Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said he and US President-elect Donald Trump agreed to further strengthen Malaysia-US ties.

The Malaysian prime minister said that they engaged in a very warm and productive telephone conversation, Bernama Malaysian news agency reported. 

"Among other matters, we talked about economic growth in the US and Malaysia.

"I congratulated him on his election victory, and we agreed to further strengthen US-Malaysia ties," Najib said, adding that it was "great to reconnect with Trump following his outstanding win".

Republican Trump, 70, defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the presidential race earlier this month to become the 45th president of the US.

Source: MENA