Question: What is the MFA’s reaction to yesterday’s plane crash in the southeast of Ukraine?

Answer: We are shocked by the tragedy, the passenger plane crash that claimed the lives of 298 people.

We express condolences to the relatives of innocent victims, to all those countries, whose citizens lost their lives as a result of the tragedy. The President of the Republic of Armenia on the behalf of the Armenian people has already sent condolence letters to the heads of Malaysia and the Netherlands.

Question: How would you comment the information that the plain was shot down by missile?

Answer: Only a comprehensive investigation of the accident can spread light on the causes of the plane crash.

Armenia has always condemned and continues to consider the use of force and the threat of force against civil aircraft absolutely unacceptable.