Malaysia's neutrality during the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 tragedy last year was the pillar for continuous friendly relations between Malaysia and Russia, noted outgoing Russian ambassador to Malaysia, Lyudmila G. Vorobyeva.
She said Russia cherished Malaysia's stand on the matter and reaffirmed its cooperation to help facilitate the investigation in any possible way.
"We have already provided data even from our intelligence service sources, from our ministry of defence to the investigation team, and we think in this respect, Malaysia has a great role to play, especially (when) the aircraft and airline (MAS) belong to Malaysia, and Malaysian passengers were on the plane," she said.
Vorobyeva was speaking to Bernama in a "farewell" interview here recently. She left for home last week.
"It is our wish and we know that Malaysia also shares the same wish so that the official result of the investigation will be transparent and unbiased, and we want the world community to know what (really) happened to (Flight) MH17," she said. - Tengku Faezah Tengku Yusof and Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz
She said Russia cherished Malaysia's stand on the matter and reaffirmed its cooperation to help facilitate the investigation in any possible way.
"We have already provided data even from our intelligence service sources, from our ministry of defence to the investigation team, and we think in this respect, Malaysia has a great role to play, especially (when) the aircraft and airline (MAS) belong to Malaysia, and Malaysian passengers were on the plane," she said.
Vorobyeva was speaking to Bernama in a "farewell" interview here recently. She left for home last week.
"It is our wish and we know that Malaysia also shares the same wish so that the official result of the investigation will be transparent and unbiased, and we want the world community to know what (really) happened to (Flight) MH17," she said. - Tengku Faezah Tengku Yusof and Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz
