MALAYSIAN PM SCEDULED TO MEET PRESIDENT OBAMA AT NUCLEAR SUMMIT

KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak
will make a working visit to Washington D.C. and New York on April 10–16.

The Foreign Ministry, in a statement here Friday, said that Najib was
scheduled to attend the Nuclear Security Summit in the US capital on April
12–13, at the invitation of President Barack Obama.

He is scheduled to have a bilateral meeting with Obama an the sidelines of
the summit to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues.

"The prime minister’s participation in the Nuclear Security Summit will also
provide an opportunity for Malaysia to exchange views with other countries,
including the United States, on critical nuclear security issues as well as
provide an international platform for Malaysia to present its stance on nuclear
issues," the statement said.

Najib will be accompanied by his wife, Rosmah Mansor, Information
Communication and Culture Minister Dr Rais Yatim and wife Masnah Rais and Rastam
Mohd Isa, the Foreign Ministry' Secretary-General.

The Malaysian delegation also includes senior officials from the Prime
Minister’s Office, Foreign, Information Communication and Culture, International
Trade and Industry and Defence ministries and other relevant agencies as well as
business leaders and media representatives.

The statement said that during the visit, Najib was expected to meet
other
senior US government officials, members of Congress and American business
leaders.

He is also slotted to a deliver keynote addresses at the Centre for
Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Trade Investment Summit at
the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C as well as a luncheon talk at the
Asia Society in New York.

Najib will also witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between
National University of Malaysia and the Stevens Institute of Technology
(SIT) and an agreement between Microsoft and Hitech Padu.

In addition, he will officiate at the "Faces of Malaysia Showcase," a
special event aimed at promoting Malaysia to the American audience as fostering
people-to-people relations between the two countries.


The Faces of Malaysia Showcase will be held from April 10 to 11 and April
13.

"The Prime Minister’s working visit to the US will further enhance the
bilateral relations and cooperation between Malaysia and the US. The visit will
also elevate Malaysia’s profile through the Faces of Malaysia," said the
statement.

This is the second working visit by Najib to the US since becoming prime
minister in April last year, the first being to Washington D.C. and New York on
Sept 22-25 en route to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in
Trinidad and Tobago.

-- BERNAMA