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MM Lee Kuan Yew began the second leg of his US trip by calling on two key Cabinet members of the Obama administration - top diplomat Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
Meeting Mrs Clinton at the State Department on Monday afternoon, MM Lee said his 10-day visit came at a critical moment when the United States was looking to further engage South-east and East Asia.
'I have come at a very important moment in America,' added the Minister Mentor, who first arrived in New York last week before travelling to Washington, DC on Sunday.
'It is a time for renewal and resumption of the engagement of America, in particular in South-east Asia and East Asia. It is the part of the world that will alter the shape of the 21st century.'
Agreeing, Mrs Clinton said with a laugh that they in the administration indeed 'have our work cut out for us here'.
On Tuesday evening, MM Lee delivered a speech and receive the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the US-ASEAN Business Council during the Council's 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner.
In about two weeks' time, President Barack Obama will embark on a major visit to Asia, his first since taking office, as well as attend the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Singapore.
