Prime Minister Ponta sent condolence letters to Dutch and Malaysian counterparts

Prime Minister Victor Ponta has sent letters of condolence to his counterparts in the Netherlands and Malaysia following the crash of passenger airliner MH17 of the Malaysian Airlines in Eastern Ukraine.

According to a release of the Government's Press Office remitted on Friday to AGERPRES, in his name and in the name of the Romanian Government, Prime Minister Victor Ponta expressed the compassion and solidarity of the Romanian people and sent the sincerest condolences to the grieving families.

"In these moments in which the entire international community is shocked by the tragedy in which innocent people lost their lives, there is a need to clarify, in the shortest possible amount of time, of the conditions and causes of the airliner's crash", emphasized the Prime Minister in the condolence letters, according to the release. AGERPRES