Earthtimes.org, 5 Nov 2008, DPA
Singapore - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long Wednesday congratulated Barak Obama on being elected the 44th president of the United States. Citing the challenges ahead, Lee made a case to president-elect Obama for the importance of South-East Asia to the United States.
"The US has many friends and many interests in this region, which is happily not a problem region for the US," said Lee.
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