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MH17: Malaysia gets access to crash site

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will once again have access to the crash site of the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight in eastern Ukraine.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has held series of discussion with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko which resulted in the ratification of the new two-state agreement by the Ukraine Parliament on Tuesday to provide for the deployment of Malaysian personnel at the MH17 crash site.

The 90-member team will be joining the Dutch-led team to facilitate the recovery of remains and conduct the investigation called for in the UN Security Council Resolution 2166.

“I welcome this bilateral agreement, which formally authorises the deployment of Malaysian personnel at the site. Now is the time to make it count.

“I implore all parties to cease fighting and allow the international team of investigators safe and unfettered access to the crash site," he said in a statement yesterday.

The prime minister has also held meetings with European governments to discuss the MH17 situation in the recent days.

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