No meeting between President Denis Sassou N'Guesso of the Republic of Congo and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has been scheduled, the Trump Team said on Tuesday.

On Monday, an announcement posted on Sassou N'Guesso's website  and Facebook  page said he would meet Trump in his capacity as president of a high-level committee of the African Union on Libya.

The statement said that during his visit to "the country of Uncle Sam", Sassou N'Guesso would also discuss other crises affecting the world.

AllAfrica's publishing partner, Les Dépêches de Brazzaville quoted a communiqué signed by Firmin Ayessa, the director of the president's office, as saying that the talks would explore ways of ending the crisis in Libya and also focus on other African issues.

The publisher said the meeting was taking place at Trump's invitation and that the discussions would "undoubtedly" include Brazzaville-Washington relations.

According to Reuters, "Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks said there had never been a meeting scheduled and would not be one before Trump takes office on Jan. 20."

Since that statement, there has been no word about the meeting posted on the President's Facebook or Twitter pages on the the Twitter account of Thierry Moungalla, who on Monday posted the presidential communique announcing the Tuesday session: Rencontre entre @realDonaldTrump et #Denis_Sassou_Nguesso aux #USA demain. #Crise_libyenne @RFIAfrique @ICIBrazza @congosouverain @SassouCG

Sassou N'Guesso was returned to power for a third term earlier this year after changing the country's constitution to remove term and age limits which would have prevented him from standing again. He has been in power for all but five of the last 36 years. He lost an election in 1992 but returned to office five years later.