Trump invites leaders of Thailand, Singapore to the White House

Reuters

30 April 2017 at 11:02 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to the leaders of Thailand and Singapore on Sunday in separate phone calls about the security situation in the Asia-Pacific region at a time of rising tensions with North Korea and invited both to visit Washington, the White House said. Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former general, heads a military-dominated government that took power in a 2014 coup. His government had strained relations with Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama. (Reporting by Lindsay Dunsmuir and Matt Spetalnick; Editing by Peter Cooney)

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