Sydney, Dhu-AlQa'dah 02, 1435, August 28, 2014, SPA -- Malaysia and Australia Thursday agreed to share the cost of the next phase of the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 off Australia's west coast in September, dpa reported. "Malaysia will provide the necessary financial contribution towards the search effort and match Australia's commitment," Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said. Lai met with Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss and China's Deputy Transport Minister He Jianzhong in Canberra to discuss the progress in the search for the plane. Flight MH370 with 239 people onboard disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8. The plane is believed to have plunged in the southern Indian Ocean. Truss told reporters new information from satellite data suggests the plane may have turned south earlier than thought and that one particular area would become the focus of the search. --SPA 11:04 LOCAL TIME 08:04 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w