WEB DESK
India has told the United Nations that it attaches high importance to ensuring the safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine. Making remarks in the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj underlined that any accident involving nuclear facilities could potentially have severe consequences for public health and the environment. Appreciating the recent visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency team to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, Kamboj stressed that India continues to remain concerned over the situation in Ukraine. She said since the beginning of the conflict, India has consistently called for an immediate cessation of hostilities between Russia and Ukrain and an end to violence.