MOSCOW, November 17 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that Russia hopes all information about the crash of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine will be made public, Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
“The plane [crash] issue was the focus of their brief conversation. Indeed, Abbott spoke about various info from various sources that the Australian side has,” Peskov said. “In response, Putin said that Russia has provided all its information [about the disaster], and hopes that other information that other countries claim they have will also be available to the public.”
Putin and Abbott had a brief meetingon the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing that took place from November 8 to 10.
