Rosatom chief, IAEA director general hold talks on nuclear safety PHOTO

Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi have begun talks in the Russian city of Kaliningrad, with discussions expected to focus on nuclear safety issues, including the Zaporizhzhia and Bushehr nuclear power plants.

Representatives from the Russian Ministry of Defence, the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Rostekhnadzor), and the Russian National Guard are also expected to participate in the meeting, Caliber.Az reports per Russian media.

Russia's permanent representative to international organisations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, is also taking part in the consultations. The agenda is expected to include the situation at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine and Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant.

Ahead of the meeting, Ulyanov said that he had already "discussed the prospects for resolving the conflict between the United States and Iran and the Agency's role in this process."

By Sabina Mammadli