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UN Chief Expresses Alarm Over Drone Attack Near UAE Nuclear Facility
(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday expressed being “deeply alarmed” after drone attacks sparked a fire in an electrical generator located within the perimeter area of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
In a statement issued from Tokyo, he said, “There must be no further attacks near civilian infrastructure, including nuclear power plants.”
He added that “Attacks to nuclear installations are totally unacceptable, a violation of international law and must be condemned.”
Guterres said the incident “provides yet another reason for all sides to halt the fighting completely,” reiterating his repeated warnings against further escalation in the Middle East.
The comments came after Emirati authorities reported that air defense systems intercepted two drones, while a third managed to hit an electrical generator outside the plant’s inner perimeter.
Officials in the UAE said there were no injuries, no changes in radiological safety levels, and no risk to public health or the environment.
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