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The United States has no doubts towards impartiality of the court system in the Netherlands that concerns trial over the crash of Malaysian Airlines Boeing in the sky over Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of Ukraine Michael Pompeo said.

“Those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight #MH17 that tragically claimed 298 innocent lives must be held accountable. The U.S. has confidence in the Dutch legal system and calls on all States to cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation into this tragedy,” he wrote on Twitter.

On March 9, trial into the crash of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in summer 2014 started in the Schiphol Justice Complex in The Hague.