Discrimination a bar to national progress, says Obama

Obama speaking to youths at the YSEALI town hall meeting in Universiti Malaya. - EPA

KUALA LUMPUR: No country will succeed if part of its population is put on the sidelines, US President Barack Obama said.

"No country is going to succeed if part of its population is put on the sidelines or discriminated against," he said during question time at the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) townhall meeting at Universiti Malaya here Sunday.