Russia’s request for an urgent meeting of the Agency’s Board of Governors

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Novosti” news agency, Mikhail Ulyanov, the permanent representative of the Russian Federation in international organizations in Vienna, announced that the country demanded an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after the attacks of the Ukrainian armed forces on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. It has been done in this regard.

This diplomat wrote on his Telegram channel last night: “According to Article 11 (B) of the Interim Internal Regulations of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, “Russia has called for an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Governors regarding the recent attacks and provocations by the Ukrainian armed forces against the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.”

justify”>For his part, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, emphasized that the Western supporters of Kyiv should take responsibility for the reckless actions of the Ukrainian authorities. According to him, Moscow asks the international community to condemn the shelling of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant by Ukrainian forces. In response to journalists’ questions, he said: “We from the community We want the world to condemn these irresponsible and very dangerous actions. Instead of covering up the crimes of the Ukrainian side and continuing to supply weapons and ammunition, the western supporters of Kiev should answer for the reckless actions of the political and military authorities of this country.

Nebenzia also emphasized Kurd said that Russia will raise the issue of the recent attack by the Ukrainian army on the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in one of the upcoming meetings of the UN Security Council regarding Ukraine.

Zaporozhye power plant is very close to a nuclear accident

Bloomberg news agency also reported that Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) believes that the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant came “very close” to a nuclear accident after a drone attack on April 7. “Our goal here is to prevent a nuclear disaster,” he said. Every time these situations happen, we get closer to that situation, so this is not a far-fetched or far-fetched scenario.”

The agency also noted that Grossi He plans to discuss what happened in the UN Security Council.

Slovenia’s foreign minister called the attack on Zaporozhye power plant a threat to the world’s nuclear security.

Zaporozhye discussed and expressed their deep concern that this incident is a serious threat to global nuclear security.

Slovenian Foreign Ministry reminded that the country’s authorities Holding a meeting of the UN Security Council and a briefing session of the agency support this incident.

In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia also issued a statement on Monday, calling on the international community to deprive the Ukrainian side of the opportunity to attack nuclear facilities. The document states: “Ukraine has clearly stepped on the path of nuclear terrorism with its criminal actions, which it certainly carries out with the support of the United States and its Western satellites. The task of the international community, as well as international organizations, and first of all, the International Atomic Energy Agency, is to deprive Kiev of the ability to carry out terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities.”

On Sunday, Ukrainian drones attacked the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant several times. The flight of one of them to the area of ​​the dining hall and the second to the port loading area of ​​this facility was recorded by the agency’s inspectors. As a result of these attacks, three people were injured and a truck unloading food was damaged. 20 minutes before this incident, International Atomic Energy Agency experts had visited this area.

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