Najib: Saudi Arabia visit a success

Honoured guests: Najib and wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor posing with King Salman (centre) in Riyadh. With them are Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al-Saud (left) and Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

RIYADH: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has concluded his three-day working visit to Saudi Arabia, describing it as successful as it has put Malaysia in the forefront of combating violent extremism and terrorism.

He said Malaysia was among the 10 nations given the role in the deve­lopment and operation of the Riyadh-based Global Centre for Com­­bating Extremist Ideology apart from, among others, Saudi Arabia and the United States.