MH370 Premier Najib Abdul Razak disclosed the search operation for MH370 is expected to be completed later this year.

But if it isn't found, then Malaysia, Australia and China will hold a tripartite meeting to determine the way forward,” he said in a statement today.

Today marks the second year since the aircraft disappeared, and the prime minister again expressed the commitment that the government will do all it can to solve the mystery.

“We remain committed to doing everything within our means to solving what is an agonising mystery for the loved ones of those who were lost,” he said.

Najib expressed hope that the missing plane will be found in the 120,000 sq km area being combed.

The discovery of debris on Reunion Island last July, said Najib, had provided further evidence that the missing plane had ended (its journey) in the southern Indian Ocean, as was announced on March 24, 2014.

“But we know that neither the passage of time, nor this evidence, will comfort those whose grief cannot be assuaged,” he said.

“On this most difficult of days, our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who will never be forgotten.”

The Beijing-bound flight MH370, with 239 passengers and crew on board went missing on the early morning of March 8, 2014, after departing from the KL International Airport.

A three-member Malaysian team - comprising investigators and personnel from the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) and Malaysia Airlines - is now in Mozambique with their Australian counterparts, following news of the discovery of an aircraft part last week.