Netherlands will continue to hold Russia to account over MH17, Dutch PM says

FILE PHOTO: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte delivers a statement as he and U.S. President Joe Biden hold a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands will continue to hold Russia to account for the downing of passenger flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Wednesday.

Rutte said it was a "bitter disappointment" that the international investigation into the downing of MH17 had ended without further prosecutions for lack of evidence.