Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the anti-Russia resolution adopted at the 67th regular session of the IAEA General Conference
29 September 2023 18:42
1915-29-09-2023
On September 28, the 67th regular session of the IAEA General Conference, under pressure from the United States and its allies, adopted the resolution "Nuclear safety, security and safeguards in Ukraine", containing unfounded attacks and unsubstantiated accusations against Russia, through a vote accompanied by the typical Western blackmail, intrigue and intimidation of countries.
This is further confirmation of the choice of the United States and its allies to use any and all international mechanisms to achieve their opportunistic political goals, which are in no way related to the statutory purposes of such mechanisms.
Only 69 countries of the 177 IAEA member states voted in favour of the resolution, and those were Western countries and their satellites. The most influential nations constituting the world majority did not join them and, in one way or another, refused to support the document.
The above resolution is non-binding, and Russia is not going to act on its provisions, while citing the resolution in documents will make them politically and legally void to us.
We welcome the decision of all the IAEA member states who withheld support from the resolution. They clearly showed that they reject the policy of involving the Agency in serving the interests of Western countries.
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