The US state Department supported the decision to hold on to the territory of the Netherlands the trial of the suspects of involvement in the crash “Boeing” in Eastern Ukraine. This is stated in a special statement of the American foreign Ministry.
“We are fully confident in the ability of the Dutch criminal justice system to come to a fair and impartial decision”, — stated in the document.
On 5 July it became known that the decision on carrying out of the process was adopted by the representatives of the countries participating in the investigation of the crash, the Netherlands, Australia, Malaysia and Belgium. Date of the first meeting in the foreign Ministry of the Netherlands said. The names of the suspects were also not named.
Passenger aircraft “Boeing 777” Malaysia Airlines, carrying out flight MH17 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), crashed July 17, 2014 in the Eastern Donetsk region. Killed 283 passengers and 15 crew members — citizens of 10 countries.
The Ukrainian authorities and representatives of the militia declared Donetsk national Republic (DND) blamed each other.