mh-370. the number of countries involved in the search-and-rescue operation has increased to 26. malaysia continues to lead the overall coordination of the search effort. the southern corridor has been divided into two sections, according to the international civil aviation organization demarcation. these demarcations were agreed by the ico, of which malaysia is a council member before and after 370 went missing. australia and malaysia have agreed to lead search-and-rescue operations in the specified regions. today i can confirm that search-and-rescue operations in the northern and southern corridors have already begun. countries, including malaysia, australia, china, indonesia, kazakhstan have already initiated search-and-rescue operations. the royal nation air force and the royal nation navy have deployed assets to the southern corridor. two malaysian ships have been