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Associated Press: Netherlands summons Russian envoy over MH17 probe criticism

Published Sept. 30, 2016 at 3:10 pm

Members of a joint investigation team present the preliminary results of the criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 , in Nieuwegein, on September 28, 2016. Last year a separate inquiry led by the Dutch Safety Board (OVV) found the Boeing 777 was hit by a BUK missile fired from an area most likely in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces since early 2014.

Photo by AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The Netherlands has summoned Russia’s ambassador to complain about Russian criticism of the Dutch public prosecutor’s office over the probe into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17.

The Russian ambassador was called on Sept. 30 to the foreign ministry in The Hague over statements that the Dutch say question the office’s “professionalism, integrity and independence.”