KYIV. Aug 14 (Interfax) - Investigative authorities of Ukraine, the Netherlands, Belgium and Australia have agreed on coordinated efforts in the inquiry into the Malaysian Boeing-777-200 crash in the Donetsk region on July 16, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office said.
"The quadripartite agreement was signed in The Hague on [August] 7 between the investigative authorities. Each investigative agency is holding its own inquiry and the agreement aims to coordinate efforts of the detectives in this case," Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office speaker Yuriy Boychenko told Interfax on Thursday.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office called the document unprecedented as it was signed directly between investigative bodies, without assistance from the foreign ministries.
Boychenko said at a press briefing on August 12 that information concerning the inquiry into the Boeing-777 crash causes would be disclosed only upon the end of the investigation as agreed upon by Ukraine, the Netherlands, Belgium and Australia.
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing-777 en route from Amsterdam (the Netherlands) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17. The crash killed everyone onboard, 298 people, among them 192 subjects of the Netherlands (one of them was also a citizen of the United States), 44 citizens of Malaysia, among them 15 crewmembers, 27 citizens of Australia, twelve of Indonesia, ten of the United Kingdom (one was also a citizen of South Africa), four of Germany, four of Belgium, three of the Philippines, one of Canada and one of New Zealand.