Turkey and Japan signed a 22 billion U.S. dollar contract on Turkey’s second nuclear plant project on Friday, marking further bilateral cooperation in the field of nuclear energy.

The deal was reached during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’ s two-day visit in Turkey, the last leg of his four-nation trip in Europe and the Middle East.

According to the agreement, a Japanese-French alliance led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and French firm Areva will build Turkey’s second nuclear power plant.

At a joint press conference, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the Japanese side to further cooperate on Turkey’s third nuclear power plant.

Abe said that Japan would share experiences and lessons of the Fukushima nuclear accident and contribute to nuclear safety.