NATO asks Russia not to attack the Zaporizhia plant and to withdraw troops from the site

The general secretary of the NATO, Jens Stoltenbergasked this Friday to Russia not to launch any attack from the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia or against that facility, and withdraw your troops from the area.

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“The message of the NATO and of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) the thing is Russia it should not launch attacks from the plant, it should not attack the plant and it should withdraw the forces,” declared the Norwegian politician during a press conference prior to the summit of leaders of the Atlantic Alliance which is celebrated in Vilnius next week.

He added that this would allow experts from the IAEA “do your job better”.

“have had access and made some assessments and evaluations. They have said they have seen no visible indications of mines or explosives at this time, but have also asked for additional access to verify the safety of the plant.”he commented.

So he insisted that Russia withdraw your troops from the nuclear power plant and allow Ukrainian and international experts to have full facility access.

He added that the NATO continues to monitor what is happening in the control center Zaporizhia.

He IAEA this “making progress” in their access to the facilities of the nuclear power plant of Zaporizhiasaid today the general director of this body, the Argentine Rafael Mariano Grossi, who added that “It will take time” Complete the plant safety assessment.

Grossi affirmed that the emissaries of this organization “they have been able to have more access” to areas of the plant, and he expressed confidence in being able to obtain the permission of the Russian troops to be able to supervise the roofs of the plant, in a press conference held this Friday in tokyo.

The person in charge of IAEA pointed out that despite the fact that in recent days he was present “the concern that an incident could occur” at nuclear facilities controlled by Russian troops, for the time being “no indication of explosions detected or presence of mines or other explosives” in areas where access has been obtained.

Grossi warned, however, that the full assessment of the security situation of Zaporizhia “it will take time”, since it is “an active zone” of war, and after in the last days Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of hatching plans to sabotage this energy infrastructure to gain military advantage.

Source: Elcomercio

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