On February 6, Mr. Etienne De Poncins, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of France to Ukraine, made an official visit to Chornobyl NPP.
The delegation included Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Oleksandr Krasnolutskiy and senior management of the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management.
Accompanied by Valeriy Seyda, Acting Director General of Chornobyl NPP, Mr. De Poncins visited the New Safe Confinement. This structure was designed and constructed by NOVARKA consortium, which consisted of two French giants in engineering — Vinci Construction Grand Projects and Bouygues Travaux Publics.