The Russian Foreign Ministry has condemned the words of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi about freezing the conflict in Ukraine.
The corresponding statement was published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Yesterday, the head of the IAEA, in an interview with the German news agency DPA, stated that representatives of the agency's Secretariat will be at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant until the conflict is possibly frozen.
The Russian diplomatic mission called Grossi's statement unacceptable and beyond his authority.
It is completely inexplicable on what basis the IAEA leadership is taking it upon itself to judge the prospects of the notorious “freeze,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement .
They recalled that IAEA experts are at the Zaporizhzhya NPP with Moscow’s consent.
And strictly as long as our country considers their presence there justified, the department added.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also expressed hope that Grossi will not go beyond his competence in the future.