Russia to allow Smolensk wreck to return to Poland?

“There was a positive standpoint given by the [Russian] Investigation Commission as to the planned efforts to [bring back] the remains of the Tu-154M to Poland,” Seremet said in Moscow, adding that “Polish specialists […] will go to Smolensk at the end of August to start preparations with this massive undertaking.”

No specific date was given by Seremet as to the transportation of plane’s wreckage, however.

The declaration comes as Seremet has met in Moscow with his counterpart Yuri Chaika to talk about the continuing co-operation between Poland and Russia with regards the ongoing investigations into the presidential crash which left 96 dead last April.

Talking to journalists after the meeting, Seremet said that the Russian Investigation Commission into last year’s crash wants to “clarify all the causes of the catastrophe for the good of the Russian people, no matter who is to blame.”

Meanwhile, Russian investigators are still continuing with their research into the wreckage, although Seremet said that Polish court experts will be able to take part in this “aviation-technical research,” as Seremet named it. (jb)

Source: IAR/PAP