KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak today shared photographs from the visit by United States (US) President Barack Obama to Malaysia recently.
About 31 photographs were shared in his Facebook including those taken at the Parliament with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, his selfie with Obama, visit to the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC), at the press conference and with Presidential State Car, famously known as 'The Beast'.
Among the captions in the photographs was "April 2014 marked a milestone in Malaysian history when US President Barack Obama visited our country for three days, making him only the second US President to do so after President Lyndon B. Johnson's visit in 1966.
"It was a pleasure hosting him, and both our nations have agreed to upgrade our bilateral ties to a comprehensive partnership," Najib said.
Obama's visit to Malaysia on April 26 was the first by a sitting American president since Johnson's in 1966.
The US President was accorded a red carpet welcome at the Parliament House, honoured at a state dinner and had scheduled meetings with Najib and young Southeast Asian leaders in a town hall session.
The American leader also visited the National Mosque in Malaysia's capital and launched, jointly with Najib, the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC) in Cyberjaya, a smart city which hosts some 800 ICT and non-ICT firms, including 43 multinational corporations.
Malaysia is the third stop in Obama's four-nation tour of Asia, which started in Japan followed by South Korea.
The president left on the last leg of his tour, to the Philippines on April 28.
--BERNAMA
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