The mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IEAE) sets off for the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant to inspect the situation on the ground and establish a permanent representation at the facility that has remained seized by Russian troops since March, informs Ukrainian media The Kyiv Independent.
During a briefing in Kyiv, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said the mission will cross the front line for the first time and requires security guarantees from Russia and Ukraine.
«We are finally moving» after six months of effort, the official said, noting that the agency’s task is «to assess the real situation there, to help stabilize the situation as much as we can.»
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Meanwhile UNESCO supports Ukraine’s bid to include Odesa on its World Heritage List. Following a meeting between Ukraine’s Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko and UNESCO Director–General Audrey Azoulay at the United Nations cultural agency’s Paris headquarters, the organization said on Wednesday, 30 August, that it had mobilized experts to support Ukraine for an urgent examination at World Heritage Committee.
UNESCO said it wants to add Odesa, Kyiv and Lviv to the List of World Heritage in Danger, as they are under threat due to Russia’s ongoing war.
At the same time, President of Ukraine signed the law on «customs visa–free regime» with EU, said President Volodymyr Zelensky in an evening address.
Earlier in June, the EU signed an agreement to allow Ukraine into the bloc’s Convention on Common Transit Procedure for a «visa–free» road freight transportation shortly after the war–torn country had been granted an EU candidacy status.