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Malaysia Hopes For Soonest Return of Boeing Crash Bodies

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The bodies of the people who died in the Boeing 777 crash should be returned to their families as soon as possible, the Ukrainian President’s press service said Monday following Petro Poroshenko’s meeting with the representatives of the Malaysian government.

MOSCOW, July 21 (RIA Novosti) - The bodies of the people who died in the Boeing 777 crash should be returned to their families as soon as possible, the Ukrainian President’s press service said Monday following Petro Poroshenko’s meeting with the representatives of the Malaysian government.

“They [representatives of the Malaysian government] emphasized the necessity of immediate return of the bodies to their families,” says the statement on Poroshenko’s meeting with Foreign Minister of Malaysia Anifah bin Haji Aman, Minister of Transport Liow Tiong Lai and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malaysia Chuah Teong Ban.

“The high representatives of the Malaysian government condemned the actions of militants in respect of the dead bodies and shocking demonstration of the dead bodies by some foreign TV channels,” Poroshenko’s press service said.

Poroshenko said that Ukraine would do everything to “bring to responsibility those who destroyed the plane, handle in an offensive way with the dead bodies and eliminate the evidence.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Monday against using the crash for political goals.

“Speaking about the terrible tragic events that occurred in the sky above Donetsk, I would like to say once again how we in Russia treat these events that today happen in Ukraine. We have repeatedly called on all the conflicting sides to immediately stop bloodshed and sit down at the negotiating table," Putin told Rossiya 24 television channel Monday.

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.

Ukrainian authorities place the blame for the crash on independence supporters in the country’s eastern regions, while the latter maintain they do not have the means to shoot down a plane flying that high.

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