DUSHANBE, May 24, Asia-Plus – Ms. Ana Maria Cetto, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Deputy Director General, and Head of Department of Technical Cooperation, arrived in Tajikistan Thursday for a three-day visit.
The same day, Ms. Cetto visited a tailing dump located in the Fayzobod district, some 50 kilometers east of Dushanbe.
The main purpose of the visit is for the IAEA deputy director general to familiarize herself with a progress of the implementation of national technical cooperation projects and discuss with Tajik officials issues related to nuclear and radioactive security in Tajikistan.
Tomorrow, Ms. Ana Maria Cetto is scheduled to hold talks with Tajik National Academy of Sciences Academician President Mamadsho Ilolov, Deputy Prime Minister Khairnisso Mavlonova, Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi, Health Minister Rano Abdurahmonova, as well as meet with heads of a number of international organizations active in Tajikistan.
On May 26, the IAEA deputy director general will meet with Agriculture and Environmental Protection Minister Abdurahmon Qodirov, as well as Tajik students and researchers from scientific-research institutes.
The IAEA deputy director general’s visit to Tajikistan will last till May 27.
Ms. Cetto holds a degree in Physics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), a Masters Degree in Biophysics of Harvard University, and a Masters and PhD from UNAM. Before joining the Agency, Ms. Cetto was a research professor at the Institute of Physics, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Head of the Department of Physics at UNAM. Her primary area of research is theoretical physics and she has made widely recognized contributions to the theory of stochastic electrodynamics. Ms. Cetto joined the IAEA as Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation in January 2003.
The IAEA is the world´s center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the world´s “Atoms for Peace” organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies. The IAEA Secretariat is headquartered at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria. Operational liaison and regional offices are located in Geneva, Switzerland; New York, USA; Toronto, Canada; and Tokyo, Japan. The IAEA runs or supports research centers and scientific laboratories in Vienna and Seibersdorf, Austria; Monaco; and Trieste, Italy.
