Media outlets across the world mistakenly believed a tweet that said Donald Trump would meet Tuesday with Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou to discuss the political crisis in Libya and other issues affecting Africa.

The statement was attached to a tweet sent out Monday by Sassou’s spokesman, Thierry Moungalla. The Congolese president has been in power for nearly 32 years and chairs the African Union’s High-Level Committee on Libya.

But Team Trump said the confab with Sassou was a surprise to them.

“They never met. It was never on the president-elect’s schedule,” Trump spokesman Sean Spicer said on Tuesday.

Trump has been staying during the holidays at his home in Palm Beach, Fla., where he has been meeting with staffers and interviewing possible picks for his administration.

He is scheduled to meet this week with Elsa Murano, who served as undersecretary of agriculture for food safety under President George W. Bush and who is a possible contender for agriculture secretary.

Since Trump was elected in November, his transition team said he has spoken by phone to numerous world leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President François Hollande, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump also met last month with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump Tower.