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Britain holds Russia to account if rebels guilty

MH17 British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday that if it were proven that Ukrainian separatists were behind the downing of a Malaysian jet carrying 298 passengers, Russia would be to blame for having destabilised the country.  

 

"If this is the case then we must be clear what it means: this is a direct result of Russia destabilising a sovereign state, violating its territorial integrity, backing thuggish militias and training and arming them," he wrote in The Sunday Times newspaper, according to Reuters

 

Cameron also appeared to criticise fellow members of the European Union for being slow to act against the Kremlin.  

 

"For too long there has been a reluctance on the part of too many European countries to face up to the implications of what is happening in eastern Ukraine," he wrote.  

 

"It is time to make our power, influence and resources count. Our economies are strong and growing in strength.  

 

"And yet we sometimes behave as if we need Russia more than Russia needs us."  

 

Australia presses UN for probe

Meanwhile Bernama reported that Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will fly to the United States this evening to campaign for an international investigation into the crash.     

Bishop will head Australia's efforts in pushing for a United Nations Security Council resolution seeking open and independent access to the MH17 crash site in Ukraine, according to an ABC News report.         

Six officers from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have been deployed to Kiev, and more are on their way, including a five-member emergency response team as well as a team of Australian Federal Police investigators.      

Bishop said the Australian government's appeals will go before the UN.     

"I have spoken with our representative in the UN and I understand that our calls for a binding resolution will be debated during the course of next week," ABC News quoted Bishop as saying.      

"I will also be travelling to Washington to meet with security and intelligence experts to ensure that Australia is fully briefed on the international intelligence that is available in relation to this matter for we are determined to ascertain what happened, why it happened, how it happened and who is responsible," the foreign minister was reported as saying.    

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