DHAKA: Malaysia said on Saturday that the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week is the ‘right platform’ to seek justice for victims of flight MH17 which was shot down in Ukraine.

Malaysia prime minister Najib Tun Razak, who will address the assembly, would raise the matter with several leaders he would meet in New York, among them US president Barack Obama, Australian prime minister Tony Abbott and Netherlands prime minister Mark Rutte, Bernama reported on Saturday, quoting Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.

‘We are on the right platform to demand justice and bring to book those responsible for downing the aircraft. No one can deny us this right. Let’s wait for the developments at the United Nations,’ Hishammuddin said, reports The Straits Times.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 went down in eastern Ukraine on July 17 as it was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 283 passengers and 15 crew on board.

The Boeing 777-200 aircraft was shot down over the troubled country, with no survivors.

BDST: 1616 HRS, SEP 20, 2014