KOTA KINABALU, Jan. 22 -- The United States has expressed interest in reviving its English Teaching Assistants (ETA) programme in Malaysia, describing it as a key initiative that strengthened people-to-people ties and produced long-term "champions" of Malaysia in the US.

US Ambassador to Malaysia H.E. Edward Kagan said the programme, which ran from 2011 until it was halted by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, had been highly successful and could be restarted if the Malaysian government was keen.

"If the Malaysian government is interested in restarting it, I think there is interest on the part of the US in restarting," Kagan said when speaking to reporters during a meet and greet session here.

The programme placed about 1,000 young America...