The OSCE permanent Council began meeting with a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the disaster Malaysian aircraft over the Donetsk region, said in a statement released microblog Swiss chairmanship of the OSCE in Twitter.

" Ambassador Thomas Greminger (Chairman of the Permanent Council) held a minute of silence at the beginning of the meeting of the Permanent Council, " - said in the report.

The permanent Council, which, As expected, will adopt a Declaration of the OSCE on the plane crash that began after a series of delays. Originally, the meeting was planned at 14. 30 GMT. As reported Last news source in the OSCE, delays were caused by the requirement of Ukraine, supported by the USA, to make the text of the Declaration condemning the terrorists.

on Thursday in Eastern Ukraine was the crash of Boeing-777 organization Malaysia Airlines flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. In the cabin of the ship was 298 people, among which there are fifteen members of the crew and about 80 children. The survivors of a plane crash not. The Kyiv authorities have charged disaster militias, and they told us that do not have the means, which could bring down the plane at this altitude.

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