All 298 passengers and crew on Flight MH17 died when the plane was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014 -© AFP/File
THE HAGUE: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday made an “urgent” appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin not to veto a UN Security Council resolution to try those who shot down flight MH17 over Ukraine.
Rutte’s office said he telephoned Putin ahead of the vote in New York to seek his backing for setting up an international tribunal to try the as-yet unidentified suspects behind the downing of the Malaysia Airlines jet that killed 298 …read more
Source: The Borneo Post
