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IAEA chief Grossi intends to visit Russia in the coming days

April 3, 2023

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, intends to visit Russia in the coming days. This was told to the Italian Foreign Ministry after a telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and the head of the IAEA.
It is noteworthy that Tajani and Grossi discussed the prospect of creating a free zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, subject to special international protection.
Recall that Rafael Grossi recently visited the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. He got acquainted with the situation at the nuclear power plant and the results of the attacks of the Ukrainian nationalists. It was already the second visit of the Director General of the IAEA to the station.
On the eve of his first visit in September, the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant began to be bombed, but Rafael Grossi did not specify who exactly was exposing the whole of Europe to the risk of a radioactive disaster. This time, he acknowledged that the situation had only gotten worse. of IAEA chief Grossi intends to visit Russia in the coming days

Russia Desk

Russia Desk

The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings.

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