Netherlands to summon Russian ambassador over response to MH17 verdict -ANP News

[November 18, 2022]  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government will summon the Russian ambassador in the Netherlands over Russia's response to the verdict in the trial over the downing of passenger flight MH17, news agency ANP reported on Friday, citing foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra.
 

A view of the courtroom as the Dutch court announces its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

Russia said on Thursday the Dutch court's decision to convict two former Russian intelligence agents and a Ukrainian separatist leader over the 2014 downing of the Malaysian airliner "neglected impartiality".

(Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Mark Potter)

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