Ukraine is urging Iran to return the black-box flight recorders of a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by the Iranian forces earlier this month.

Axar.az reports citing Radofarda that Foreign Minister Vadym Prystayko made the call on January 20 as the Iranian minister of roads and urban development was visiting Kyiv to discuss the tragedy.

Mohammad Eslami's "main task is to apologize and acknowledge what happened," Prystayko told reporters.

"We hope that we can go a little further than just political discussions and discuss practical problems. Among them, in particular, is the return of the black boxes," he added.