President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (September 25) formally opened the international forum 'World Atomic Week' in Moscow. The annual forum is dedicated to the global nuclear industry and related fields.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, Chairman of the State Administration Council of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Armenian Prime Minister Nicol Pashinyan were among foreign guests attending the event.

Before the formal plenary session on Thursday, chief of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom Alexei Likhachev led a tour of the 'Atom' museum for the invited leaders and IAEA's Grossi. The museum is dedicated to the history of Russia's nuclear energy programme.

The 'World Atomic Week' event runs from September 25-28 and is held the All-Russia Exhibition Centre (Vdnkh) in Moscow.

According to Kremlin, after the plenary session, Vladimir Putin will hold bilateral talks with heads of foreign delegations.

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MOSCOW, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 25, 2025) (RUSSIAN POOL - Access all)

1.VARIOUS OF IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL RAFAEL GROSSI AT THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM "WORLD ATOMIC WEEK"

2.RUSSIAN STATE NUCLEAR CORPORATION ROSATOM CHIEF ALEXEI LIKHACHEV (RIGHT) AND ARMENIA'S PRIME MINISTER NIKOL PASHINYAN (LEFT) AT FORUM

3.RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ARRIVING AT FORUM

4.VARIOUS OF PUTIN, GROSSI, LIKHACHEV, PASHINYAN, IRAN’S VICE PRESIDENT MOHAMMAD ESLAMI (NEXT TO LIKHACHEV), CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATION COUNCIL OF MYANMAR MIN AUNG HLAING SITTING AND TALKING

5.ETHIOPIA’S PRIME MINISTER ABIY AHMED ENTERING ROOM, SHAKING HANDS WITH PUTIN AND ESLAMI

6.BELARUSIAN PRESIDENT ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO ARRIVING AT FORUM

7.LUKASHENKO ENTERING ROOM, SHAKING HANDS WITH PUTIN

8.FORUM PARTICIPANTS VISITING THE ATOM MUSEUM DEDICATED TO RUSSIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY

9.VARIOUS OF LIKHACHEV CONDUCTING A TOUR OF THE ATOM MUSEUM