Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar. File photoUN, 2 Aug. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said that the UN Secretariat did not block the trip of agency staff to the Zaporozhye NPP — according to him, coordination is underway with the Russian Federation and Kyiv. «There was no blocking of the mission. We the consent of all the players is needed in order to be able to send the mission,» Grossi said. At the same time, he expressed the hope that it would be possible to send the IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye NPP. Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the UN Secretariat for political reasons prevented the sending of the IAEA mission 
The authorities of the Zaporozhye region called Blinken's words about the nuclear power plant a dirty lie. IAEA, Russia carried out preparatory work, organizational issues and details of the visit were carefully thought out and preliminarily agreed upon. The UN secretariat played a significant role in this story, which, for purely political reasons, prevented the initiative of the IAEA Director General. at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
