KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman will lead the Malaysian delegation in the Special Asean-US Foreign Ministers Meeting in Washington DC on May 4.
The foreign ministers of all 10 Asean member states and the Asean Secretary-General are expected to attend the meeting with United States Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.
The main agenda for the meeting will be on the US foreign policy towards Asean and the region, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry.
The special meeting is expected to provide the opportunity to review Asean and US relations apart from exchanging views on regional and international issues, among others.
A day before the special meeting, senior officials from the member states will also be taking part in the 30th Asean-US Dialogue.
According to the statement, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Asean-US dialogue relations.
The Asean foreign ministers are also slated to sit in on a High-Level Roundtable Forum which will be attended by the US Secretary of Defense James Mattis and National Security advisor H. R. McMaster.
The forum is organised by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
Asean members are Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
It will be the first time Asean’s foreign ministers will meet with Tillerson since the latter assumed his role on February 1.