IAEA Adopts Resolution Requiring Russia To Withdraw Its Troops From Zaporizhzhia NPP

16.09.2022, 11:32 ukranews.com

The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which consists of representatives of 35 United Nations member countries, has adopted a resolution requiring Russia to withdraw its troops from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia region). Reuters reported this on Thursday, September 15. 26 countries voted for the adoption of this resolution, only Russia and China were against, and 7 countries abstained from voting. The document calls on Russia to "immediately cease all actions against, and at, the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and any other nuclear facility in Ukraine." The IAEA Board in the document expressed condolences in connection with the "the Russian Federation's persistent violent actions against nuclear facilities in Ukraine, in particular due to the presence of Russian forces and Rosatom personnel at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.