RF Foreign Ministry calls for stopping hostilities in Boeing crash area

MOSCOW, July 22 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Foreign Ministry stated on Tuesday in connection with the adoption by the UN Security Council of a resolution on the air crash in Ukraine that it is important that the Security Council resolution urges all the warring sides to stop combat actions in the area of the plane crash and ensure the access of investigation bodies, the OSCE special monitoring commission in Ukraine to the site. “On July 21, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on the international investigation into the crash of the Malaysian Boeing in Ukraine,” the ministry said. “During the work on the Australian-sponsored draft resolution the Russian side proceeded from the inadmissibility of bias in determining those possibly responsible for the catastrophe and forestalling of any investigation results.” “We believe that such a high-profile incident as a passenger airliner crash should be investigated with the active role of an authoritative agency - such as the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the more so that the Security Council had already made such decisions in the past,” the RF Foreign Ministry stressed. “Intense consultations have produced a draft, which stresses the need of the truly independent and unbiased international investigation based on international aviation principles, in which the ICAO should play the critically important role,” the ministry noted. “The Russian side is ready to provide comprehensive assistance to this investigation, including assigning the corresponding specialists.” “It is important that the resolution also contains a call on all the warring sides to stop combat actions in the area of the plane crash and ensure access there for the investigation bodies, the OSCE special monitoring commission and other international organisations, assisting the investigation,” the RF Foreign Ministry stressed. Learn more on itar-tass.com