Negotiations to create a protective zone around the Russian-occupied Ukrainian Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are moving forward. This was stated by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi after his yesterday's meeting with Russian officials in Moscow, in particular, with Rosatom director Alexei Likhachev.

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The IAEA summed up that consultations on the safety of ZNPP with both parties will be continued in the near future.

Recall, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi said that his organization is doing everything possible to stabilize the situation at the Zaporizhzhya NPP, temporarily captured by the Russians, including continuing negotiations on a security zone around the facility. Grossi hopes that it will be created in the near future.