Daily Appointments Schedule for Monday, December 9

10:15 a.m. Attend the President’s bilateral with His Excellency Emomali Rahmonov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

11:00 a.m. Courtesy call by Hanan Ashrawi, Former Palestinian Cabinet Minister.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:45 p.m. Host working lunch for His Excellency Emomali Rahmonov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
(CAMERA SPRAY IN THE TREATY ROOM/EDITORIAL PRESENCE WELCOMED/NO Q & A)
(Pick-up time for cameras, stills, and writers: 12:15 p.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance)

2:10 p.m. Attend the President’s courtesy call with His Excellency Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE ARMITAGE:

OFFICIAL TRAVEL
(ASIA)

SPECIAL BRIEFING:

9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Lorne Craner and Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Curt Struble will brief the press on camera, on the record, on the grant to the Sabre Foundation, for the purpose of sending Spanish-language children’s books donated by the U.S. publishers and other sources to Cuban children.  The Briefing will be held in the State Department Press Briefing Room (Room 2209).  Press attending should arrive at the 23^rd street entrance by 8:45 a.m.