23 Jul 2014 10:26

Netherlands to propose police mission deployment in Donetsk rgn - Ukrainian presidential press service

KYIV. July 23 (Interfax) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on the phone he intends to suggest the sending of a police mission to the Malaysian Airlines Boeing crash scene.

"Mark Rutte said he was set to propose together with Australia and other countries, whose citizens were on flight MH17, to deploy a civilian police mission under the UN aegis in Ukraine for the security of the crash scene and its vicinity and the assistance in the independent international inquiry into the crash causes," the Ukrainian president's press service said.

The sides also agreed to pool efforts for the economic recovery of the Ukrainian regions affected by the hostilities.

"Prime Minister M. Rutte assured [Poroshenko] the Netherlands was ready to be an active participant in the donor and investor conference on Ukraine due to take place in Kyiv in fall," the report said.