BBC Online :
The Netherlands and Australia are seeking access to the crash site of MH17 in eastern Ukraine, as more planes with victims’ bodies are flown out.
Foreign ministers from both countries are attending a ceremony marking the departure in the city of Kharkiv.
They are negotiating with Ukrainian officials in Kiev to send police to the site which is controlled by pro-Russia rebels amid continuing fighting.
Rebels have been accused of shooting down the Malaysia Airlines plane.
All 298 people on board the flight died in the crash on 17 July, including 193 Dutch citizens, 43 Malaysians and 27 Australians.
About 200 bodies were recovered and transported to Kharkiv, which is outside rebel territory.
The first coffins carrying victims of the crash arrived by plane in the Netherlands on Wednesday for forensic identification.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday that he would send 40 unarmed military police to east Ukraine to investigate the crash and seek the remaining victims’ bodies.
He vowed to bring those responsible for the crash “to justice” and said: “We want to bring back everybody, bring home everybody.”
On Friday, Australian leader Tony Abbott said an additional 100 police would be deployed to Europe, joining 90 officers in London awaiting permission to enter and secure the crash site.
He described it as “a humanitarian mission with a clear and simple objective to bring them home”.
The Dutch and Australian Foreign Ministers, Frans Timmermans and Julie Bishop, are in talks with the Ukrainian government to discuss access to the crash site.
Dutch investigators have faced difficulties gaining access to the rebel-controlled crash site in eastern Ukraine, amid continuing fighting there.
The Netherlands and Australia are seeking access to the crash site of MH17 in eastern Ukraine, as more planes with victims’ bodies are flown out.
Foreign ministers from both countries are attending a ceremony marking the departure in the city of Kharkiv.
They are negotiating with Ukrainian officials in Kiev to send police to the site which is controlled by pro-Russia rebels amid continuing fighting.
Rebels have been accused of shooting down the Malaysia Airlines plane.
All 298 people on board the flight died in the crash on 17 July, including 193 Dutch citizens, 43 Malaysians and 27 Australians.
About 200 bodies were recovered and transported to Kharkiv, which is outside rebel territory.
The first coffins carrying victims of the crash arrived by plane in the Netherlands on Wednesday for forensic identification.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday that he would send 40 unarmed military police to east Ukraine to investigate the crash and seek the remaining victims’ bodies.
He vowed to bring those responsible for the crash “to justice” and said: “We want to bring back everybody, bring home everybody.”
On Friday, Australian leader Tony Abbott said an additional 100 police would be deployed to Europe, joining 90 officers in London awaiting permission to enter and secure the crash site.
He described it as “a humanitarian mission with a clear and simple objective to bring them home”.
The Dutch and Australian Foreign Ministers, Frans Timmermans and Julie Bishop, are in talks with the Ukrainian government to discuss access to the crash site.
Dutch investigators have faced difficulties gaining access to the rebel-controlled crash site in eastern Ukraine, amid continuing fighting there.
