ULAANBAATAR (MONGOLIA): Malaysia and the Netherlands are committed to bring to justice those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight, two years after the incident has taken place.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the commitment was made during a bilateral meeting between him and the Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte yesterday.
During the meeting, Zahid, who is also Home Minister, said Rutte had updated him on the investigations and both of them had agreed to bring those responsible to justice.
"This was also the common stand of our Prime Minster Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Rutte before," he told the Malaysian media here today.
Zahid however, said the date for prosecution would depend on a decision by the International Court of Justice.
The ill-fated Boeing 777 aircraft was shot down on July 17, 2014 while cruising above Ukraine, killing all 298 crew and passengers on board.
Dutch Safety Board chairman Tjibbe Joustra has last year confirmed that it was shot down by a Buk surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine.
The report came out after 15 months of investigation undertaken by a joint team from the Netherlands, Ukraine, Malaysia, Australia, United Kingdom, the United States and Russia.