French President Emmanuel Macron told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday that he was concerned about security risks at Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Reuters reported from the Elysee Palace on Friday.

During the telephone conversation, the head of the Kremlin agreed to send a mission of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency to the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.

The presidents agreed to continue negotiations in the coming days, the Elysee Palace reports.

According to the Russian president’s version of this phone conversation between the two leaders, President Putin said that the bombing of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, which is under the control of Russian forces, poses a risk of “a major … large-scale disaster that could lead to radioactive contamination of vast areas.” , – notes Agerpres.

A delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency may visit the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia in early September, according to the permanent representative of Russia to international organizations in Vienna, where the agency is located, Mykhailo Ulyanov, reports CNN.

“It is too early to talk about the details, these are extremely sensitive issues, we are discussing and will discuss the methods of carrying out the mission, the route, the number of people who will be involved, how long they will be at the headquarters. When the mission can take place – forecasts do not always come true, but, according to my estimates, it is quite realistic to talk about the first days of September, if exceptional factors unrelated to the goals arise. not to appear again,” said the Russian diplomat.

Ukrainian nuclear operator Energoatom said on Friday it suspects Moscow of plans to disconnect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant from the national grid, a complex operation that Kyiv says could lead to disaster.

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