Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with IAEA Director General Grossi 

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller:

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi today in Vienna, Austria.  The Secretary and Director General Grossi discussed nuclear safety, security, and safeguards issues, including the IAEA’s presence at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The Secretary reiterated the United States’ strong support for the IAEA’s global nuclear nonproliferation verification mission, including in addressing outstanding verification issues in Iran.  He also noted the IAEA’s critical role in helping Member States develop and benefit from the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, science, and technology to aid in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including to meeting the challenge of global climate change.