French President
Emmanuel Macron welcomed Russia’s readiness to cooperate.
STRELNA, May
24./TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was at the moment unaware
of the findings of the Dutch investigators on the crash of MH17 flight in
Ukraine as had been working in St. Petersburg all day long, but stressed that
anyway Russia must take part in the probe to accept its results.
He said Russia’s
stance on the issue was the following - "we right from the start suggested
joint work to investigate this tragedy, but to our surprise we are kept out of
the investigation," Putin said.
"The Ukrainian
side is working there although Ukraine violated international rules and did not
shut the airspace over the territory where warfare was underway," he went
on. "Russia, however - is not [taking part in the investigation],"
the president said.
"In order to
recognize what is stated there, we must have a full role in the
investigation," he said. "In any case, Russia will deal with this
attentively, with respect, will analyze all that is stated there and will voice
its attitude to this case," he said. "However, so far I haven’t even
seen this text."
French President Emmanuel
Macron said his country welcomes Russia’s readiness to cooperate with the
investigation.
"The [Russia]
president has just said a very important thing about the readiness to
cooperate," he said. "I stand in full solidarity with The Netherlands
and I believe that Russia should demonstrate a constructive approach."
Source: ITAR-TASS
25-05-2018
