SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday Russia’s “outrageous” veto of a UN resolution to establish a special tribunal to try those who shot down flight MH17 over Ukraine reinforced concerns Moscow was protecting the perpetrators.
Eleven of the 15 members of the Security Council voted in favour late Wednesday of the resolution, drafted by Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine.
But Russia exercised its veto while Angola, China and Venezuela abstained.
All 298 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 777 were killed when the Malaysia Airlines plane was blown out of the sky over Ukraine during a routine flight …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today