Moscow shocked by London's unwillingness to share info that may shed light on A321 crash - Foreign Ministry
MOSCOW. Nov 5 (Interfax) - The Russian Foreign Ministry is outraged by the fact that, while saying publicly that an explosive device on board the Russian Airbus A321 airliner could have caused its crash in Egypt on October 31, the British authorities have not shared any information giving rise to such assumptions with Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
"Frankly speaking, it's shocking to realize that the British government has some information that could shed some light on what happened in the skies over Egypt. It just turns out that, if this information exists - and it seems to exist, judging by the fact that the foreign secretary aired it - nobody has passed it on to Russia," Zakharova said at a news briefing in Moscow on Thursday.
She also described it as perplexing that this information was publicly aired not by a specialist but by the British foreign secretary.
Zakharova also urged countries possessing official information on possible causes of the crash to share it with Russia.
"Finding the truth in this case is a crucial matter for us," she said.
"If this information is not provided but is used exclusively for some public statements, then it means that some special ends are pursued there, but we believe that, if a state possesses any information on the Russian plane's crash in Egyptian airspace, this information should be provided to the investigation," Zakharova said.
Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov had said earlier that the Kremlin expected parties possessing information on possible causes of the A321 crash in Egypt to share it with the investigation.