The mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency will arrive in Kyiv on Monday and will begin work at the Zaporizhya NPP in the coming days. This was reported by the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oleg Nikolenko.
According to him, the IAEA formed a mission to visit the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant at the invitation of the government of Ukraine. It included 14 international experts. The mission is headed by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.
A delegation of international experts left Vienna and is due to arrive in Kyiv today. This means that the mission will enter Energodar from the territory controlled by the Ukrainian government.
The mission is expected to begin work at the ZNPP in the coming days and will focus on three tasks: physical protection, nuclear security, and guarantees of non-proliferation of nuclear materials.
"Ukraine's position is clear: the occupation of Zaporizhzhya NPP by Russian troops and the importation of a large amount of military equipment and ammunition into its territory, in violation of all international rules, exposes the nuclear plant to extreme danger, in particular provoking a nuclear incident," Oleg Nikolenko noted.
According to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, Russia should immediately demilitarize the facility, withdraw military units, equipment and employees of Rosatom, and return control of the ZNPP to the government of Ukraine.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects that the IAEA will play an important role in achieving this goal.
