Malaysia has made to the UN Security Council resolution on the Tribunal for the collapse of Boeing – RBC

The wreckage of a passenger plane, “Malaysian Airlines» Boeing 777, crashed on July 17 near the village of Grabovo

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According to RIA Novosti press-secretary of the Permanent Mission of Russia to the UN Alexei Zaitsev, a draft resolution introduced on Tuesday. Date of consideration has not been determined.

«Our [Russian] position on the proposal is known. It has not changed “, – said the permanent representative.

According to him, the draft resolution introduced on Tuesday. Date of consideration has not been determined ».

« Our position on the proposal is known. It has not changed “, – said the permanent representative.

The initiative for the establishment of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Boeing 777 crash were the Netherlands. Their initiative was supported by the Malaysian authorities.

At the end of June in the Netherlands, the sources told the news agency Reuters, that the legal and political complexity of the case on the MH-17 led Amsterdam to focus on the creation of an international court on this case with the support of the UN Security Council. “The UN tribunal is a better option. We expect that it will lead to the best cooperation among all stakeholders, “- said a senior official of the Dutch government.

In the Netherlands believe that the case is an international tribunal, rather than a national court are more likely to provide success in the future process.

The publication The Malaysian Insider reported that the Malaysian delegation to the United Nations on July 8 issued a draft resolution on the establishment of the tribunal. The document states that the court will be “an effective guarantee for independent and impartial investigation process.” The draft also points out that a plane crash in the sky over Ukraine is “a threat to international peace and security”, and all States should cooperate fully with the tribunal.

In turn, the Russian Foreign Ministry described as “inadequate mechanism” International Tribunal for the collapse of the Malaysian Boeing in the Donbass.

On Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry circulated a comment after the meeting Deputy Gennady Gatilova with the heads of diplomatic missions of Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Malaysia and Ukraine. The Foreign Ministry stressed that the fact that the question of establishing an international tribunal for the catastrophe MH-17 is premature and counterproductive. “Urged to return to the legal field of resolution 2166 [UN Security Council resolution on the need for a comprehensive, independent and thorough international investigation into the crash], which is the only acceptable basis for the cooperation of the international community to establish the cause of death of a Malaysian ship”, – stated in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The department noted that to date there has been no precedent of establishing international tribunals to prosecute those responsible for acts against civil aviation. “No one offered to create a tribunal or in 1988, after being shot down an Iranian airliner over the Persian Gulf or in 2001 – after the defeat of the Russian civil aircraft airline” Siberia “. Haste also in promoting the resolution and its extended coverage give reason to think that some states are trying to find an excuse to use the tragedy of the MH-17 to exert pressure on Russia “, – said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Boeing 777 Malaysia Airlines crashed July 17 2014 near the village of Grabovo in the Donetsk region. As a result, killed 298 people, mostly citizens of the Netherlands. The aircraft carried out flight Amsterdam – Kuala Lumpur.