マレーシア機撃墜から１０年、ロシアの責任追及誓う 豪政府

【シドニーＡＦＰ＝時事】ウクライナ東部でマレーシア航空ＭＨ１７便が撃墜された事件からちょうど１０年となった１７日、オーストラリア政府はロシアの責任を追及し続ける姿勢を明らかにした。（写真は資料写真）
　この事件では乗客乗員２９８人全員が死亡し、うち３８人がオーストラリア人だった。
　ロシアによるクリミア半島の一方的な併合から間もない２０１４年７月１７日、オランダの首都アムステルダムからマレーシアの首都クアラルンプールに向け飛行中だった同便は、親ロシア派武装勢力が支配するウクライナ東部の上空で地対空ミサイルに撃墜された。
　豪首都キャンベラの連邦議会で行われた追悼式典でペニー・ウォン豪外相は遺族ら参列者を前に、オーストラリアはロシアの責任追及を引き続き行っていくと述べた。
　オランダの裁判所は２０２２年、撃墜に関与したとして男３人に終身刑を言い渡した。裁判は被告人不在のまま行われた。
　ロシアは一切の関与を否定している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/07/17-18:57）

Australia vowed Wednesday to hold Russia to account for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 ten years ago that killed nearly 300 people.
On July 17, 2014 the Boeing 777 -- en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur ? was shot down by a Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine.
All 298 people aboard were killed, including 38 Australians.
Australia will not be deterred in our commitment to hold Russia to account, Foreign Minister Penny Wong told bereaved relatives and dignitaries at a memorial service at parliament in Canberra.
I recommit our collective pursuit of truth, justice and accountability for the outrages perpetrated on the 17th of July, 2014, she said.
Grief never fully leaves us but time and love can lessen its weight.
Names of the dead Australians were read out at the memorial service as family members placed golden flowers on a wreath, many pausing for a moment or wiping away tears.
A Dutch court has sentenced in absentia three men to life imprisonment for their roles in downing the plane over separatist-held pro-Russian territory during the early stages of a war that saw Moscow seize the Crimean peninsula.
Australia and the Netherlands have an ongoing case against Russia with the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations agency with limited enforcement powers.
Russia has denied any involvement in the incident.
Paul Guard, who lost his parents on the flight, said the past 10 years had been a long road and he wanted Russia to admit responsibility.
I've always put the main blame of the tragedy on the conflict itself. I don't think anyone intended to bring down a passenger plane, he told national broadcaster ABC.