"Our side is ready to actively participate, and is already actively participating in this [investigation], our experts have visited the Netherlands, met with their Dutch colleagues. We raised a number of issues to which we are yet to receive sufficiently convincing answers," Gatilov told reporters.
The deputy minister underscored that the establishment of an international tribunal on the MH17 tragedy would be untimely at this point.
In July 2014, the Malaysian airliner crashed in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. All 298 people on board, the majority of whom were Dutch citizens, died in the air catastrophe.
The Dutch Safety Board was subsequently tasked with investigating the cause of the tragedy. A preliminary report unveiled last autumn concluded that the aircraft broke up in midair after being hit from outside by numerous high-energy objects.
The Dutch Safety Board is expected to present its final report on the circumstances of the crash on October 13.
