“The IAEA must not be turned into a political instrument, the issue of nuclear security must not be turned into a means of manipulating public opinion,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Karchaa called this trend extremely dangerous and noted that signs of such a game are already visible today.

Earlier, Grossi said that the IAEA mission had begun work at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Also, the IAEA announced its intention to deploy two experts each at three Ukrainian nuclear power plants and at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.