Barack Obama, first sitting US President to visit Laos

Q.  President Barack Obama became the first sitting US President to set foot on which South East Asian nation?
- Published on 06 Sep 16

a. Laos
b. Vietnam
c. Cambodia
d. Malaysia

ANSWER: Laos
 
Barack Obama, first sitting US President to visit LaosPresident Obama on 5th September 2016 visited the SE Asian nation of Laos closing a dark chapter in the shared history of the two nations.
  • He is one of several world leaders coming to this nation of close to 7 million people
  • Its one party communist state tightly controls public expression but is also hosting the annual meeting of ASEAN nations
  • Bolstering economic ties in Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar is part of the US strategy to counter China’s growing dominance in the region

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