Ministry of Foreign Affairs of

Draft Press Programme for the Official Visit of The Secretary of State of the United States of America Mr. Antony J. Blinken Version: 14 May 2021

Draft Press Programme for the Official Visit of The Secretary of State of the United States of America Mr. Antony J. Blinken

Accreditation is mandatory – please see below.

Prime Minister’s Office Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark IPC – International Press Centre Press Secretary Rikke Darfelt Senior Press Advisor Janina Graae Head of IPC Peter Krause Telephone: +45 2910 8825 (no text) E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Cell: +45 4083 8937 Cell.: +45 2070 6970

Accreditation and access to events

Press card and Covid-19 test Accreditation is mandatory and press cards must be worn visible at all times. You have to have a negative Covid-19 test from 16 or 17 May 2021.

Applications for accreditation and pool seats To apply for accreditation you need to include your full name, media, function and date of birth in a mail to the International Press Centre [email protected]. Please note that this information will be shared with national security authorities. An accreditation does not in itself guarantee access to events, so please also indicate which pool(s) you wish to cover. You will get your answer by e-mail. Please note that you cannot cover Marienborg Castle and the photo opportunity outside Eigtveds Pakhus. Please note that you have to wear your press card visible during the events.

Deadline Deadline for accreditation and access applications is Saturday 15 May at 12.00 Noon. If distribution of pool seats is needed, the MFA and The Prime Minister’s Office will follow the general practice from the pool committee https://ipcd.dk/en/accreditation/pool/.

OB Vans OB Vans – please contact The Danish Police. You do not need an accreditation if you are working from an OB Van. Please note that it will not be possible to park OB vans on the Marienborg Castle area.

Information regarding meeting times, events and pools – please see page 2 and 3 below.

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Draft Press Programme for the Official Visit of The Secretary of State of the United States of America Mr. Antony J. Blinken Version: 14 May 2021

Monday, 17 May

TIME EVENT PARTICIPANTS POSSIBILITIES FOR PRESS

9.00 Meeting between Prime Minister Ms. Prime Minister Ms. Mette Pool 1: Photo opportunity outside Marienborg and Secretary of Frederiksen and Secretary of Castle and photo opportunity Marienborg Castle State Mr. Antony J. Blinken State Mr. Antony J. Blinken Park (10 media representatives)

Marienborg Castle Meeting time for press: 7.30 Meeting place: Entrance to Marienborg Castle Nybrovej 410, 2800 Kongens Lyngby 11.00 Arrivals for bilateral meeting between Secretary of State Mr. Antony Pool 2: Photo opportunity outside of Eigtveds the United States and the Kingdom of J. Blinken, Minister for Foreign Pakhus (20 media representatives) Denmark (Denmark, and Affairs Mr. Jeppe Kofod, the Faroe Islands) and bilateral Minister for Foreign Affairs Meeting time for press: 9.50 meeting between the United States and Energy of the Meeting place: Eigtveds Pakhus side building and the Kingdom of Denmark Government of Greenland Pele Broberg and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Culture of the Government of the Faroe Islands Jenis av Rana

11.00 Bilateral meeting between the United Secretary of State Mr. Antony States and the Kingdom of Denmark J. Blinken, Minister for Foreign (Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Affairs Mr. Jeppe Kofod, Islands) Minister for Foreign Affairs and Energy of the Eigtveds Pakhus Government of Greenland Pele Broberg and Strandgade 25D, 1401 København K Minister for Foreign Affairs and Culture of the Government of the Faroe Islands Jenis av Rana

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Draft Press Programme for the Official Visit of The Secretary of State of the United States of America Mr. Antony J. Blinken Version: 14 May 2021 TIME EVENT PARTICIPANTS POSSIBILITIES FOR PRESS

11.45 Bilateral meeting between the United Secretary of State Mr. Antony States and the Kingdom of Denmark J. Blinken, Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Jeppe Kofod 13.15 Press Conference Secretary of State Mr. Antony Pool 3: Press conference (30 media J. Blinken, and Minister for representatives including a maximum of 10 Eigtveds Pakhus Foreign Affairs Mr. Jeppe cameras) Kofod Strandgade 25D, 1401 København K Meeting time for press: 11.30

Meeting place: Eigtveds Pakhus 14.40 Meeting with Business Leaders and Secretary of State Mr. Antony Pool 4: Photo opportunity outside on the roof Reseachers on Green Transition and J. Blinken, and Minister for (20) Danish-American Partnerships Foreign Affairs Mr. Jeppe Pool 5: Photo opportunity meeting room (2+2) Kofod Meeting time for press: 13.30 CopenHill Meeting place: By the public elevator to Vindmøllevej 2, 2300 København S CopenHill

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