Russia Concerned Over Confidential IAEA Reports Leak

Russia's Ambassador-at-Large and representative in the IAEA Board of Governors said that Russia is concerned over a leak of confidential reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the inability of the agency to prevent the leak.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia is concerned over a leak of confidential reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the inability of the agency to prevent the leak, Russia's Ambassador-at-Large and representative in the IAEA Board of Governors Grigory Berdennikov said Friday.

"We have repeatedly expressed our concern that confidential IAEA reports are leaked to the media before being reviewed by the agency's Board of Governors. We have raised this question at the Board's sessions," Berdennikov told RIA Novosti in an interview.

According to Berdennikov, the agency's secretariat has been conducting an investigation on the issue.