John Kerry: Public Schedule: May 22 - Tuesday

John Kerry: Public Schedule: May 22 - Tuesday

05/22/2013 09:58 AM EDT

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel to Muscat, Oman and Amman, Jordan. Secretary Kerry is accompanied by Spokesperson Psaki, Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, National Security Staff Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Prem Kumar, and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS. Please click here for more information.

10:15 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Omani Minister Responsible for Defense Affairs Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi in Muscat, Oman.

(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING MEETING)

3:10 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman, Jordan.

(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING MEETING)

4:10 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman, Jordan.

(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING MEETING)

4:50 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry holds a press availability with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman, Jordan.

(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

7:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in the London Eleven Plenary and Working Dinner

(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE FOR REMARKS PRECEDING MEETING)

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

8:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns delivers remarks at the U.S.-New Zealand Strategic Dialogue at the Department of State.

(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with U.S. Ambassador to Burma Derek Mitchell at the Department of State.

(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.

(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.

(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel to Jakarta, Indonesia. Please click here for more information.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS

10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Thomas J. Donohue, Jr. Founder of Adelphi Capital LLC at the State Department.

(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

9:30 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine addresses participants of the EMPOWER Disability Rights International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) conference at the Department of State.

(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

2:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall hosts a farewell reception honoring the departing Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Choi Youngjin, at Blair House.

(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall delivers remarks at a discussion entitled “Culinary Diplomacy Across Borders: Highlighting the Importance of Nutrition” at the Meridian International Center.

(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

6:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a reception celebrating the Republic Day of Azerbaijan hosted by the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan, His Excellency Elin Suleymanov, in Washington, D.C.

(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

7:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a reception celebrating the Republic Day of Nepal hosted by the Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, His Excellency Shankar Prasad Sharma, in Washington, D.C.

(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS RICHARD BARTON

11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Rick Barton participates in a roundtable event to discuss Jordan and Egypt at the Council on Foreign Relations.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake attends the Hague Convention Anniversary Celebration at the U.S. Department of State Marshall Conference Center

(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake attends a reception for Nepal National Republic Day at the Nepal Embassy.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer meets with New Zealand Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade for Multilateral Issues Gerard Van Bohemen at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel to Ankara, Turkey, until May 24, leading the U.S. delegation to the 10th U.S.–Turkey Economic Partnership Commission meeting, and Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Madrid, Spain. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

4:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson hosts a conference call with U.S. chiefs of mission from the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES

Assistant Secretary Jones is on foreign travel to Geneva, Switzerland from May 20 through 22 and Galway, Ireland from May 23 through 25. Please click here for more information.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS THOMAS KELLY

8:45 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Kelly joins Deputy Secretary Burns at the U.S.-New Zealand Strategic Dialogue at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD

Assistant Secretary Richard is on foreign travel to Ecuador and Colombia through May 23. Please click here for more information.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS JOSEPH YUN

Acting Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Yun is on foreign travel to Indonesia, Brunei, and Vietnam May 20-29 for bilateral and multilateral meetings with senior officials. Please click here for more information.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA

9:00 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya meets with Marianne Gasser, Head of Delegation for Syria for the International Committee of the Red Cross at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya participates in a meeting with civil society supporters of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratification at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:15 pm Acting Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya meets with U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell to Burma at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA

Ambassador CdeBaca is on foreign travel to Berlin, Germany for the National Rapporteurs on Trafficking in Persons Conference.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE STEPHEN RAPP

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel to Uganda to attend official meetings regarding global criminal justice issues.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

8:30 a.m. Special Representative Lewis speaks at the 10th Annual Executive Women in Government Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IRA FORMAN

Special Envoy Forman is on foreign travel to Poland to visit historical Holocaust sites with an international group of imams. Please click here for more information.

ENDS

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