Rosatom announced its readiness to discuss the presence of the United States at the ZNPP
The head of Rosatom, Oleksiy Likhachev, declared Russia’s readiness to discuss with the US their presence at the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP within the framework of a peaceful settlement. This is reported by rosZMI.
“If the country’s leadership makes a political decision, we are ready to discuss it with the American side,” Likhachev noted.
A few days earlier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov stated that Russia is ready to “seek a balance of interests” in the negotiations, but has no intention of handing over control over the captured Zaporizhzhya NPP.
It will be recalled that the proposals of the United States for the settlement of the war between Russia and Ukraine, which were presented by Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Paris, include, in particular, the transfer to the control of Ukraine of the occupied part of the Kharkiv region, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, and the Kakhovka dam.
According to the plan, Ukraine should regain control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant through US management and administration, with further distribution of electricity between Ukraine and Russia, as well as the Kakhovka Dam.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, located in the city of Energodar, is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Before the full-scale invasion, it produced approximately 20% of Ukraine’s electricity. In March 2022, the facility came under the control of Russian troops. Since September 11 of the same year, all six power units were put into cold shutdown mode.
