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Secretary Rubio to travel to Kuala Lumpur for regional foreign ministers' meetings
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Summary
This evening Secretary Rubio will travel to Kuala Lumpur to attend three regional foreign ministers' meetings and meet senior Malaysian officials; the transcript says the trip is intended to reaffirm the United States' commitment to a free, open and secure Indo‑Pacific and to highlight strategic partnerships with Asian partners and Malaysia.
This evening, Secretary Rubio, the U.S. secretary of state, will travel to Kuala Lumpur to participate in the ACN United States Post Ministerial Conference, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting and the Asian Regional Forum foreign ministers meeting, and is scheduled to meet with senior Malaysian government officials.
On his first trip to Asia as secretary of state, Secretary Rubio is focused on reaffirming the United States' commitment to advancing a free, open and secure Indo‑Pacific region and on highlighting the strength of what the transcript describes as a "comprehensive strategic partnership" with Asian partners and with Malaysia.
The transcript lists the three multilateral meetings Rubio will attend in Kuala Lumpur — the ACN United States Post Ministerial Conference, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting and the Asian Regional Forum foreign ministers meeting — and notes a scheduled meeting with senior Malaysian government officials. The text identifies this as Rubio's first trip to Asia as secretary of state and states the trip's aims are to reaffirm U.S. commitment to the Indo‑Pacific and to build on strategic partnerships.
No specific agenda items, bilateral agreements, timing for the meetings, or additional delegation members were specified in the transcript.
