China offers funds in search for missing MH370 plane

November 21, 2015 18:31

China today pledged USD 14.5 million to help fund the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the government said in a statement, after the plane vanished in 2014.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is visiting Malaysia, made the offer in a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, according to the statement posted on the central government website.

Australia is leading the difficult search in the southern Indian Ocean for the plane which mysteriously diverted off course on March 8 last year and disappeared with 239 people on board - the majority Malaysians and Chinese.

Li was quoted as saying that he hoped Malaysia and Australia would continue the search and maintain "effective communication" with China.

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