Press release

Russian Ambassador summoned to FCO over flight MH17

Russian authorities urged to use all their influence to secure access to the crash site.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon Philip Hammond
• Published: 19 July 2014

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At the request of the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, the Russian Ambassador Alexander Vladimirovich Yakovenko was summoned to the Foreign Office this afternoon to meet Political Director Simon Gass.

The Political Director urged the Russian authorities to use all their influence to secure access to the crash site, both for accident investigators and expert victim identification teams.

Read more about the UK government response to the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster.

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Published 19 July 2014