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Europe to be Obama's first overseas trip

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-03-06 14:15

WASHINGTON – Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are planning to visit Britain, France, Germany and the Czech Republic in their first trip to Europe since the president took office.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the president's itinerary at a news conference following a meeting of NATO foreign ministers Thursday in Brussels. The White House confirmed other details of the trip later in the day.

The trip will be March 31 through April 5.

President Obama will begin in Britain for a G-20 summit on the global financial crisis, to be held in London. He will then take part in a NATO meeting in France and Germany while also meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The president will cap the trip in Prague for a US-European Union conference.