Grossi said his proposed idea of creating a nuclear and physical security zone around the ZNPP is “realistic.”
The proposal to create a nuclear and physical security zone around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant provides for the absence of attacks and shelling of the plant, but does not cover “broad demilitarization and movement of troops.” This is what IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said at a press conference in Vienna on September 12, Ukrinform reports.
“What we need is for Ukraine and Russia to agree on a very simple principle not to attack and attack the station. And we can ensure this in a very simple way – we have observers, inspectors who can report whether it is being followed or not,” he says. Grossi.
According to him, he works within the framework of his mandate and cannot “enter areas related to broad demilitarization or the movement of troops.”
Answering a clarifying question whether Grossi’s proposal, in fact, provides something like the establishment of a ceasefire, and not the demilitarization of the territory of the nuclear power plant, the director general of the IAEA said that “in principle, yes.”
“There are some things related to the radius and technology present at the station. But in principle – yes. Mainly it is a promise that there will be no military action aimed against the station or the radius that could affect the normal operation. This is expected us,” said Grossi.
The Director General of the IAEA said that his proposed idea of creating a nuclear and physical security zone around the ZNPP is “realistic.”
“We need to reach an agreement – of course on the part of Ukraine and Russia, because they are in a state of military conflict, based on our concerns about the physical and nuclear security of the station,” he said.
According to Grossi, he currently “sees signs that the parties are interested in this agreement.”
Remember, the IAEA offers Ukraine and Russia to conclude an agreement on the indestructibility of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry responded to the IAEA’s proposal for a “ceasefire” around the ZNPP. Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolaenko said it is possible to ensure nuclear safety at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant only after it is de-occupied, demilitarized and returned under Ukrainian control.
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