UN Watchdog Chief Holds Talks in Russia

2025-06-11 05:45:37

(MENAFN) Rafael Grossi, the head of the United Nations’ nuclear oversight agency, arrived in Russia on Friday to engage in talks with Alexey Likhachev, the leader of Rosatom, Russia’s state-run nuclear energy enterprise.

These discussions took place at Khrabrovo Airport in Kaliningrad and centered on the issue of nuclear security, as indicated by a release from Rosatom’s press office.

Participating in the negotiations alongside Likhachev were Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent envoy to global institutions based in Vienna, and Aleksey Rtishchev, the top commander of the Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Protection Forces.

Representing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were several senior figures, including Massimo Apuzzo, the IAEA’s deputy director general and head of the Safeguards Department.

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