Ukraine Refutes Report That It Buries Nuclear Waste Near Russian Border
Posted on: Wednesday, 2 November 2005, 09:00 CST
Ukraine refutes report that it buries nuclear waste near Russian border
KIEV, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Boris Tarasyuk on Tuesday refuted a media report that Ukraine had allegedly buried chemical and nuclear waste near its border with Russia.
Evidence from defense, emergencies and nuclear authorities showed that the report by the Komsomolskaya Pravda, an electronic periodical, regarding the chemical and nuclear waste burial had been untrue and irresponsible, Tarasyuk said at a press conference.
Komsomolskaya Pravda recently published an article saying that Ukraine had allegedly buried chemical and nuclear waste near the Ukrainian-Russian border.
Tarasyuk said Ukraine, as a signatory country of the Convention on the Banning of Chemical Weapons and a member of the Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), had passed five checks by the OPCW without any violation.
The minister also denied the allegation that Ukraine had buried nuclear waste, noting that the country's nuclear facilities and treatment of nuclear waste had been closely monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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