Suspects in the downing of flight MH17 will be prosecuted in the Netherlands, the Dutch foreign minister says.
The countries involved in Wednesday's decision make up the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) investigating the disaster - the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine.
The decision follows attempts, blocked by Russia in 2015, to set up an international court over the incident, which killed all 298 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines flight.
Victims came from 17 countries, and included 38 Australians and 196 Dutch.
Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said in a statement the Dutch-led investigative team will continue to operate during the "prosecution phase."
No suspects have yet been named.
The criminal investigation is still ongoing. When the trial will start was not known.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014.
So far the investigations by the JIT and the Dutch Safety Board determined that the plane was shot down by a Russian BUK missile system that was fired from a field controlled by pro-Russian separatists.
Russia denies involvement, pointing to the finger to the Ukraine.
