Well finally the State Department has released details about Mme.
Secretary's current travel itinerary. Here goes - it is extensive -
just under two weeks.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Travel to France, Japan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Egypt and Israel
Press Statement
Victoria Nuland
Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
July 5, 2012
Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to France, Japan, Mongolia,
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Egypt and Israel departing Washington, D.C. on
July 5.
In Paris on July 6, Secretary Clinton will attend the third meeting of the Friends of the Syrian People.
At that meeting, the Secretary will consult with her colleagues on
steps to increase pressure on the Assad regime and to support UN-Arab
League Special Envoy Annan’s efforts to end the violence and facilitate a
political transition to a post-Assad Syria. Secretary Clinton will
consult with French leaders regarding next steps on Syria as well as on a
number of other key areas of global concern. As part of her ongoing
consultations with senior Palestinian and Israeli leaders, the Secretary will also meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
to discuss both parties’ efforts to pursue a dialogue and build on
President Abbas’ exchange of letters with Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu.
The Secretary will then travel to Tokyo to attend the July 8 Conference on Afghanistan,
where she will reaffirm our enduring commitment to the Afghan people
and join the international community in supporting Afghanistan’s
development needs for the “transformation decade” to begin in 2015. As
part of the mutual commitments made by the international community and
Afghanistan at the Bonn conference last December, the Afghan Government
in turn will lay out its plan for economic reform and continued steps
toward good governance. She will also have discussions with Japanese
Government counterparts on bilateral, regional, and global issues of
mutual concern.
In Ulaanbaatar on July 9, Secretary Clinton will meet with President Elbegdorj and Prime Minister Batbold and address the meeting of the Governing Board of the Community of Democracies, as well as an international women's conference.
In Hanoi on July 10, the Secretary will meet with senior Vietnamese leaders.
She will witness the signing of several agreements covering education
exchanges and commercial contracts and meet with representatives of U.S.
and Vietnamese business communities.
Secretary Clinton will arrive in Vientiane on July 11. This groundbreaking visit to Laos marks the first by a Secretary of State in 57 years.
The Secretary will meet with Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and
other senior government officials to discuss a variety of bilateral and
regional issues, including the Lower Mekong Initiative and ASEAN
integration efforts.
Secretary Clinton will arrive in
Phnom Penh on July 11 to participate in regional conferences, to both
chair and attend ministerial events and to participate in bilateral
meetings with Cambodian officials. Regional conferences include
the ASEAN Regional Forum, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers
Meeting, and the U.S.-ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference. Secretary
Clinton will co-chair the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial as
well as chair the Friends of the Lower Mekong Ministerial Meeting.
Secretary Clinton will also participate in bilateral meetings with
senior Cambodian leadership. After Phnom Penh, Secretary Clinton will
travel to Siem Reap to lead the largest delegation of U.S. business
representatives to Cambodia for an ASEAN event at the ‘Commitment to
Connectivity - U.S.-ASEAN Business Forum.’ While in Siem Reap, Secretary
Clinton will deliver the keynote address at the Lower Mekong Initiative
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Dialogue on July 13.
On
July 14, Secretary Clinton will travel to Egypt to express the United
States’ support for Egypt’s democratic transition and economic
development. From July 15-16, she will meet with senior government
officials, civil society, and business leaders, and inaugurate the U.S.
Consulate General in Alexandria.
This will be
followed by a stop in Israel on July 16-17, where she will be meeting
with the Israeli leadership to discuss peace efforts and a range of
regional and bilateral issues of mutual concern.
