Ukrainian Aircraft Cooperation Group: We will pursue the case internationally

ArminJanuary 7, 2022

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The Ukrainian plane crash cooperation group called negotiations with Iran to address the victims' deaths "fruitless" as the deadline for the Islamic Republic expired, and said it would resort to international law.

Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine, which lost their citizens in the downing of a Ukrainian plane near Tehran, announced that they had abandoned their efforts to negotiate with the Islamic Republic and would now pursue the issue through international channels.

A day earlier, these four countries had announced in a statement that they had given Iran until Wednesday, January 5, to answer questions related to the accident, otherwise they would take other measures.

Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was shot down by two IRGC missiles shortly after taking off from the runway of Imam Khomeini International Airport on January 8, 2020, killing all 176 people on board.

The Ukrainian Aircraft Cooperation Group, which includes the four countries, said in a statement: "Despite our best efforts over the past two years and numerous attempts to resolve this issue through negotiations, the Cooperation Group has concluded that further efforts to negotiate with Iran are futile."

The group said it would now focus on other actions consistent with international law to achieve its goal, a message that Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly also confirmed on Twitter.

The Islamic Republic has said that, amid rising tensions between Iran and the United States in 2019, "human error" in radar control by the Revolutionary Guards caused the plane to be shot down and crashed.

But Ukraine, Canada, and some observers have rejected this justification and say that the Islamic Republic is trying to "cover up" the facts.

After this accident, Iran initially resorted to contradictions and contradictions, and finally, after three days, yielded to international pressure and agreed to admit that the plane was shot down by the IRGC's missiles.

On Monday, January 3, the Ontario Superior Court in Canada ruled that the shooting down of the plane was "deliberate" and "terrorist," and ordered Iran to pay at least $107 million in compensation to the families of the six victims, whose lawsuit was initiated by their complaint.

The Ontario Superior Court ruled in May 2020 that the incident was “deliberate and terrorist.” However, the Islamic Republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time deemed the court “incompetent” to address an incident outside its jurisdiction.

The Association of Families of the Victims of Flight PS 752 considers the "highest authorities of the Islamic Republic" to be guilty of this accident and deserving of punishment.

Source: DW

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