The Netherlands Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador to Amsterdam, Alexander Shulgin, after the country’s authorities on Wednesday reported indications implicating Russian President Vladimir Putin in the downing of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
During a speech to Dutch parliamentarians, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Wednesday that Shulgin had been summoned to the Foreign Ministry headquarters to «give written and verbal explanations» about the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) report on MH17.
In response, some parliamentarians had urged the prime minister to stay on Dutch territory and send a representative to the European Union summit in order to follow first-hand the progress of the latest report on the fateful crash that killed 283 passengers and 15 crew members, according to the Dutch broadcaster NOS.
The Netherlands Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday that there are indications that President Putin ordered the supply to pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine of the ‘Bulk Telar’ air defense system, whose missile was allegedly behind the 2014 downing of flight MH17 in the area.
The JIT, which is investigating the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight in eastern Ukraine, indicated that despite these findings, «it is not possible to charge Putin» and confirmed that the investigation has been suspended. «The investigation has reached its limit,» the agency said, according to reports in the daily ‘NRC Handelsblad’.
The Judiciary confirmed in the past that the missile that hit the aircraft was a ‘Buk’ that was launched from a farm and left 283 passengers and fifteen crew members dead. The judges concluded that there is ample evidence to support the hypothesis that the missile was Russian and was launched from that territory, which was then under the control of pro-Russian forces.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
