Najib with Dr Subramaniam and Hamzah discussing the crash site access with Rutte in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak arrived here for discussions with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte over securing safe access to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine.
He is meeting Rutte at his office in The Hague after which they will issue a joint press conference.
Najib and his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, will later leave for Hilversum to lay flowers outside the medical military base where the remains of MH17 victims are being examined.
He will be briefed on the disaster victim identification (DVI) by DVI chief Arie de Bruin near the military base.
Amongst those who welcomed Najib upon arrival were Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin, Health Minister Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam, Malaysia Airlines chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya and Malaysian Ambassador to the Netherlands Datuk Fauziah Mohd Taib.
Others included Department of Civil Aviation director general Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, National Security Council MH17 mission head Khairil Hilmi Mokhtar and Malaysian disaster victim identification (DVI) team leader Dr Mohd Shah Mahmood.
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