Poroshenko Signs Law To Extend Agreement With Netherlands On Mission For Protection Of Investigation Into Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Crash Till August 2017

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a law envisaging ratification of the treaty with the Netherlands (by exchange of diplomatic notes) on extending till August 1, 2017 the effect of the agreement on the international mission for protection of the investigation into the July 2014 crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in Donetsk Region.

The press service of the President of Ukraine announced this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

The agreement was signed on July 28, 2014. It was previously prolonged by one year, till August 1, 2016.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on October 19 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified the treaty with the Netherlands (by exchange of diplomatic notes) on extending till August 1, 2017 the effect of the agreement on the international mission for protection of the investigation into the crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17.