: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Ukraine pledges help for airline compensation for Iran plane crash victims


OTTAWA — Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada says his government will help Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne secure compensation from Ukraine International Airlines for the families of all those killed on Flight 752, including 55 Canadian citizens.
Champagne is in Kyiv March 3 for the start of a two-day visit that will include a meeting with the head of the airline, where he will try to speed up delivery of the compensation it must pay under international aviation law to the victims’ families.
Envoy Andriy Shevchenko said his government sees no obstacles to the airline meeting its international legal obligations to compensate families.
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Source:: National Newswatch

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