The White House said, they underscored "the eternal nature of US-Thai friendship and their alliance," and pledged to strengthen bilateral ties and work together to ensure peace and stability in the Asia Pacific region.
Yingluck began performing his duties as Thailand's first female prime minister on Monday after Pheu Thai party won a large victory in elections last month.
House of Representatives of Thailand on Friday to choose Yingluck Shinawatra, sister of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister.
Yingluck formally also received the King Bhumibol Adulyadej as prime minister of Thailand to the 28th.
Yingluck, a woman aged 44 years old former businessman, is the youngest prime minister of Thailand, and perhaps women in the world's youngest prime minister.
Despite having no political experience, photogenic woman prime minister, with Thaksin's influence, led the party formed by his brother, and achieve a landslide victory in elections last July 3.
Yingluck has rejected accusations that he had no political experience by saying "My father is a politician, and so does my brother, so I already knew about politics since I was a kid."
Born in the northern province of Chiangmai, Thailand, on June 27, 1967, Yingluck has two diplomas in the field of politics - the scholar of the northern province of Chiangmai, the power base of his family and U.S. master's degree from Kentucky State University.
She married businessman Amornchat Anusorn and has one child.
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