US President Barack Obama scours the crowd at the YSEALI town hall meeting in Universiti Malaya during the Q&A session. - EPA
KUALA LUMPUR: US President Barack Obama said he and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had been strengthening relations the past few years in the "spirit of kerjasama (co-operation)".
Obama, speaking at the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) townhall meeting at Universiti Malaya here Sunday, added Malaysia played a central role in the Southeast Asian region and would continue to do so.
