EU says leads walkout from IAEA board over ‘unacceptable’ Russia remarks

IAEA Director General Grossi holds news conference in Vienna

VIENNA (Reuters) – The European Union led a walkout of delegates from a meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s Board of Governors on Wednesday in protest at “unacceptable” remarks by Russia, the EU ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

“EU initiates a broad walk-out … in response to unacceptable remarks by #Russia. We strongly condemn Russian military aggression against #Ukraine & resulting nuclear threats to safety of Ukrainian facilities,” Stephan Klement said on Twitter https://twitter.com/euunvie/status/1501529891984101386?s=20&t=sqLDl1ZOmkKLV-44fVgZaQ. The EU also chairs the separate Iran nuclear talks.

(Reporting by Francois Murphy; Editing by John Irish)

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