Relatives of victims of the disaster MH17-called prime minister Rutte to put more pressure on Ukraine, Russia and the US to release radar images from July 17, 2014. RTL News published that letter on the website.
The eighteen families who have signed the letter, stating that the countries concerned are obliged under international agreements to release primary radar images.
,, We regret very much that Russia and Ukraine not (crude) primary radar images have been made available to the researchers, '' write the relatives. ,, While countries are obliged to provide under the ICAO Convention. We believe that these radar images are extremely important for the investigation and the truth. ''
The government has previously indicated that the images for the conclusions of the Research Council make no difference, but the families think they are extremely important to the criminal investigation. ,, We wonder where this conclusion is based. After all, they can only be drawn if the radar images are known. "
To the test
According to the relatives their patience is put to the test. Thus, it would still take a year before a new decision on the prosecution of the perpetrators is taken. ,, Why do all these things take so long and why is there not more pressure put to get to the bottom? "
The Malaysia Airlines aircraft was on July 17, 2014 year in Ukraine killed by a Buk missile. All 298 people on board lost their lives to it, including 196 Dutch.
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