Malaysia PM to discuss access to MH-17 crash site with Dutch PM
Updated: 2014-07-26 17:35
(Agencies)
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (R), with Dutch ambassador Harry Molenaar, speaks to the press about the recovery of bodies killed when Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot down over the Ukraine, at the residence of the Netherlands' ambassador in Kuala Lumpur July 24, 2014. [Photo/Agencies] |
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Saturday he would meet Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte next week to discuss how to secure full access for investigators to the site in Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner was downed.
A statement issued by his office said Najib would fly to the Netherlands to discuss the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 and the deployment of 30 investigators it said were needed to conduct a full investigation.
Najib said pro-Russian rebels in control of the site had fulfilled two conditions in a deal reached with Malaysia - returning the bodies of the victims and the aircraft's two "black boxes", but a full investigation was yet to take place.
"My priority now is to ensure the third part of the deal is honoured, and that international investigators are given full and secure access to the site. This will require the cooperation of those in control of the crash site and the Ukrainian armed forces," he said in the statement.
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