KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is prepared to hold engagements with the United States to understand concerns it raised over the role of Malaysian service providers in the shipment of sanctioned Iranian oil, its government spokesperson said on Wednesday.

A senior U.S. treasury official said this week the United States saw Iran's capacity to move its oil as being reliant on service providers based in Malaysia.

(Reporting by Danial Azhar; Writing by Rozanna Latiff; Editing by Martin Petty)