IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi during his upcoming visits to Kiev and Moscow will hold consultations with the "relevant authorities" in connection with the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the transfer of Zaporizhzhia NPP to federal ownership, TASS reported.

"International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said he would hold consultations with the relevant authorities after reports surfaced today that Russia plans to control the operation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine," the document said.