A group of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Abkhazia on September 7 to inspect the safety and conditions of the facilities in which radioactive substances are stored...
Deputy Prime Minister of Abkhazia Leonid Lakerbaya hosted IAEA delegation headed by Director in the IAEA Department of Safeguards Kenji Murakami (Japan).
The delegation came to Abkhazia to familiarize themselves with the conditions of nuclear substances.
At the meeting with Lakerbaya Kenji Murakami said the experts are well prepared for a check-up of radioactivity background.
They also plan to examine conditions of nuclear storage in Sukhum Physics and Technology Institute and Experimental Pathology and Therapy Research Institute.
IAEA representatives asked the authorities to render assistance in fulfilling their task in the republic.
´´We want to know where the nukes are kept to make an exact conclusion on the results of our examination,´´ Murakami said.
The results of the inspection would be presented to Abkhaz authorities.
´´If get access to the nukes in Abkhazia you will decide by yourselves whether to withdraw them from the republic,´´ Murakami added.
Leonid Lakerbaya promised to render maximum assistance to the IAEA experts.
He stressed that the conclusion to be made by the group was very important for Abkhazia.
In his turn, Head of the State Environmental Service Roman Dbar expressed his hope that cooperative work of Abkhaz specialists and IAEA experts within several days would help work out ways of solution to many problems.
According to Dbar, except for assessment of the situation Abkhaz experts would obtain technical, methodical support in the future.
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