Russia’s permanent representative to international organisations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, accused the British daily Financial Times of misrepresenting his statements on the Atomic Energy Agency’s visit to the Zaporozhye nuclear power facility.
The journal attributed to Ulyanov a quote in which he indicated that the agency’s director general, Rafael Grossi, would be unable to visit the station before the end of August, according to Ulyanov.
According to the journal, the agencys director general, Rafael Grossi, would be unable to visit the station until the end of August, Ulyanov stated on his Telegram channel.
In reality, I mentioned that Grossi would suggest such a timeline, and the headline of the FT piece was a deliberate distortion.
The Russian newspaper Izvestia published an interview with Ulyanov on Friday, in which he reacted to a question about Grossi’s visit to the Zaporozhye station by saying, “No one, not even Grossi himself, would provide a precise response to this topic.”
He said, “Perhaps around the end of August or the beginning of September.”
According to the Financial Times, Mikhail Ulyanov told Izvestia in an interview published on Friday that Grossis’ visit could not take place before late August or early September.
Russia denies calls for access to Ukraine’s nuclear power facility, according to the headline in the British magazine.
Ulyanov: The Financial Times misrepresented my comments regarding the Atomic Energy Agency’s visit to the Zaporozhye facility.
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