Pro-Russian separatists watch as Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe monitors arrive at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
Kerry Tells Russia's Lavrov Investigators Must Get Access To Ukraine Crash Site -- Reuters
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday, stressed that investigators must get full access to the site of the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine, the State Department said.
Kerry told Lavrov the United States is "very concerned" over reports that the remains of victims and debris from the site of Thursday's crash have been removed or tampered with, the department said in a statement.
Kerry said Washington was also concerned over denial of "proper access" to the crash site in eastern Ukraine for international investigators and monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the statement said.
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Update: Dutch PM warns Putin on 'last chance' to help with plane disaster -- Reuters
My Comment: The perception in the West is that Putin controls the rebels and they will do anything that he tells them to do .... but the reality on the ground is completely different. I know the people in this region .... they are fiercely independent and they will not be subjugated or ruled by anyone from the outside .... Moscow included. As to why the delay for the investigators to have access to the crash site.... I believe that there are two reasons for this. One .... as I had mentioned in the previous post .... they want to loot the bodies .... and (2) I am hazarding a guess that they want something from Moscow .... probably arms and money .... before permitting these investigators in.
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