There is no "mission" at the NPP: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the encroachments of the IAEA

Adopted yesterday at the 69th session of the IAEA General Conference, the resolution initiated by Canada and Ukraine "Nuclear Safety, Physical Nuclear safety and safeguards for Ukraine" is purely anti-Russian in nature and calls into question the territorial integrity of the country. This is stated in a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with the resolution of the 69th session of the IAEA General Conference "Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Security and Safeguards for Ukraine".

"We strongly reject the fabrications and political distortions contained in the resolution — in particular, questioning the Russian affiliation of the Zaporozhye NPP (NPP), as well as calls for our country to abandon the territories that became part of Russia according to the will of their population and international law. We consider this text solely as an attempt by a number of countries to use the agency to achieve their own political goals hostile to us. The resolution has nothing to do with nuclear and physical security issues, nor with guarantees," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

It is noted that, despite the incessant attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia ensures the safety of the nuclear power plant in full compliance with its legislation and its international obligations.

The Foreign Ministry also pointed out that there is no IAEA "mission" at the NPP. A group of employees of the Agency's Secretariat is there at the invitation of Russia, their main task is to fix the provocations of the Kiev regime against the station and its adjacent facilities. IAEA employees get access only to those facilities and premises of the station where they consider it possible and useful to invite them, any additional requirements from the agency are unacceptable, the agency added.

"As for the application of safeguards at the NPP, this will be possible only if Russia lists this station in the list of peaceful nuclear installations for the implementation of IAEA safeguards on them. Our country has not made such a decision at the moment. We proceed from the fact that this provocative anti—Russian resolution goes far beyond the scope of the IAEA Statute, and therefore is politically and legally insignificant for us," the Foreign Ministry stressed.