LONDON (Reuters) – Leaders of the United Kingdom, United States, France and Germany stressed in a telephone exchange on Sunday the need to ensure the safety of Ukraine’s nuclear facilities in the face of a Russian invasion, reports a spokesman for Boris Johnson.
“In a joint appeal, the Prime Minister, President (Joe) Biden, President (Emmanuel) Macron and Chancellor (Olaf) Scholz underlined their strong commitment to support Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion,” Downing Street said in a statement. a press release
“They underlined the importance of ensuring the safety of nuclear installations and welcomed the recent discussions to allow the dispatch of an IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) mission to the Zaporizhia power plant”, adds the communicated
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday authorized an inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the site of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest of the four Ukrainian power plants, on the banks of the Dnieper, occupied since March by Russian forces.
The continuation of the fighting in this area, for which Moscow and Kyiv reject responsibility, raises fears of an accident.
(Report Alistair Smout, French version Sophie Louet)