MOSCOW, July 21 (RIA Novosti) - Malaysian experts will visit the site of the Boeing 777 crash in the Ukrainian city of Torez on Tuesday, Bernama news agency reported Monday referring to Malaysia’s Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
“Three Malaysian accredited experts to arrive at MH17 crashed site in Torez on Tuesday says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai,” the agency reported.
According to Bernama, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said that the visit of the experts was agreed after the talks between OSCE and the representatives of self-defense forces in southeastern Ukraine.
Spokesperson for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Michael Bociurkiw said earlier today that the self-defense forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic have ensured security of OSCE monitors at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines MH17.
«Today … we were able under very good security to visit [the town of] Torez near the crash site. Then we went to a railroad station. At the railroad station there were several cars, three or four of which were refrigerated. We were told that these cars hold the victims of the MH17 crash," the OSCE mission’s spokesman said.
Earlier, Alexander Boroday, the prime-minister of the self-proclaimed of Donetsk People’s Republic, said that the arrival of the Malaysian experts for the investigation of the plane catastrophe was delayed due to the ongoing military activities in Donetsk region.
Malaysia Airlines' flight MH17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed on July 17 near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. 298 people on board the Boeing 777 died, including 283 passengers and 15 crew members.
