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Iran willing to continue dialogue with Ukraine over downed plane

Ukraine has demonstrated an “unwillingness” to negotiate on compensation for the families of the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, according to Iranian state media.

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Rescue teams gather at the scene after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning on Jan. 8, 2020, killing everyone on board. — ROUHOLLAH VAHDATI/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images

The Iranian government said today that they are willing to continue talks with Ukraine on the Ukrainian passenger plane shot down last year in Tehran. 

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement they are “ready to continue with bilateral interactions through the embassies of both sides and arrange meetings between officials from Iran and Ukraine to further discuss the case,” the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported

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