Obama to meet with Mexico's Calderon on Monday

1:53 p.m.

January 8, 2009

WASHINGTON — (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama plans to meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday, according to a source familiar with the planning for the meeting.

The source noted that there is a longstanding tradition in which U.S. presidents have met with the Mexican leader prior to their inauguration.