Trump meets Malaysian delegation to express thanks


  • Nation
  • Friday, 25 Aug 2017

President Donald J. Trump poses for a photo with General Zulkifeli bin Muhammad Zin, left, Director General of the Malaysian National Security Council, and Malaysian Ambassador Zulhasnan Rafique, right, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C. - Official White House by Joyce N. Boghosian

PETALING JAYA: United States President Donald Trump met up with officials from Malaysia to thank them for their search and rescue efforts for its missing sailors after its warship the USS John S McCain collided with a merchant vessel.

"Trump expressed the United States' gratitude for Malaysia’s efforts to recover the fallen US sailors of the USS John S. McCain," the United States embassy in Malaysia said in a statement on Friday.

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