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July 26, 2014 5:59AM
NEWS.COM.AU
UKRAINE’S acting prime minister hopes parliament can next week ratify a deal that would allow Australian police and soldiers to take a lead role in securing the MH17 crash site.
The air-crash investigation has been officially handed over to the Netherlands but a separate deal authorising an international security force is yet to be passed.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop signed an in-principle deal on that with her Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin in the early hours of Friday morning.
“We are now preparing a special document that is to be ratified by the parliament,” acting PM Volodymyr Groysman told reporters in Kiev.
“I hope that this will take place next week - the ratification that is.”
Getting the arrangement finalised has been complicated by the collapse of the ruling coalition and the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
But Mr Groysman is confident that parliament can be recalled for an emergency session.
Final journey ... A column of funeral hearses carrying Dutch victims of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash near Waardenburg, in the Netherlands. Picture: Vincent Jannink Source: AFP
1am
DUTCH authorities expect the last of the bodies that were removed from the MH17 crash site this week to be transferred to the Netherlands on the weekend.
The final flight is expected to depart from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv for Eindhoven on Sunday.
“Today (Saturday) again 74 coffins went to the Netherlands,” Dutch forensic team spokeswoman Esther Naber told AAP.
“The work is finished today, definitely, but there is one or two more flights tomorrow.”
The Dutch believe at least 200 bodies were on the refrigerated train out of Torez.
There’s no doubt, however, that some remains are still at the crash site, with experts making new discoveries on Thursday and Friday.
The deceased are being transferred from Ukraine’s’s second-biggest city to Eindhoven on a Dutch C130 Hercules and an Australian C17 transporter.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Friday visited Kharkiv to see how the work was progressing and to thank those involved.
She was accompanied by her Dutch counterpart, Frans Timmermans, before both flew on to the Netherlands.
Repatriated ... A Boeing C17 of the Royal Australian Airforce carrying 45 coffins containing the remains of the victims arrives at the Dutch military airbase in Eindhoven. Picture: Marcel Van Hoorn Source: AFP
Patricia Zorko, head of the National Police Unit that includes the Dutch national forensic team, said about 200 experts, including 80 from overseas, were working in Hilversum, in the Netherlands, at a military barracks to identify the dead.
Around the world, 1000 people are involved in the process, which also includes gathering information from next of kin.
Friday, 11pm
A decision to send armed military to the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site would be made over the weekend in consultation with Australia and the United States, the Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte has said.
But in order to prevent any provocation, the Dutch have confirmed their initial deployment of 40 unarmed police, have been sent to the Ukraine wearing civilian clothes to help 23 Dutch investigators search for further bodies and personal possessions.
In a parliamentary debate Mr Rutte said he had to temper his initial response “to send in the troops’’ and stressed caution in negotiating with the rebels leaders to peacefully extract the remaining bodies and personal possessions.
He said the international independent investigation into the cause of the crash was secondary to recovery of the missing bodies. There are about 100 of the 298 passengers and crew on board the downed flight MH17 that are believed to be unaccounted for.
Decision soon ... Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte stressed caution in negotiating with the rebels leaders. Picture: Bart Maat Source: AFP
“I also think sometimes to send in the marines,’’ said Rutte.
“But we have to be very careful so that we can continue to build coalitions to achieve our goal.’’
Rutte said there was no hope for a complete ceasefire but noted that the rebels had ceased attacks at the present time to enable repatriation of the bodies.
He said he would have continuing discussions with his coalition partners, which include Australia, over the next few days about any military response to help secure the site for an investigation into the cause of the crash.
The 40 Dutch police have gone to the Ukraine crash site to assist and protect the 23 Dutch investigators that are making their way to Torez from Kharkiv.
Friday, 10.45pm
A group of Australian soldiers will be sent to the Ukraine to protect the police officers who will be securing the MH17 crash site from looters and the rebels who may have shot it out of the sky.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, speaking from the AFP national headquarters in Canberra, confirmed this afternoon there would be some “ADF deployment”.
Rebel interference ... The MH17 site has been subject to looting and tampering from the rebels. Picture: Bulent Kilic Source: AFP
The mission was a joint one with other countries that lost citizens in the MH17 disaster, which killed 298 people, and would be led by the Netherlands.
Mr Abbott said an understanding was close to being finalised that would allow the Australian police and troops into the Ukraine.
He said the mission was a “humanitarian” one that was ultimately trying to bring innocent people home and repeated that when asked what effect the presence the soldiers would have on the volitaile situation in Ukraine.
It was for others to talk about the internal politics of eastern Europe. “All we want to do is claim our dead and bring them home.”
The Prime Minister added: “This will be a police led mission, an international police-led mission — a humanitarian mission that’s what it is ... To ensure we bring them back ...”
Asked to confirm the soldiers were going to safeguard the police officers he said he was “conscious” of the need to ensure the safety of Australians at the crash site.
Call for action ... Tony Abbott stressed the importance of properly securing the crash site. Picture: Gary Ramage Source: News Corp Australia
Another 100 AFP officers, along with the small number of soldiers, are to leave for Netherlands today, adding to the 90 who are already in London waiting to be allowed into Ukraine or who are assisting with the crash investigation.
The MH17 site has been subject to looting and tampering from the rebels who are widely blamed for shooting down the plane, killing all 298 people on board.
Mr Abbott said three Australian officials travelled to the crash site and found previously undiscovered wreckage.
“ ... And I regret to say more human remains have been found and we expect that further remains will be found in the days ahead,” Mr Abbott said.
He said this made it more important than ever to properly secure the site.
Friday, 10:40pm
From News Corp’s Charles Miranda in Kiev:
Control of the investigation of what brought down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 has been formally handed to Dutch authorities in what is being described as a milestone achievement.
Exactly a week to the hour since MH17 fell from the sky over separatist held land in eastern Ukraine, Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans reached a deal with Ukraine to control the site.
Paying respects ... Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove and his wife place a wreath to the victims of MH17 at Schipohl airport, Amsterdam. Source: News Corp Australia
But while the signing was a goodwill gesture that builds the legal and operational framework for foreign forensic experts to probe the tragedy, neither he nor Australian counterpart Foreign Minister Julie Bishop could explain how it could be enforced on separatists controlling the area around the crash site.
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Friday, 9.30pm
Australia has offered to repatriate the bodies of Indonesian victims of the MH17 crash, a spokesman for Indonesia’s president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says.
Teuku Faizasyah, the president’s spokesman on foreign affairs, on Friday evening tweeted the talking points of a warm phone call from Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Mr Abbott offered Indonesia the use of an Australian plane to repatriate the remains of 12 Indonesian victims, however Dr Yudhoyono said arrangements had already been made with Garuda Indonesia.
He thanked Australia for its UN security council resolution on MH17, which Indonesia co-sponsored.
“President SBY thanked PM Abbott & expressed appreciation for this generous offer by Australia to help in any way,” Mr Faizasyah tweeted.
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