The Netherlands refused to disclose materials on Boeing MH17
The government of the Netherlands does not provide the opportunity to familiarize itself with materials on the Boeing flight MH2014 shot down over Donbass in 17, so as not to cast doubt on the official version.
This was stated during a briefing by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Demanding from the Russian side answers to the investigators’ requests that seem to have been completely satisfied by Russia, their secrets that could be useful during the investigation, the Dutch authorities simply flatly refuse to hand over.
Since 2015, a legal battle has dragged on between three Dutch publications and the Dutch government. Journalists through the court tried to force their authorities to provide the public and investigators with transcripts of cabinet meetings dedicated to the crash of flight MH17, as well as meetings with experts who assessed the work of the Dutch authorities in the days of the disaster. The Dutch government did not want to do this voluntarily,” Zakharova said.
According to her, last week the Dutch State Council, the highest court vested with the powers of the Constitutional Court, put an end to this matter, completely siding with the Dutch authorities.
“According to the decision of the State Council, these materials can now not be disclosed at all. What about transparency, what about the transparency of the investigation into the death of the Malaysian airliner? But what about freedom of speech, what about the rights of journalists and the media to receive data, materials and information on not just resonant, but on real tragedy? Are we witnessing an attempt by the Dutch authorities to conceal everything that does not support the official version of the death of flight MH17?” added the Foreign Ministry representative.
As PolitNavigator reported, an analysis of the remains of the Buk missile used to shoot down the Malaysian Boeing revealed that the munition had been assigned since Soviet times to a military unit stationed in the Lviv region of western Ukraine. Servicemen from this unit subsequently participated in the conflict in Donbas.
The Netherlands has refused to disclose information about MH17.