MH17: Stop using the bodies as pawn - Julie Bishop

Stop using the bodies of MH17 victims as pawns, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in urging the United Nation Security Council to support an Australian-sponsored draft resolution demanding full access to the crash site, reports ABC News. So far, the pro-Russian rebels have not allowed investigators full access to the site and have been moving bodies to a train with refrigerated carriages about 15 kilometres away. An ABC correspondent said about 200 bodies has been taken to the train which the train driver claimed that he did not know where the train was headed to. The council could vote as early as tomorrow on Australia's resolution, with Bishop saying she would push for the earliest possible meeting to have the vote. "All countries must support the return of the bodies of loved ones. I cannot imagine any other air crash in history where days later bodies are still laying in the field," Bishop was quoted by ABC News. Meanwhile, Moscow denied involvement and has pointed a finger at Kiev's military. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott spoke with Russian president Vladimir Putin last night for the first time since the jetliner was shot down. According to a statement released by the Kremlin, the leaders spoke about the need to avoid political statements in connection with the tragedy - a reference that does not appear in relation to Putin's conversations with other world leaders. During her trip, Bishop has met with senior intelligence officers including the head of the CIA. The Malaysia Airline passenger plane flight MH17 operated by Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Eastern Ukraine on Thursday. The flight was carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board.