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FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop has been awarded a rare Dutch foreign ministry order of merit for her work helping secure access to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine.

MS Bishop was presented with the medal by her Dutch counterpart Frans Timmermans during a brief meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Wales on Thursday.

It’s just the eleventh time the order has been granted and Ms Bishop is just the third woman to receive it. “Julie Bishop did a marvellous job this summer,” Mr Timmermans said before pinning the medal on the Australian foreign minister’s jacket.”She helped the Netherlands, she helped Europe, she helped me personally to tackle one of the most difficult situations the Netherlands has ever had to face.

Without Ms Bishop’s “brilliant interventions” the countries wouldn’t have succeeded, Mr Timmermans added.Ms Bishop, who is now officially a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said she was touched and honoured to receive the medal “on behalf of the people of Australia”.

Ms Bishop, congratulations. However, could you please ask your department to answer my emails, regarding:

1. Whether it is true there was a secret non-disclosure agreement pertaining to data from Malaysian Airlines MH17?

2. And why – when there is clear evidence of bullet holes (probably from a jet fighter that appears on Russian radar) – have you not mentioned this to the media?  I sent your department weekly emails with the facts and evidence.