi, his deputies and a number of nuclear experts during his visit to Russia.

 Salehi is due to meet Head of Russia's Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation Sergey Kiriyenko during his stay in Moscow.

On Sunday, Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanayee said that Salehi and Kiriyenko will sign documents on the expansion of cooperation between Iran and Russia in the field of the civilian nuclear technology.