Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar): India today sought a "broad-based" international investigation into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine and called for steps to ensure that such a tragedy was not repeated.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in her address at the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting here, also underlined the need for finding a diplomatic solution to the situation in Ukraine.
"The senseless loss of lives in the crash of MH17 on July 17 has left the international community with responsibility to ensure safety of civil aviation. Parties in conflict situations must urgently abjure violence and work for diplomatic solutions," Swaraj said.
"We must ensure that such a tragedy is never repeated. A broad-based international investigation must cover all aspects of this incident," she said.
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 with 298 people on board was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was downed between Krasni Luch in Luhansk region and Shakhtarsk in the neighbouring region of Donetsk, Ukraine. All 298 people were killed.
It is believed that flight MH17 crashed after being hit by a surface-to-air missile fired from the rebel-held area.
10/08/14 PTI/Business Standard
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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in her address at the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting here, also underlined the need for finding a diplomatic solution to the situation in Ukraine.
"The senseless loss of lives in the crash of MH17 on July 17 has left the international community with responsibility to ensure safety of civil aviation. Parties in conflict situations must urgently abjure violence and work for diplomatic solutions," Swaraj said.
"We must ensure that such a tragedy is never repeated. A broad-based international investigation must cover all aspects of this incident," she said.
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 with 298 people on board was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was downed between Krasni Luch in Luhansk region and Shakhtarsk in the neighbouring region of Donetsk, Ukraine. All 298 people were killed.
It is believed that flight MH17 crashed after being hit by a surface-to-air missile fired from the rebel-held area.
10/08/14 PTI/Business Standard
