Nuclear power plants cannot be a target in an armed conflict, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) DIrector General Rafael Grossi said at a briefing following talks with Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev in Kaliningrad, Paralel.Az reports citing TASS.

"I said it in Zaporozhye, I said it in Kiev, I say it here in Kaliningrad. Nuclear power plants should never be attacked, and there is nothing that justifies it under any circumstances. They are no legitimate military targets. And the IAEA is there to inform, to deter and to propose the necessary measures to avoid this," Grossi said, referring to the situation with the shelling of the Kursk and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants.

"The presence of the IAEA is an asset for the international community, it is an asset for Russia, it is an asset for Ukraine, it is an asset for nuclear safety and security, and we need to protect it, we need to enlarge it as [much as] possible," the agency’s chief said.

On August 27, Grossi visited the town of Kurchatov to inspect the Kursk NPP.