Abbott said he would hold a bilateral meeting with Putin as soon as possible either at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ summit in Beijing on Nov. 9-10 or a week later in the Australian city of Brisbane, where Australia will chair a G20 meeting.
“One way or another, I will take the chance to speak to the Russian president sometime over the next week or so,” Abbott told reporters.
Russian officials ridiculed Abbott’s threat last month to “shirtfront” Putin – using an Australian football term for a head-on shoulder-charge to an opponent’s chest – and insisted that Abbot would have no opportunity since no bilateral meeting had been scheduled.
In a joint news conference on Thursday with Abbott, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte also revealed that investigators had retrieved more human remains this week from the rebel-held site in eastern Ukraine where the plane was shot down on July 17, killing all 298 on board, including Australians and many Dutch citizens.
Australians and Dutch united
Abbott said Thursday that he and Rutte were united in expecting full Russian cooperation with the Dutch-led investigation.
“We don’t want the investigation ridiculed; we don’t want the investigation compromised or sabotaged,” Abbott said.
Rutte said he gave Putin a similar message as Abbot’s on the sidelines of an Asia-Europe Meeting summit last month in Milan, Italy.
“I used the opportunity again to tell him that I expect him to do everything he can to put pressure on the separatists to allow unhindered access to the crash site,” Rutte underscored......................http://www.france24.com/en/20141106-australia-abbott-putin-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh17-dutch-rutte/
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Australian PM speaks with Putin about MH17 investigation
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Putin cannot avoid me: Australia PM ...
ReplyDeleteAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Nov. 6 warned Vladimir Putin he will not be able to avoid a "conversation" over the loss of Australian lives in the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine.
Last month Abbott vowed to "shirtfront" the Russian president at the G20 summit in Brisbane next week, although Moscow has yet to respond to his request for a bilateral meeting.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev responded to the rhetoric by saying Putin was a judo black-belt and that "serious politicians should chose their words carefully"...............http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/putin-cannot-avoid-me-australia-pm.aspx?pageID=238&nID=73944&NewsCatID=359
6/11/14
Une réunion de Poutine et d’Abbott en Australie n’est pas encore prévue ...
ReplyDeleteUne réunion bilatérale spéciale de Vladimir Poutine et de Premier ministre de l'Australie, Tony Abbott n’est pas prévue par le calendrier, la communication en «marges» du sommet du G20 est possible, car l’Australie est un pays hôte. Cela a été déclaré par le porte-parole du président russe, Dmitri Peskov.
Plus tôt, les médias australiens ont écrit qu’Abbott avait l'intention de rencontrer Poutine avant ou pendant le sommet du G20 qui se tiendra les 15-16 novembre à Brisbane, et de discuter de l’accident de Boeing malaisien dans l'Est de l'Ukraine.
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_06/Une-reunion-de-Poutine-et-d-Abbott-en-Australie-n-est-pas-encore-prevue-2384/
6/11/14