IAEA head in Moscow to discuss Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi visits Moscow and meets with Rosatom boss Alexey Likhachev, to discuss the situation around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine.
The International Atomic Energy Agency director general met with the head of Russia’s Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation.
In a statement, Rosatom said that Alexey Likhachev had a "substantive, useful and frank" discussion with IAEA’s Rafael Grossi.
The statement noted that representatives from the defence and foreign ministries, nuclear watchdog Rostekhnadzor, and the military also attended the meeting.
"During the meeting, approaches to the creation of a nuclear security protection zone at the Zaporizhzhia NPP (nuclear power plant) were discussed. Negotiations will continue with the understanding of the need to reach a mutually acceptable text as soon as possible," it added.
Russia's Rosatom state nuclear energy company said that talks with International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi about a safe zone around Ukraine's Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant would continue.
In a statement posted, Rosatom said "approaches to the creation of a nuclear and physical safety protection zone at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant were discussed" and that there was "significant closeness" between the two sides' positions.
Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest and one of the world’s 10 biggest nuclear power plants, has been under Russian control since March.
