A forensic team from the Sarajevo-based International Commission on Missing Persons has been invited to assist in the DNA identification of MH17 victims.
The organisation pioneered the method in the years following the 1990s Balkan wars, after human remains were first discovered in mass graves in Bosnia.
In the years since its experts have identified the remains of over 18,000 people in various conflict and disaster zones around the world.
Spokesman Jasmin Agovic told Kristina Kukolja the process starts with the collection of blood samples from a living relative.
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