WASHINGTON, November 16 (RIA Novosti) – The United States, Australia and Japan have called for justice in the investigation of the MH17 crash, the White House said in a statement Sunday.
In a joint statement issued following a meeting in Brisbane, Australia on the margins of the G20 summit, US President Barack Obama, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe expressed their commitment to "bringing to justice those responsible for the downing of Flight MH17", the White House said.
The three leaders also "resolved to tackle pressing issues such as: degrading and ultimately defeating the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and countering the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters [and] ending the deadly Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa" and "expressed their firm commitment to deepen the already strong security and defense cooperation among the three countries".
Over the weekend, the city of Brisbane has seen world leaders and around 4,000 delegates visiting Australia in a bid to find a solution to a number of world issues. Global financial recovery, the Ebola virus epidemic and climate change are among the challenges discussed during the two-day summit.
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on July 17. All 298 people on board, including 283 passengers and 15 crew members, died in the crash.
