Russian President Vladimir Putin met today in St. Petersburg with the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, official spokesman Dmitri Peskov reported.

Moscow.- The spokesman said the main topic of the meeting was the situation around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, held by Moscow forces since last March, the TASS news agency reported.

According to the IAEA, the head of the agency discussed with the Russian president the question of the transfer of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Russian ownership and the establishment of a security zone around the facility.

Grossi had anticipated that he would discuss with Putin the issue of transferring the employees of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom).

On October 5, Putin signed a decree on the transfer of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant facilities to Russian federal ownership.

In addition, he instructed the creation of the federal state unitary enterprise Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which will take ownership of this plant. (PL)