Putin tells IAEA's Grossi that situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant "of concern"

Record ID: 1692693

  • Title: Putin tells IAEA's Grossi that situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant "of concern"
  • Date: 11th October 2022
  • Summary: ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (OCTOBER 11, 2022) (RUSSIAN POOL) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN GREETS IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL RAFAEL GROSSI, SHAKING HANDS PUTIN AND GROSSI SITTING AT TABLE (SOUNDBITE) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: "Of course, we observe the elements of excessive and dangerous politicisation of everything connected with atomic activity. We do hope very much that thanks to your efforts, too, we will be able to calm down all this rhetoric and to normalise this sphere of our activity and cooperation despite turbulence and complicated processes currently underway on the world scene, world arena." PUTIN AND GROSSI (SOUNDBITE) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: "We are very happy to see you and will be delighted to discuss all the issues of our mutual interest and which are probably even of concern to some, and to us, too. For instance, it is everything connected with the situation around Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. In any case we are open to this dialogue and happy to see you."
  • Embargoed: 25th October 2022 17:05
  • Keywords: Grossi IAEA Putin Ukraine crisis Zaporizhzhia nuclear
  • Location: ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
  • City: ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001152311102022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Russian President Vladimir Putin told International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi on Tuesday (October 11) that the situation around Ukraine's Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is "of concern".
    At a meeting in St Petersburg Putin told Grossi, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, that Russia was open for dialogue and would discuss "all issues" concerning the facility's operations.
    Putin also said there had been "excessive, dangerous politicisation" of everything to do with nuclear activity.
    The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, has been a key flashpoint in Russia's nearly eight-month military campaign in Ukraine.
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