“Agreements on demilitarization are impossible in principle - we cannot but protect the station, not ensure its safety.
The protective zone is different, its parameters are being discussed, ”he said in a comment to Izvestia.
Earlier, Russia's Permanent Representative to the IAEA, Mikhail Ulyanov, said that the call for the demilitarization of the Zaporozhye NPP was unrealistic and false.
Ivan Nechaev, deputy director of the information and press department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, called the proposal for a demilitarized zone near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant unacceptable, noting that it would make the plant more vulnerable.