[BREAKING] Obama Cancels Historic Visit To Malaysia
President of the United State Barack Obama was due to visit Malaysia in two weeks on 11 October 2013. It was four decades since a US President came to Malaysia. Now, we will have to return to waiting again.
By Mei Mei Chu — 02 Oct 2013, 01:22 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
Obama called Najib early this morning to cancel his upcoming visit to Malaysia
Obama called Najib early this morning to cancel his upcoming visit to Malaysia
Image via malaysianreview.comPresident Barack Obama has cancelled his upcoming visit to Malaysia due to a domestic crisis, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
themalaysianinsider.com
He said he received a call from Obama early this morning and the latter offered his regret for the cancellation but promised to make the visit on a later date.
nst.com.my
Secretary of State John Kerry will replace Obama instead
"Obama expressed his disappointment that he was unable to visit Malaysia as scheduled. However, the Secretary of State John Kerry will come next visit as Obama's representative," he said.
themalaysianinsider.com
Obama's visit, scheduled from 11 - 12 October 2013, was to mark new history in bilateral ties between US and Malaysia
Obama's visit, scheduled from 11 - 12 October 2013, was to mark new history in bilateral ties between US and Malaysia
Image via nst.com.myObama will visit Malaysia for the 4th Global Entrepreneurship Summit scheduled in Kuala Lumpur from Oct 11 to 12.
mysinchew.comUnited States President Barack Obama's visit to Malaysia next month will mark new history in bilateral ties between the the two countries, said US ambassador-designate Joseph Y. Yun today.
mysinchew.comThe last US president to visit Malaysia was Lyndon Johnson in 1966. US relations with the Muslim-majority nation soured during the 1981-2003 tenure of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, a strident critic of the West.
news.com.au
Obama faces pressure to cancel his visit to Asia and stay in Washington due to the US government shutdown crisis
The US government has begun a partial shutdown after the two houses of Congress failed to agree a new budget.
On Monday, the Democratic-led Senate twice rejected bills from House Republicans that would have funded the government only if funding for President Obama's healthcare law was delayed for a year.
Obama now finds himself preparing to leave for a week-long trip to the region amid the first U.S. government shutdown in 17 years — and facing political pressure to remain in Washington during the crisis.
The BBC's Mark Mardell in Washington says the divide in US politics has grown so bitter that government itself cannot function.
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