TBILISI. Oct 18 (Interfax) - Georgia has handed over a Buk anti-aircraft missile to the Netherlands to aid in the investigation into the Donbas MH17 crash in 2014, the Georgian Chief Prosecutor's Office said.
The Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice asked the Georgian Chief Prosecutor's Office for a missile in accordance with the 1959 European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and its additional protocols back in January 2016, an office spokesman told reporters on Wednesday.
The Georgian side gave to the Netherlands one 9M38M1 missile of the Buk anti-aircraft missile system, he said.
Georgia granted the request and rendered legal assistance to the Netherlands in accordance with the aforesaid convention and UN Security Council Resolution 2166, the spokesman said.
The Malaysia Airlines' MH17 flight en route from Amsterdam (the Netherlands) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) was shot down in the sky over the Donetsk region on July 17, 2014. All 298 people aboard were killed.
An international investigative team formed without Russian participation and led by the Dutch prosecution service is handling the criminal investigation into the crash.