Press release
12 April 2010
Prime Minister's Office
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Fredrik Reinfeldt and Carl Bildt travel to Washington for Nuclear Security Summit
On 12-13 April 2010 Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt will be in Washington to attend the Nuclear Security Summit. President Barack Obama will host the summit together with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and a total of approximately 50 heads of state and government will be present.
Programme points:
Monday 12 April
16.00 Bilateral meeting with Mexico's President Felipe Calderón.
Photo opportunity at the end of the meeting, at approx. 16.30.
Place: Hotel Hay-Adams, One Lafayette Square, 16th & H Streets N.W.
16.30 Press opportunity ahead of the summit in the lobby of Hotel Hay-Adams.
Place: Hotel Hay-Adams, One Lafayette Square, 16th & H Streets N.W.
17.30 Opening ceremony of the Nuclear Security Summit, President Barack Obama to give welcoming address.
Place: Washington Convention Center.
18.30 Dinner.
Place: Washington Convention Center.
Tuesday 13 April
9.15 Photo opportunity with heads of state and government.
Place: Washington Convention Center.
9.30 First working session.
Place: Plenary room, Washington Convention Center.
12.00 Working lunch for summit participants.
Place: Washington Convention Center.
13.30 Press opportunity with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
Place: Press area, Washington Convention Center.
14.00 Second working session
Place: Plenary room, Washington Convention Center.
approx.
16.30 Concluding press meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt.
Separate press opportunities are being organised for Swedish media not accredited for the summit. Please contact Roberta Alenius, Head of Press for Fredrik Reinfeldt, or Irena Busic, Press Secretary to Carl Bildt, for more information.
Contact
Roberta AleniusHead of Press to Fredrik Reinfeldt
+46 8 405 49 04
+46 70 270 72 17
email to Roberta Alenius Anna Charlotta Johansson
(journalists only) Press Secretary to Carl Bildt
+46 8 405 54 73
+46 70 356 30 32
email to Anna Charlotta Johansson
