She expressed hope that a global catastrophe at the ZNPP could be avoided.

“We hope that this will not happen, but there are risks,” RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.

Earlier, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for a security perimeter around the ZNPP.

The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, supported the call of UN Secretary General António Guterres for the demilitarization of the zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.