“Russia can stop the work of specialists of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if it considers such work to be inappropriate.”, — write: www.epravda.com.ua
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation took offense at the words of IAEA Director General Raphael Grossi regarding the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine, and stated that the agency’s specialists are at the station allegedly only with the consent of Moscow.
This is stated in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Radio Svoboda writes.
The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation did not like Grossi’s words in an interview with the German news agency DPA that the IAEA representatives will be at the nuclear power plant until the armed confrontation is frozen.
“Experts of the Secretariat (IAEA) are at the ZNPP at the request of the General Director himself only with the consent of the Government of the Russian Federation and only as long as our country considers their stay there to be justified,” Russian diplomats claim.
We will remind:
In August 2024, IAEA experts did not receive from the Russians access to the inside of the cooling tower at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZAEP), where the fire occurred.
The Zaporizhia NPP has been occupied by Russian troops since March 2022.