Premier Mario Draghi and International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano
Grossi met at the premier's office in Rome Wednesday and
discussed the IAEA's recent mission to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear
power plant in Ukraine, the state of negotiations on the Iranian
nuclear programme, and the energy crisis sparked by the
Russo-Ukrainian conflict, Palazzo Chigi said.
The IAEA has called for Zaporizhzhia, Europe's biggest nuclear
power plant, to be left clear by its Russian occupants amid
dangerous shelling from both sides in the conflict.
Some progress in the Iranian nuclear talks has lately been seen,
while all Western countries, to a greater of lesser degree, are
struggling with skyrocketing energy costs due to Russia's
invasion of its neighbour and its 'energy blackmail' of Europe.
The plant has been occupied by Russia since the early days of
the war and come under repeated attack, with both sides blaming
each other. UN inspectors observed damage at the power station
during a visit last week.
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