Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, said that “Moscow is ready to study the issue of creating a security zone around the Zaporizhzhya NPP”, noting that “the goals set by the Director General of the Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, are fully consistent with the Russian position.

“We are ready to study it (the idea of ​​the International Atomic Energy Agency), and nuclear facilities of this type and peaceful nuclear power plants must be protected from attacks,” Ulyanov said on the sidelines of the OPEC meeting. +” Alliance.

The Russian official stressed that “there is full agreement that fire should not be fired from within such objects, and that it should not be aimed at them.”

Russia’s permanent representative pointed out that “the visit of the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency to Russia is expected next week.”

Grossi previously confirmed his readiness to continue negotiations with Russia and Ukraine in order to achieve the creation of a safe zone around the nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye.

It is noteworthy that the Zaporozhye NPP is considered the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.

Russian forces took control of the station, which includes six of Ukraine’s 15 reactors, in early March, while Kyiv and Moscow officials exchange accusations of bombing the vicinity of the station near the city of Energodar on the Dnieper River and endangering the facility.

It is noteworthy that the inspection team of the International Atomic Energy Agency, headed by Grossi, went to the Zaporozhye plant on September 1 last year to take the side of safety at the plant and closely monitor the case, in anticipation of a radiation leak.