German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed on the need for an international investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and for rapid access to the crash site.
The two leaders, who spoke by phone, "agreed that an international, independent commission under the direction of ICAO (UN's International Civil Aviation Organization) should quickly have access to the site of the accident ... to shed light on the circumstances of the crash and move the victims," said a German government statement issued on Saturday.
A Kremlin statement on the same phone call said "both sides stressed the importance of a thorough and objective investigation of all circumstances relating to what has happened".
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