BEIJING, May 29 — Malaysia and China have agreed that the search for missing flight MH370 must continue in order to find answers for the families of the 239 people on board the ill-fated flight.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak told his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang that Malaysia would continue its search together with the help of other nations including China and Australia.

He also said Malaysia understood the need for the families to have answers to the tragedy.

Najib said this at a bilateral meeting with Li after his official welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People this evening.

Li said the next of kin were looking for “comforting answers” and China will play its part to help.

He called on Malaysia to do all it can in its search for the airliner which went missing almost 80 days ago.

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