Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met with Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Bucharest, Romania on Tuesday and discussed the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).
"I reiterated that Russia must withdraw from ZNPP to restore nuclear safety and security," Kuleba tweeted.
Grossi later wrote on Twitter that with Kuleba, they will continue working together towards the urgent establishment of a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the Zaporizhzhia NPP.
He also confirmed that IAEA will strengthen its presence in all of Ukraine's NPPs to protect its energy infrastructure.
The Zaporizhzhia NPP, one of Europe's largest nuclear power plants, has been controlled by Russian forces since early March, while its Ukrainian staff continued to operate it.
In recent months, the site of the plant has been shelled which Russia and Ukraine have been trading blame for, sparking international concerns about its safety.