Majority support: The voting results are displayed on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. — AFP
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia joined more than 100 countries in defying US President Donald Trump and voted in favour of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the United States to withdraw its decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
The General Assembly adopted by a decisive vote of 128 to 9, with 35 abstentions, a motion rejecting the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
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