Obama will host Asian-Pacific leaders in Southern California

Leaders from Southeast Asia will convene in the California desert early next year for a summit hosted by President Barack Obama, the White House says.

Obama invited the leaders to attend the meeting when he visited Malaysia last month to attend the yearly Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting.

Myles Caggins, a national security spokesman for the White House, said the gathering in California would include "important conversations about the Asia-Pacific region."

"The President is pleased the leaders have accepted his invitation to gather at Sunnylands, in early 2016," Caggins said, without providing any further details.

- CNN