The officials said they were in the process of identifying the remains.
French authorities said Thursday that forensic teams were beginning the process of identifying the 50 bodies found so far.
In March local courts called gacaca began the process of identifying the victims and perpetrators of massacres.
The minister for integration, Cécile Kyenge, said the authorities had faced many bureaucratic and logistical difficulties in the process of identifying the dead and fulfilling their families' requests.
Two Britons have been confirmed to be among the dead, but that number is expected to grow as the process of identifying the bodies speeds up.
She also pointed out that an International Red Cross delegation had visited the Falklands to start the process of identifying the bodies of Argentinian soldiers buried on the islands.
A6 Identifying Pakistan Bomber Government officials in Pakistan are in the process of identifying the remains of one of the two suicide bombers who attacked the convoy of the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, above.
Najib said in a statement that he and Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte will discuss securing full access to the crash site and whether Malaysian pathologists can help in "expediting the process of identifying the human remains".
And there's a cross industry group of interested planners, strategists, creatives and others that is beginning the process of identifying the skills and tools needs and trying to meet them.
The process of identifying the victims has been slowed by the extensive injuries to people who were crushed, and by the task of picking through the vast amount of rubble left behind by the magnitude 6.3 quake.
"We need to start the process of identifying the hostages and the hostage takers, and to make sure that the plane itself is safe to enter," Mr. Edwards said.
