Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in a meeting with his counterpart from the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, here on Friday, he voiced Malaysia’s stance of wanting to be fair to all parties associated with the issue.

“This case has already been at the court level and the decision (is to be known) this November.

“We will wait for the decision.

“We will take action after the court’s ruling as MH17 involved many Dutch nationals as well as Malaysians,” he said at a press conference here.

The two leaders, who were in this city to participate in the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, met at the UN headquarters.

The District Court of The Hague will deliver the verdict of the MH17 case on Nov 17.

It involves four individuals who face 298 charges of murder for their role in shooting down an aircraft travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014.

Ismail acknowledged that there was pressure on Malaysia to join several countries in taking action against Russia, which was accused of being involved in the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, but he remained firm in his stance to wait for the court’s ruling.

Ismail also said that the two countries agreed to increase bilateral relations, including trade and technical assistance to deal with the floods issue in Malaysia.

“We received advice from Dutch experts who came to Malaysia this year to help us following last year’s big floods.

“In the Netherlands, the land is below sea level, but they are able to control the flooding,” he said.

In terms of trade, the Netherlands is the biggest buyer of palm oil in Europe while Malaysia imports a lot of agricultural products from the country, he said.