US Assistant Secretary of State makes brief Malta visit
The newly-appointed US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, Philip Reeker, has paid a brief visit to Malta for talks with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.
His visit was revealed by the US embassy in a tweet. No details were given other than that he also visited St John's Co-Cathedral.
Mr Reeker's appointment as assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasia was announced on March 5.
His previous appointment was at the US European Command (EUCOM) in Stuttgart, Germany.
He was also a US Consul General in Milan and Deputy and Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from 2011 to 2013.