The Netherlands will not rest until the perpetrators of the possible attack on the crashed plane MH17 are detected, the Dutch prime minister said during a press conference in The Hague.
France is ready to contribute to the international effort to determine the circumstances of the crash of Flight MH17 in Ukraine, said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Secretary of State for Transport, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Frederic Cuvillier in a joint statement Friday.
Icelandic Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson expressed condolences Friday to the families and friends of the people on board the Malaysia airliner that crashed over eastern Ukraine.
President of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter called on Friday for an impartial investigation into the crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane on Thursday in eastern Ukraine that killed 298 people onboard.
Evidence showed that a Malaysian airliner brought down over Ukraine was shot down by surface-to-air missiles launched from an area that is controlled by separatists in eastern Ukraine, US President Barack Obama said on Friday.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Friday supported the call for an independent international investigation of the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in eastern Ukraine.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in Kuala Lumpur Friday in a press conference that Russian President Vladimir Putin had promised that he would ensure the investigation team could get to the crash site of MH17, as well as their safety.
Russia is not going to take away the black boxes from the crash site of the Malaysian Boeing 777 in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
The UN Security Council on Friday called for a "full, thorough and independent" investigation into the downing of the Malaysian airliner over Ukraine.
World leaders called for a rapid investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine and justice for the nearly 300 deaths, in what could mark a pivotal moment in deteriorating relations between Russia and the West.