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Australia vows help to secure Ukraine crash site

By Rod McGuirk
Published July 24, 2014 4:31am ET
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Australia vows help to secure Ukraine crash site
FILE - Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks during a news conference in Sydney, Australia, in this July 19, 2014 file photo. Abbott said on Wednesday July 23, 2014 he was discussing with government leaders options for securing the 50-square kilometer (20-square mile) crash site, including his preferred option of a multinational security force mounted by countries such as Australia, Netherlands and Malaysia that lost citizens in the disaster. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File) | Rob Griffith

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s foreign minister said Thursday that her country stood ready to provide whatever resources were needed to secure the Malaysian airliner’s crash site in Ukraine, as newspapers reported Australian troops and police could soon be sent.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she was traveling with her Dutch counterpart Frans Timmermans to meet with Ukraine leaders in Kyiv to discuss securing the crash site in rebel-held east Ukraine.

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