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The international community should not make unfounded announcements in relation to Russia in the case of a plane crash in 2014 in the sky over the Donbass, Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said.
The Foreign Minister is confident that the investigation should be conducted more openly, the Izvestia newspaper writes. According to him, the investigation has not yet been completed, nevertheless, this did not stop the Western countries from blaming indiscriminately entire countries and even mentioning the names of those involved.
The views of Malaysia and Russia on this case coincided, the minister said. The ways in which Kuala Lumpur and Moscow came to the same position may be different, Saifuddin Abdullah noted, but countries were moving in the same direction. Relations between the two states did not deteriorate because of this tragedy, he stressed.
The minister noted that the Western countries participating in the investigation refused the authorities of the kingdom full access to the case file, which meant that they could hide some details.
A plane flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur by flight MH17 crashed near Donetsk five years ago, on July 17, 2014. All 298 people on board died. Russian experts initially suggested joint work but were removed from the investigation. Meanwhile, Moscow is ready to recognize the results of the investigation only if it takes a full part in it.
As Russkiy Mir reported, the Russian Foreign Ministry called the evidence published by the Joint Investigative Team “very dubious”. According to Russian diplomats, the investigation is trying to tailor the facts to its version and distributes fakes. At the same time, Dutch politicians abuse the feelings and grief of the relatives of the victims. They are shamelessly trying to use them to increase pressure on Moscow.
Russkiy Mir
