Defense minister of Malaysia to visit Moscow to negotiate investigation into MH17 crash
After talks in Moscow the Malaysian defense minister will go to Amsterdam where he will also discuss a process of an investigation into the crash of the Malaysian Boeing-777
SINGAPORE, September 08. /ITAR-TASS/. Defense Minister of Malaysia Hishammuddin Hussein is arriving in Moscow on September 10 to negotiate problems of an investigation into a crash of the Malaysian passenger plane on the territory of the Donetsk region on July 17, the News Straits Times newspaper in Monday's issue.
After talks in Moscow the Malaysian defense minister will go to Amsterdam where he will also discuss a process of an investigation into the crash of the Malaysian Boeing-777.
On Monday morning the Malaysian defense minister is arriving in Kiev to make sure that the access to the crash site of the Malaysian plane is safe, the newspaper said.
On Sunday a group of Malaysian experts took a flight to Ukraine to continue collecting material evidence in the area where the plane crashed and search for the remains of the victims killed in the air disaster. It was not immediately known when the Malaysian experts would exactly arrive at the crash site.
Earlier, Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said it was necessary to begin the work as soon as possible because in a few weeks' time it might be snowing there already, which would considerably hinder search efforts.
The plane belonging tithe Malaysian Airlines company crashed in the Donetsk region when it was performing a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala-Lumpur. All the 298 people on board were killed.