On July 18 local time, when jointly meeting the press with President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina in Buenos Aires, President Xi Jinping talked about the crash of the Malaysia Airlines flight.

Xi Jinping stressed that we are shocked at the crash of a Malaysia Airlines flight in eastern part of Ukraine. We express condolences to the victims and sympathies to their families. The incident should be investigated justly and objectively and the truth must be found out as soon as possible.