Concern swells on the front of the nuclear threat.
This Monday, the UN Secretary General described as "suicidal" any attack against nuclear power plants and called for the cessation of military operations around that of Zaporozhye, in Ukraine, so that the International Agency for Atomic Energy (IAEA) can access it.
"Any attack on nuclear power plants is a suicidal thing," Antonio Guterres told a press conference in Tokyo.
“I hope these attacks will end.
At the same time, I hope that the IAEA will be able to access the central “Zaporojie, the largest in Europe, the scene since Friday of bombings of which the Russian and Ukrainian belligerents have mutually accused each other, he added.
Growing concerns
For a week now, the UN Secretary-General has continued to worry about nuclear risks to humanity, which is only "a misunderstanding" or "an error of judgment" from "nuclear annihilation", he had warned on August 1 in a speech in New York.
On August 6, on the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, he felt that humanity was playing "with a loaded gun" in the context of the current crises with nuclear connotations.
Also referring on Monday to the Sino-American tensions around Taiwan where the Chinese army has just carried out military exercises, Antonio Guterres considered that it was "a sensitive issue", and he called for "restraint" and "de-escalation".
"It's extremely important in the days to come," he said in Tokyo.
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