Romanian diplomat – Interim IAEA Director General

Romanian diplomat Cornel Feruţă has been appointed, on Thursday, Interim Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

“As a consequence of the recent passing away of Director General Yukiya Amano, and in order to ensure the orderly and smooth functioning of the Agency, the Board of Governors has decided to designate Mr Cornel Feruță as acting Director General, until a Director General assumes office”, IAEA said in a statement on its website on Thursday.

Appointment was welcomed by Romanian Foreign Ministry.

Romanian diplomat was chief coordinator within the International Atomic Energy Agency and was part of the delegation that negotiated the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran.

Even before Amano's death, Cornel Feruţă was seen as his possible successor, Rador informs.

Source:RRA, IAEA.Translated by Miruna Matei