Visit to Washington DC - Oct 2017

PM Lee Hsien Loong made an Official Working Visit to Washington D.C. from 21 to 26 October 2017 at the invitation of President Donald Trump.

During the visit, PM Lee met President Trump at the Oval Office, and was hosted by the President to a bilateral working lunch together with Cabinet Secretaries and key White House officials. PM Lee had separate meetings with Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, National Security Advisor H R McMaster, and and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn. The Prime Minister also met key Congressional leaders, including Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Arizona), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-California).

PM Lee met Singaporeans at a reception at the Singapore Embassy in Washington, D.C., spoke at the Economic Club of Washington D.C., and had a moderated dialogue at the Council on Foreign Relations.

(MCI Photos by Kenji Soon)