6 Feb 2023 11:51

IAEA head to visit Moscow this week to address security at Zaporozhye NPP - Russian Deputy FM Ryabkov

MOSCOW. Feb 6 (Interfax) - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi will visit Moscow this week, yet the precise visit date is still being discussed, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday.

"The coordination is being finalized, but I can confirm it will happen this week," Ryabkov told reporters in Moscow.

"The schedule is still being finalized, but everything indicates the trip will happen and, as always, we are counting on a profound professional conversation with the IAEA director general," Ryabkov said, adding that security zones at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant would top the agenda.