“Three other countries involved in the case have set up a group, the Ukrainian delegation has urged for negotiations between Iran and the group, Moradi wrote on his Twitter account, adding that the Islamic Republic does not recognize the group and expressed dissatisfaction with such unprofessional and hostile stance towards Iran.
He noted that the third round of talks between Ukrainian and Iranian deputy foreign ministers ended after two days of serious negotiations in a constructive atmosphere.
“The Iranian side represented a report on measures done by Iran’s judicial system to hold accountable those, who were involved in the shooting down of the plane, and the Ukrainian party endorsed the qualification of the Iranian courts to investigate the case,” he noted.
“Iran has called for raising unanswered questions and will reply to questions within the framework of the Iranian laws and regulations,” he added.
In relevant remarks on Wednesday, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mohsen Baharvand briefed International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on the latest investigations and developments in the case of the Ukrainian plane that crashed near Tehran last year.
Baharvand, through a video conversation with ICAO officials, presented them the latest information on the case of the Ukrainian plane flight PS752 that had crashed in January 2020.
He gave a report on Iran’s measures, including technical investigation, pursuit of criminal dimension and paying compensations to the family of the victims, adding that some of the families have already received compensation.
President of the ICAO Council Salvatore Sciacchitano, for his part, lauded Iran’s efforts and reaffirmed ICAO position and the necessity of avoiding politicization of the incident.
ICAO Secretary General Fang Liu echoed Sciacchitano’s emphasis on the position of the body and also praised Iran’s measures.
A Ukrainian Boeing 737 passenger plane was accidentally shot down by an Iranian rocket near Tehran on January 8, 2020.
It happened after the US terrorist attack against motorcade of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, late anti-terror Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods forces and his companions near Baghdad airport on January 3, 2020.
Iran reciprocated the US terrorist operation by hitting the US Ain al-Assad airbase in Iraq.
Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh admitted that human error the incident.
