“The IAEA should gain access to the ZNPP as soon as possible,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
He added that the American side is "deeply concerned" by the fact that Russia remains in control of the station.
Earlier, Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov called on the Kyiv authorities to stop attacks on nuclear power plants and provide security guarantees to the participants of the IAEA mission for their visit to the facility.
The head of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region, Yevhen Balitsky, declared his readiness to receive and ensure the security of the UN Secretary General António Guterres and the IAEA mission during the inspection of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.