At the upcoming IAEA Executive Board meeting, Russia will raise the issue of Ukraine’s threats to Russian nuclear power plants (NPPs). RIA Novosti The acting head is the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna, Roman Ustinov.
“From the IAEA’s point of view, the main question is not in what form the threat to a peaceful nuclear facility, in this case a nuclear power plant, exists, but whether it exists in principle. Moreover, the issue is not limited to Ukraine’s intentions, but goes into the main issue of practical actions,” Ustinov said.
Mikhail Ulyanov, former permanent representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna reportedHe said that the IAEA Board of Governors will discuss the situation at the Kursk and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants on September 9. According to him, at present Western countries are downplaying any evidence of attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear facilities and are trying to avoid taking this issue seriously.
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation on August 27 commented The words of the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, about the inadmissibility of attacks on nuclear power plants. According to Ulyanov, the statement of the director general is a clear signal, first of all, to the Ukrainian side.
Previously at the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation in Vienna It has been said About the reaction of the Russian Federation to the attacks on the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.
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Source: Gazeta
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