Grossi emphasized the need for IAEA impartiality in the issue of attacks on Zaporizhia NPP

Brief retelling from RIA II

Rafael Grossi, director general of the IAEA, said that the agency believes it is necessary to remain impartial in the issue of attacks on the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant.

According to him, dissatisfaction with the IAEA’s position is expressed by different parties: the Russian Federation, Ukraine or Western countries.

Grossi stressed that the IAEA intends to focus on its technical mission, and the agency will leave the conclusions and determination of the political position to states.

UN, October 4 - RIA Novosti. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, whose organization in its reports avoids admitting the guilt of the Kyiv regime in the reckless attacks on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, said in an interview with RIA Novosti that the agency considers it necessary to maintain impartiality without naming the perpetrators.

“It is fundamentally important for an international organization to maintain impartiality,” Grossi said, answering a question about Russia’s calls to publicly name those responsible for the attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

According to him, such demands come not only from Moscow.

“Sometimes dissatisfaction is expressed by the Russian Federation, in other cases by Ukraine or Western countries, who say: you should point out the culprits,” said the head of the IAEA.

Grossi acknowledged that the agency's position may cause discontent among the parties, but stressed that the IAEA intends to focus on its technical mission.

“The main thing for us is to fulfill our technical functions, our technical mission. And we leave the conclusions and determination of the political position to the states,” he said.

ZNPP is located on the left bank of the Dnieper near the city of Energodar. In October 2022, the nuclear power plant became the property of the Russian Federation. Generation at the power units was stopped in September 2022. Since April 2024, all units of the station have been in cold shutdown mode.

The Russian Foreign Ministry previously stated that Russia expects the IAEA and Grossi to give an unambiguous assessment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strikes on the Zaporizhia NPP. The department emphasized that the Armed Forces of Ukraine, along with Russian specialists, also find themselves in the crosshairs of the Secretariat, whom the Kiev regime is ready to sacrifice at any moment. As stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, Grossi continues to evade admitting the guilt of the Kyiv regime in the reckless attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the murders of plant employees.