US willing to consider visa waiver for Malaysians


US President Barack Obama (left) and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (right) during a joint press conference at Seri Perdana in Putrajaya on April 27, 2014. - Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: Washington is prepared to consider a visa waiver for Malaysians but it won’t be done “overnight”, said President Barack Obama.

Acknowledging that the visa issue was raised during his bilateral talks yesterday, he said the United States had a very clear set of laws and provisions in terms of how a country qualified to be part of its Visa Waiver Programme.

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