Australia sends 50 police to London in anticipation of joining UN security force in Ukraine
Posted July 24, 2014 12:39 am.
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CANBERRA, Australia – Australia has sent 50 police to London in anticipation of deploying them to the Ukraine to secure the Malaysian plane crash site as part of a United Nations team.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the police pre-deployment on Thursday. He says foreign ministers of Australia and Netherlands are going to Kyiv to seek a memorandum of understanding that will allow international police to secure the crash site in rebel-held east Ukraine.
He said: “We are ready to deploy Australian police to Ukraine to help secure the site as part of an international team under United Nations authority.”