By Ilya Zhegulev KYIV, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Ukraine referred t
By Ilya Zhegulev
KYIV, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Ukraine referred to as on Iran to ship justice and pay full compensation to the households of those that died when a Ukrainian airliner was shot down by Iranian Revolutionary Guards one yr in the past.
On the primary anniversary of the crash, Ukraine and different international locations collectively referred to as for “a whole and thorough rationalization … together with concrete measures to make sure that it’s going to by no means occur once more,” in response to an announcement.
“Our international locations will maintain Iran to account to ship justice and ensure Iran makes full reparations to the households of the victims and affected international locations,” mentioned the assertion, made collectively with Afghanistan, Canada, Sweden and the UK.
Iran final week allotted $150,000 for the households of every of the 176 victims of the Ukraine Worldwide Airways aircraft shot down in Iranian airspace on Jan 8, 2020. Many victims had been Canadian residents or everlasting residents of Canada.
“Nobody doubts that the lives of 176 civilians aboard a peaceable aircraft had been criminally taken by two missiles,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned in an announcement.
“It was unattainable to not know then that it was a passenger aircraft within the air.”
Describing Iran’s dealing with of the scenario as “unacceptable”, Ukraine had earlier mentioned the quantity of compensation needs to be negotiated.
A Canadian adviser mentioned on Thursday it was untimely to debate how a lot compensation to pay to relations.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have mentioned they unintentionally shot down the plane shortly after takeoff, mistaking it for a missile when tensions with the USA had been excessive.
(Writing by Matthias Williams, Modifying by William Maclean)
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