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Delegation International Atomic Energy Agency Energy (IAEA) should visit the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) as soon as possible, the United Nations is interested, said the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarric.
He noted that the IAEA is already discussing the details of the visit with all interested parties and the UN is ready to support this initiative “by any means possible.”
Dujarric said it is important for the IAEA to visit Zaporizhzhya NPP experts are increasing every day.
Earlier on Wednesday it was revealed that the Russian diplomats asked to hold a meeting of the UN Security Council on August 11 to discuss strikes by Ukrainian military formations on ZNPP facilities. The Russian Foreign Ministry said the issue should be brought up for discussion because the consequences of attacks on nuclear power plants could be catastrophic.
As reported, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi decided to cut short his vacation to attend meeting of the UN Security Council convened by Russia on the ZAPOROG NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. Grossi is scheduled to speak at the event.
Russia's ambassador to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, said the West was essentially encouraging Ukraine to continue attacking the facility, and Kyiv felt impunity. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that “the world is on edge” in the situation surrounding Kyiv's strikes on the ZNPP, and recalled that the UN Secretariat had previously blocked Grossi's trip to the ZNPP through international inspections.