The Dutch government is summoning the Russian ambassador to the Netherlands over Moscow's response to the verdict in the trial into the 2014 downing of flight MH17, Dutch media reported on Friday,
DW reports.
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday said The Hague District Court "neglected impartiality" in delivering the verdict, which sentenced three men to life in prison for their roles in the downing of the flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 people on board.
"In doing so, Russia discredits the Dutch constitutional state. That is absolutely unacceptable," the Dutch Foreign Ministry was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
"Russia itself violates international laws in every way. We can't let this pass... and have to show that we do respect the rule of law and do have an independent judiciary," Wopke Hoekstra, the Dutch foreign minister, was quoted as saying by Dutch newspaper AD.
