Ukraine rejected the idea of \u200b\u200bholding talks with the IAEA and the Russian regulator - Rosatom on Ukrainian nuclear power plants. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Kuleba on the air of the telethon.

According to Kuleba, Kiev was offered to hold trilateral consultations with the IAEA and the Russian regulator at a meeting in Antalya..

At the same time, it is obvious that the participation of Rosatom in such negotiations will help legitimize the Russian presence at Ukraine's nuclear facilities..

“And why on earth, I apologize for my diplomacy, the Russian nuclear regulator will participate in consultations on the Ukrainian nuclear power plant? If you are people of principle, if you stand up for the protection of rights, then you should tell the Russians: “Shoo. We went beyond nuclear facilities, demilitarized nuclear facilities and handed them over to the control of Ukrainian specialists and IAEA specialists,” the minister said..

Kuleba added that the IAEA Director General understands and shares this position.

“This is an honest principled position. We are ready to work on this,” the minister stated..

According to him, if there are at least some attempts under any sauce to recognize the presence of Russians at the nuclear facilities of Ukraine, then Ukraine will be rude, but honest and fair for these attempts.

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Recall that during the military operations of Russia against Ukraine, the third nuclear facility of Ukraine came under fire - after the Chernobyl and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants, on the night of March 10-11, the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, where the experimental nuclear facility is located, was shelled.