"We have said this before and we will repeat it again: theories about what happened and the causes of the incident can only be pronounced by the investigation,"
The Kremlin believes that any theories about what
caused a Russian plane to crash in the Sinai Peninsula
killing 224 people are speculation and that only the
official investigation can determine what happened,
a spokesman said on Thursday.
Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, was reacting to an assertion from British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond who
said that there was a significant possibility that Islamic State's
Egyptian affiliate had orchestrated a bomb attack on the Russian
airliner.
"We have said this before and we
will repeat it again: theories about what happened and the causes of the
incident can only be pronounced by the investigation," said Peskov, when asked about Hammond's comments.
"So
far, we have heard nothing (like this) from the investigation. Any kind
of similar assumptions like this are based on information that has not
been checked or are speculation."
Peskov said Russian planes were continuing to fly to and from Sharm el Sheikh Airport in Egypt, despite Ireland
and Britain suspending flights. He said he hoped that anyone who had
information about what really happened would pass it onto investigators.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
told a government meeting on Thursday he also deemed it too early to
draw any conclusions about the causes of the crash. But he ordered
officials to start talks with foreign aviation authorities to see if
additional security measures could be taken anyway.
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