According to him, earlier it was possible to agree on the date of arrival of the IAEA at the end of June, to ensure logistics and guarantee the maximum degree of security for the members of the delegation.
“However, just a few days before the planned arrival of the IAEA delegation, the UN Secretariat refused to approve this visit,” RIA Novosti quotes Vishnevetsky.
He stressed that this played into the hands of Kyiv and the "Western curators", who would not benefit from the organization's conclusions about the station's normal operation.
The diplomat also called statements that Russia supposedly prevents inspectors from visiting the station and creates a military base there as absurd conjectures.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said on June 6 that the organization is working to create conditions for sending a mission of experts to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which is under the control of Russian forces.
He noted that he intends to personally lead a mission to the ZNPP to carry out the necessary work on physical nuclear security.
The Ukrainian operator Energoatom opposed Grossi's visit to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.