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<p>As envisaged by UN Security Council Resolution 2166, HMG and UK law enforcement
officials are in close contact with their Dutch counterparts and the Joint Investigation
Team (JIT) into the shooting down of flight MH17.</p><p>The execution of any individual
warrants is a matter for the UK's independent police services.</p><p>On 19 June the
MH17 JIT and the Dutch National Prosecutor announced they were charging four suspects
with the murder of 298 people and causing the crash of a Malaysian Airlines flight
over eastern Ukraine. In his statement that day, the Foreign Secretary, called on
Russia to cooperate fully in the investigation. This would include assisting with
the arrest of the suspects, facilitating their questioning by Dutch investigators
and the JIT, facilitating their presence at trial, and if necessary, enforcing any
sentences.</p>
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