Elina Noor, Assistant Director, Foreign Policy and Security Studies at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, explains that "The elevation of US-Malaysia bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Partnership during Obama's visit basically serves to underscore the solid, operational ties currently extant between both countries."

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