Obama and Najib to meet next month

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PETALING JAYA: U.S. President Barack Obama will arrive in Malaysia next month to meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

"The President will meet with Prime Minister Najib to highlight our growing bilateral ties with Malaysia, and will deliver the keynote address to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit," said the statement from White House, Saturday.

Besides Malaysia, the President will also travel to Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines from Oct 6 to 12, as part of his ongoing commitment to increase U.S. political, economic and security engagement with the Asia Pacific.

"Now in its fourth year, the Global Entrepreneurship Summit is an initiative the President announced in 2009 to spur job creation through entrepreneurship by connecting young innovators to resources, ideas, and each other," it said.

Malaysia is the third country the President will visit after Indonesia and Brunei, and will end his official trip in the Philippines.

In Indonesia, he will attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders meeting.  
APEC is the region’s leading forum for trade and investment integration.

The President will then travel to Brunei for the U.S.-ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit (EAS) and to meet with the Sultan of Brunei.

In the Philippines, he will meet with President Aquino to reaffirm the strong economic, people-to-people, and security links between the two countries.

(Source: The Star Online)