PM Lee to visit US on Obama's invitation

Singapore

PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will arrive in the United States on Sunday for the start of an official visit at the invitation of US President Barack Obama.

This will be his third trip to the world's largest economy in the last six months - he was in California to attend the inaugural US-Asean Summit in February; a month later, he was in Washington for the Nuclear Security Summit. This time, Mr Lee is due to spend four days in Washington.

The highlight for PM Lee will be the rare honour of having Mr Obama and his wife Michelle host him and Mrs Le…