KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 – Within hours of flying in to this Malaysian capital from Manila where he attended the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting, United States President Barack Obama held talks Friday with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
The Najib-Obama meeting was held at the heavily guarded Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, the main venue of the 27th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits under Malaysia’s 2015 chairmanship of the regional grouping. Besides Obama, a host of world leaders also arrived here today to attend the summits. They include Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Myanmar President U Thein Sein.
This is Obama’s second visit to Malaysia in two years. He had made a state visit to Malaysia in April last year. Obama is scheduled to attend the 3rd ASEAN-US Summit as well as the 10th East Asia Summit at the weekend. He is the first serving US president to visit Malaysia since President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966.
