On October 17, 2005 leaders of the Chornobyl Center met guests from the Embassy of Austrian Republic in Ukraine
Ms. Sigrid Berka, the First Secretary of the Embassy of Austrian Republic in Ukraine, Director of Austrian Cultural Forum, and Mr. Thomas Rapatz, Military Attache, visited the Chornobyl Center.
The guests met with the management of the Chornobyl Center headed by Dr. Yevgen Garin, Coordinating Director.
During the visit, Ms. Sigrid Berka and Mr. Thomas Rapatz were briefed on the Center’s activity, major international and national projects implemented by the Chornobyl Center, and also visited the International Radioecology Laboratory. Particular consideration was given to nuclear safety issues.
A possibility of collaboration between Ukraine and the Republic of Austria within the framework of the International Chornobyl Center was discussed during the negotiations.