MH17 site still out of bounds: Malaysia PM
Shelling around the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine means an international team of investigators still can't enter the area, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been quoted as saying.
Najib said Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk told him the crash site remains a dangerous area due to shelling by pro-Russian rebels, despite a ceasefire agreement in place since September 5.
The two leaders met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York.
"He could not offer anything concrete or clear with regards to the timeline on when we can enter," the New Straits Times quoted Najib as saying on Thursday.
"As far as they are concerned, they want us to go in. What they are saying is the other side is not co-operating and still shelling.
"Therefore, they cannot give us the commitment," Najib added.
An investigating team from Malaysia, Australia and the Netherlands has been wanting to re-enter the crash site to recover more remains of the victims and to gather more evidence about the crash.
Flight MH17, which was carrying 298 people, including 38 Australian citizens and residents, was on its way to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam when it crashed in Ukraine on July 17 after being shot down by a missile.
