A Dutch report of a meeting in Kiev where diplomats were informed last July incident in the skies over eastern Ukraine remains secret. Opposition parties CDA and D66 were asked to make public the content
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Prime Minister Mark Rutte Photo: Reuters
But according to the government it is not customary to release confidential diplomatic traffic. If that were to happen, it would make virtually impossible the work of diplomats. Suggested that Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Ministers Bert Koenders (Foreign Affairs) and Ivo Opstelten (Security and Justice) Friday.
During the meeting, three days before the plane crash with flight MH17, among other things reported that a Ukrainian Antonov transport plane was shot down and at what altitude (6500 meters) that happened. The government has those elements also shared in public, says Rutte. At the concert in Kiev was a Dutch diplomat present. She gave the information to Foreign Affairs in The Hague, as usual.
Rutte stressed that the internal piece or is in possession of relevant bodies such as the commission that oversees the intelligence services and the Research Council Safety. He also does not want the House, the report recognizes confidential. Parliament knows that the report lies with the relevant authorities, Rutte said.
According to Koenders, there is no reason for suspicion and the government wants to keep anything under the cap. Also according to the Cabinet Opstelten nothing to hide. “Diplomats must confidentiality can talk,” he said. But critics doubt whether the information about the possible presence of heavy flak and dangers for civil or estimated on the correct value.
The government meanwhile is working on answering 87 new questions that the House stated about the aftermath of the plane crash. The House debate on Thursday, February 5th again on the issue. Before that time the questions are answered, the ministers said
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