Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott have agreed on the need to speed up the investigation into the crash of a Malaysia Airlines flight in eastern Ukraine.
A Kremlin statement said talks on the July crash dominated a Tuesday meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit being held in Beijing.
The meeting was being watched closely since Prime Minister Abbott had recently threatened to aggressively confront President Putin about Russia’s alleged involvement in the July crash.
Putin’s spokesman said the Australian leader apparently did not try to follow through on his threat to …read more
Source: Voice of America
