AMSTERDAM – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he supports moves to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysian Airlines plane over Ukraine last year.
Nearly 200 of the 298 passengers and crew killed when the Boeing 777 was brought down were Dutch.
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Rutte said Friday the Dutch government believes a tribunal is the “best option for bringing to justice the perpetrators.”
Malaysia told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that it plans to submit a resolution soon that would establish an international tribunal.
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Diplomats said Malaysia’s U.N. Ambassador Ramlan Bin Ibrahim informed council members that the resolution is being prepared by the five countries investigating the crash and will be under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which can be enforced militarily.
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