Two pacts away from visa-free travel to the US


MALAYSIA is just two agreements away from visa-free travel to the United States, with Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in Washington, DC, to sign one of them.

Dr Ahmad Zahid, who arrived yesterday morning for a four-day working trip, is scheduled to ink the Homeland Security Presidential Directive No 6 (HSPD-6), one of the statutory requirements for the Visa Waiver Programme (VWP).

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