India raises concern over Russian shelling of Ukraine’s nuclear plant
India has expressed concern over reports of shelling near the spent fuel storage facility of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine that could have “potentially serious consequences” for the people and called for mutual restraint to ensure that safety and security of nuclear facilities in the war-torn country are not endangered.
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog told an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Thursday that fighting close to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine had caused some damage to the facility and called for an immediate inspection mission to be allowed to visit the plant.
“We continue to carefully follow developments regarding the safety and security of Ukraine’s nuclear power reactors and facilities,” India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, said at the open meeting in the Security Council on the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
