KYIV. Dec 12 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed into law a bill ratifying the agreement (in the form of the exchange of notes) between Ukraine and the Netherlands extending the effect of the agreement on an international mission to protect the Donbas MH17 crash investigation until August 1, 2018.
In 2014, the parties agreed to set up a multinational international mission to protect the investigation, the Ukrainian presidential press service said on Tuesday.
Under the memorandum on mutual understanding concluded between the foreign ministers of Ukraine and the Kingdom of Netherlands on July 24, 2014, Ukraine granted the Netherlands the authority to conduct an inquiry into the causes and aftermath of the tragedy.
The law takes effect immediately.