LONDON, April 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued text of the following speech:
Thank you President, and I thank Director-General Grossi for his briefing. The Director-General's 7 April report of drone strikes hitting the site of Zaporizhzhia was deeply concerning, as were reports from the IAEA team at the plant, of explosions and rifle fire on site and several rounds of outgoing artillery fire from nearby the plant.
Thankfully, the IAEA has since confirmed that the IAEA team on the ground were unharmed and there were no indications of damage to critical nuclear safety and security systems at the site. We thank the IAEA team for all of their efforts in monitoring the safety and security situation at the plant in extremely di...