immediately withdraw its armed forces and all other unauthorized personnel from the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant.
The EU and 42 countries called on Russia to immediately withdraw its troops from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the entire territory of Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the EU delegation in Vienna.
“We call on the Russian Federation to immediately withdraw its military forces and all other unauthorized personnel from the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, its immediate surroundings and throughout Ukraine, so that the operator and the Ukrainian authorities can restore their sovereign duties within the internationally recognized borders. of Ukraine and legal operational personnel can perform their duties without external interference, threats and unacceptably harsh working conditions,” said the statement.
It pointed out that this “will also allow the IAEA to conduct verification in accordance with Ukraine’s safeguard commitments in a safe and timely manner.”
The European Union and 42 countries stressed that Russia’s deployment of military and weapons at a nuclear facility is “unacceptable and violates security principles and safeguards respected by all IAEA members.”
They also expressed their support for the work of the IAEA and its director general to assist Ukraine in the areas of security and nuclear safeguards in the course of Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine, “while respecting the full sovereignty of Ukraine in its territory and infrastructure.”
The statement was made on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , United States of America, and also the European Union.
It will be remembered that the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant has been shelled since last week. The International Atomic Energy Organization requests that its experts be allowed into the ZNPP. The US has been calling for the demilitarization of the zone around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, but Russia has refused.
Meanwhile, experts say the consequences could be catastrophic. More about this in the material It will be worse than Chernobyl: what is happening at ZNPP.
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