Singapore's PM to visit the US

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is scheduled to make a working visit to the U.S. from April 1-4, the city-state's Prime Minister's Office said on Thursday.Lee's last visit to the U.S. was in July, 2010.He will visit the capital city of Wangshington D.C., where he is scheduled to meet almost all the top leaders there, including President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew, Secretary of Defence Charles Hagel and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.He will deliver a speech at the gala dinner co-hosted by the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, the office said.During Lee's visit in the New York City, he will meet New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and business leaders there.The visit delegation will also include the city-state's Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam, some members of parliament, as well as officials from the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The White House said earlier that the two leaders will meet next Tuesday over a wide range of strategic and economic issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region.White House spokesman Jay Carney said the two leaders will discuss deepening bilateral relationship, working together in the region's multilateral institutions, including the East Asia Summit and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and continuing progress on the Trans- Pacific Partnership talks