Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo on Friday urged that "all light be shed on the specific circumstances" of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 air tragedy in Ukraine.
Several European countries' governments on Friday expressed their condolences and demanded action after the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 carrying 298 people crashed in eastern Ukraine.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a ceasefire in Ukraine at her annual summer press conference on Friday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday urged all governments concerned to "get to the bottom of what happened and how it happened" to Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which crashed Thursday in eastern Ukraine with more than 290 people onboard.
Moscow hopes the downing of a Malaysian passenger jet would be a chance to stop hostilities in eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
The Ukrainian authorities should be blamed for allowing a commercial jet to fly over a war-stricken territory, the Russian State Duma, or the lower house of parliament, said Friday.
A Dutch Safety Board team will travel to Ukraine to cooperate with an international research team to investigate the circumstances and cause of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Dutch official said Friday.
Lithuania's flights are not directly influenced by Thursday's crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine, a Lithuanian Civil Aviation Administration official said on Friday.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday joined the world community to send condolences over the tragic crash of a Malaysian aircraft in Ukraine.
Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said in Kuala Lumpur Friday in a press conference that according to the International Civil Aviation Organization's Annex 13, the Ukrainian government should institute an investigation into the circumstances of the deadly MH17 incident, and be responsible for the conduct of the investigation.