Malaysia Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman has met with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Anifah meets Secretary of State Tillerson to discuss regional issues

 

PETALING JAYA: Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman has met with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to discuss matters of shared interest, particularly within the South East Asian region.

In a statement on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry said that the meeting between the two counterparts took place at the Department of State in Washington DC on Tuesday.

“Datuk Seri Anifah Aman, who is on a working visit to attend the Meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition on the Defeat of ISIS, had discussed with Secretary Tillerson issues of mutual benefit,” read the statement.

Talking points included developments in the South China Sea, the role Malaysia could play as country coordinator for Asean-US dialogue relations, the situation in the Korean Peninsula, bilateral trade and investment, human trafficking as well as terrorism.

The ministry added that Anifah had invited Tillerson to partake in an official visit to Malaysia.

It said that the meeting served as a means for Malaysia to foster closer ties with the US under the administration of President Donald Trump.

Read more at http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/03/23/anifah-meets-secretary-of-state/#ScV877ZlUOYkmRbT.99