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Comment by MFA Spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi on Postponement of the IAEA Rotation at ZNPP
05 February 2025 09:20

In the absence of security guarantees from Russia, the IAEA has been forced to postpone the rotation of its mission at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.

This is not the first time the Kremlin has used blackmail as a tool to intimidate international experts and undermine their independence. For instance, one of the previous rotations saw Russia striking an IAEA vehicle with a drone.

Moscow has at least two reasons for pressuring the IAEA’s independence. The first is to forcibly impose international recognition of its illegal occupation of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant. The second is to manipulate the operational situation in the area surrounding the plant. We will not let any of these efforts to succeed.

Ukraine appreciates the IAEA’s work under unprecedented security conditions. We will not allow Russia to undermine the Agency’s independence and impartiality in order to achieve its criminal goals. We urge the international community to stand firmly in support of the IAEA and to strongly condemn the ongoing unprecedented pressure that the aggressor state continues to exert on its authority.

We remind that Russian occupation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is illegal and poses a grave risk of a nuclear incident. This is an unprecedented case of an aggressor occupying a nuclear power plant, which is the largest in Europe, and turning it into a military base. Only the return of the plant to its rightful owner, Ukraine, will allow to restore nuclear safety and security in line with IAEA norms and standards.

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