Global community should demand Russia's withdrawal from nuclear plant, says Ukraine official

Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

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# 29 August 2022 15:49 (UTC +04:00)

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Monday that the international community should be demanding Russia's withdrawal from Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, calling it the "only way" to ensure nuclear security, APA reports citing CNN.

“We should all be united in demanding one thing: the withdrawal of Russia," from the power plant, Kuleba said during a press conference in Stockholm.

Russia must go.”

The foreign minister said he spoke with the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sunday to coordinate the final details for the nuclear watchdog's mission to Zaporizhzhia.

It has been a longstanding request of Ukraine for the IAEA to receive access to the plant," said Kuleba, adding that "without exaggeration, this mission will be the hardest in the history of IAEA given the active combat activities undertaken by the Russian Federation."

Kuleba also said Ukraine expects the IAEA to conclude that Russia is violating nuclear safety protocols.

“We expect from the mission a clear statement of facts of violation of nuclear safety protocols. We know that Russia is putting not only Ukraine but also [the] entire world at threat, at risk of nuclear accident," Kuleba added.

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