Trump’s top official to pay visit to Malaysia

FILE - In this July 21, 2017 file photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the State Department in Washington. Tillerson says neither he nor President Donald Trump is very happy about new sanctions on Russia that Congress has voted to put in place. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

KUALA LUMPUR: Rex Tillerson (pic) will be the first senior official of the Trump administration to visit Malaysia.

From Saturday to Aug 9, the US Secretary of State will be in the Philippines, then Thailand and Malaysia.