WASHINGTON D.C: Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has arrived right here on Tuesday (Wednesday (May 11) in Malaysia) for a four-day working go to together with assembly with United States President Joe Biden and Asean leaders.
The Prime Minister arrived at Joint Base Andrews right here at 8.16 pm (8.16 am Wednesday, Malaysia time).
He was greeted on arrival by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah.
The Malaysian chief was welcomed by Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan and senior Malaysian officers when arrived at a resort right here later.
The prime minister will be a part of Biden, US Vice President Kamala Harris and different Asean leaders on the two-day Asean-US Special Summit, right here, beginning Thursday (Friday (May 13) in Malaysia).
President Biden will host a dinner for the Asean leaders on the White House right here on Thursday.
This can be adopted by the US president assembly with ASEAN leaders on the US Department of State, the venue of the special summit right here on Friday (Saturday (May 14) in Malaysia).
The special summit marks the forty fifth anniversary of the Asean-US dialogue relationship and the second special summit hosted by the US president in this nation after the then-president Barack Obama welcomed Asean leaders in Sunnylands, California in Feb 2016.
Ismail Sabri, along with Asean leaders, can even take part in the dialogue with vice chairman Harris on the State Department on Friday (Saturday in Malaysia)
The Malaysian prime minister can even meet with US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and US Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai right here Thursday (Friday in Malaysia).
Ismail Sabri is scheduled to fulfill American captains of industries in addition to US-Asean Business Council and Chamber of Commerce right here on Thursday.
The Malaysian chief can even take the chance to fulfill Malaysian diaspora in an Aidilfitri Keluarga Malaysia gathering right here on Wednesday (Thursday (May 12) in Malaysia). – Bernama
