“Rafael Grossi” meets “Putin”.
| The spokesman of the Kremlin Palace announced that according to the plans, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency will meet and talk with the president of this country. |
reported by Mehr News Agency Citing Sputnik, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Russian presidency, announced this Wednesday that Putin will meet with Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in Sochi.
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Russia yesterday Tuesday to meet with senior officials of the Russian government.
Grossi announced before his trip to Russia that he expects to meet with the Russian president during this trip and discuss the status of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
Grossi added: “It’s very important for me to be able to talk to him about some technical points. I would like to make some important points.
The Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant has six power units with a total capacity of 6 gigawatts and is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
At the end of February 2022, Russian forces took control of the facility, and since then Ukrainian army units have been using drones, heavy artillery shells and rockets in the area of the power plant. They bombard a nuclear periodically.
Last June, the Russian Foreign Ministry warned Ukraine about possible accidents at the Zaporizhia power plant and asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to investigate all cases of attacks on this facility. Register.
Rafael Grossi, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has been trying for months to find a solution to reduce the possibility of a nuclear disaster caused by the bombing of this station during the Ukrainian counterattack. , because there is a possibility that the war will continue near the station and its six reactors.
Rafael Grossi expressed concern about the safety of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in the southeast of Ukraine last week, and said that the experts of this agency, in the last week, every day there was an explosion near This power plant has been registered.
Grossi said: I am still deeply worried about the nuclear safety and security conditions of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, which is on the front line of the war (Ukraine). The report of our experts tells about war movements not too far from this power plant. Once again, I ask the parties to strictly adhere to the five principles of protecting this power plant and to refrain from any attack or military action that threatens its safety and security.
He emphasized: Agency experts based in Zaporozhye power plant have reported that during the last week, they heard explosions near this power plant daily, and these explosions are very close to Installation has occurred!
Grossi further demanded to reconnect this power plant to the 330 kV high voltage cable as soon as possible. This high voltage cable was cut off on Tuesday last week due to a problem on the part of Ukraine. Russia took control of this power plant at the end of February and shortly after the start of its military operations in Ukraine on February 24 (March 5, 1400).
