Kuleba tells IAEA Director General how to ensure ZNPP security

EUROPEAN PRAVDA – FRIDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 2022, 22:09

Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, had a telephone conversation with Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), concerning the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on Friday, 16 September.

Source: Kuleba on Twitter

Quote from Kuleba: "In today’s call with Director General [Rafael Grossi], I emphasised that the only way to ensure nuclear safety and security in Europe is to return the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to Ukrainian control. We will continue to engage constructively with the IAEA to achieve this goal."

Previously: On Thursday [15 September], the IAEA’s 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution demanding that Russia end its occupation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine..

The situation at the ZNPP came to public attention in early August, when Russian forces started to shell the power plant. Russia rejected calls to demilitarise the power plant, saying that its forces must "protect" the plant from provocations, and claiming that the shelling was carried out by Ukraine.

Following a brief visit by an IAEA mission to the ZNPP, the organisation released a report which confirmed that Russia has deployed "military personnel, vehicles and equipment" throughout the territory of the power plant.

After the release of the report, Rafael Grossi called for a ceasefire around the Russian-held power plant and for the creation of a "security zone" around the ZNPP. He stressed that power outages at the plant increase the risk of an accident.

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