Malaysia to get new U.S. envoy

Malaysia to get new U.S. envoy

WASHINGTON (AFP): President Bill Clinton said on Monday he would nominate new U.S. ambassadors to Cambodia and Malaysia.

Clinton said he would nominate career foreign service officer Kenneth Quinn as ambassador to Cambodia. Quinn served as Deputy Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 1990- 1994.

The president said he had selected foreign service officer John Malott as ambassador to Malaysia.

Malott has been serving as senior adviser to the under secretary of state for economic, business and agricultural affairs since September 1993.

The nominations are subject to confirmation by the Republican- run senate.