U.S. committed to supporting Dutch investigation into MH17 disaster – Obama

12:01, 02.06.2015 1 min read

Washington is committed to supporting the investigation into the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 disaster which occurred in eastern Ukraine, the White House Press Office has reported.

"And I continue to make the solemn commitment to support the Dutch in the investigation of the Malaysia Airlines tragedy, and to make sure that not only is the truth brought forward, but there's accountability for what took place," Obama said while hosting King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands at the White House on Monday.

Obama expressed gratitude to the Netherlands over how it is conducting the investigation into the MH17 disaster

As reported, a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was flying from Amsterdam (the Netherlands) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) when it was shot down in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. All 298 people on board were killed. They included 192 Dutch nationals (one also had a U.S. citizenship), 44 Malaysians, including 15 crew members, 27 Australians, 12 Indonesians, ten Britons (one also had a South African citizenship), four Germans and four Belgians, three Filipinos, one Canadian and one New Zealander.