Anwar says raised MH17 downing with Putin in talks

Malaysia's Premier Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday he discussed the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 with Russian President Vladimir Putin, days after the UN's aviation agency blamed the 2014 tragedy on Moscow.

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Mr Anwar was in the Russian capital on an official state visit after the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) released its findings that Russia was responsible for the passenger jet's downing in a ruling dismissed by Moscow as “biased”.

He said Mr Putin told him Moscow “was ready” to assist in an investigation by any organisation that it deemed independent.

“I can say for sure that, he denied saying that he is not ready to cooperate,” Mr Anwar said in a statement issued by his office in Malaysia yesterday.