Iranian Diplomat in Kiev for New Round of Talks on Ukrainian Plane Crash
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for International and Legal Affairs Mohsen Baharvand has traveled to Kiev for the third round of talks on issues surrounding a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran back in January 2020.
Iran’s ambassador to Kiev announced on his Twitter account that the third round of “technical and legal” talks about the plane crash would be co-chaired by Baharvand and Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Yevgheniy Yenin.
The two countries had held the second round of negotiations about the case in Tehran in October 2020.
The Kiev-bound UIA Boeing 737 crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran on January 8, 2020, killing all 176 people on board, mostly Iranian and Canadian citizens.
Iran said the plane was hit by an anti-aircraft missile due to human error.
