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Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUNDAY, JUL 20, 2014 08:45 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) The leaders of France, Germany and Britain are telling Russias Vladimir Putin to ensure that separatists in Ukraine give full access to investigators at the Malaysian plane crash site or risk the ire of Europe.
French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed on Sunday to demand that Putin force separatists controlling the site to finally allow rescuers and investigators to have free and total access to the zone.
A statement from Hollandes office said that if Russia fails to immediately take the needed measures, consequence will be drawn at an EU foreign ministers meeting Tuesday.
Armed rebels have denied emergency workers full access and are now removing bodies from the crash site.
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