Yes, the statement is for
PR - the Malaysian event could easily have involved another carrier, except the ones who stopped flying there.
Everyone is looking at the airlines who kept flying over East Ukraine and thinking - what on earth were you playing at? So he's trying to regain the initiative and show leadership while deflecting public scrutiny towards ICAO/IATA and away from commercial people who run airlines.
It couldn't be more obvious who is leading and who is following though