The U.N.
air travel council on Monday ruled thatRussiawas responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine that eliminated all 298 guests and crew, including 196 Dutch people and 38 Australian people or residents, the Dutch and Australian governments stated in separate statements.Both federal governments said the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) would consider what type of reparation remained in order in the coming weeks.Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 departed from Amsterdam for Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014, and was shot down over eastern Ukraine as combating raved in between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces.In November 2022, Dutch judgesconvictedtwoRussian males and a Ukrainian man in absentia of murder for their role in the attack.
Moscow called the judgment scandalous and said it would not extradite its citizens.The ICAO, which is based in Montreal, did not immediately respond to an ask for remark.
The case was launched in 2022 by Australia and the Netherlands.
The decision is an important action toward establishing the truth and attaining justice and responsibility for all victims of Flight MH17, and their households and enjoyed ones, Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said in a declaration.
This choice also sends out a clear message to the worldwide community: states can not violate worldwide law with impunity.
The Netherlands and Australia want the ICAO Council to orderRussiato participate in negotiations over reparations, he added.Australia Foreign Minister Penny Wong said her federal government welcomed the choice and prompted ICAO to move quickly to figure out solutions.
We call uponRussiato lastly confront its responsibility for this dreadful act of violence and make reparations for its outright conduct, as needed under global law, Wong said in a statement.ICAO lacks regulative power but holds ethical suasion and sets international aviation standards extremely embraced by its 193-member states.