5 Jul 2017 18:16

Ukraine, Netherlands to sign agreement on cooperation in MH17 probe this week

KYIV. July 5 (Interfax) - An agreement on international legal cooperation between Ukraine and the Netherlands when hearing the case over the attack on and shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 passenger plane in the sky over the Donetsk region in July 2014 and the prosecution of those guilty of this crime will be signed on Friday, July 7.

"An agreement between Ukraine and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on international legal cooperation regarding the crimes related to the attack on the MH17 plane, which is expected to be signed on July 7, 2017, will be the reason for implementing this decision," the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry press service said in a statement released on Wednesday.