Manmohan Singh
Beijing talks
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits China to hold talks with Premier Wen Jiabao, President Hu Jintao, and top legislator Wu Bangguo. (Indian Ministry of External Affairs)
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Business summit
UK-China Business Summit in Beijing; the event is due to take place around the time of the UK Prime Minister's visit to China for the annual UK/China Summit. (Official website)
Christopher Hill
Trip conclusion
US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill is due to conclude a regional tour for talks with six-party nations on the orth Korean nuclear issue with a visit to Moscow.(South Korean news agency Yonhap)
Vladimir Voronin
EU action plan
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin will visit Brussels to meet with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. They will discuss Moldova-EU relations; a three-year Moldova-EU action plan expires in February. (Moldova One TV)
Vladimir Putin
Sofia trip
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Sofia. (Bulgarian national news agency BTA)
Nicolas Sarkozy
Saudi trip
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Saudi Arabia. (Regional sources)
Hua Jianmin
Eastern Europe visit
Chinese State Councillor Hua Jianmin visits the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Croatia. (Chinese news agency Xinhua)
Abdullah Gul
Bilateral talks
Turkish President Abdullah Gul visits Egypt to meets counterpart Husni Mubarak for talks on bilateral relations and regional developments, including Iraq, Lebanon and Iran nuclear dispute. During trip also, Gul is also due to meet Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif, and Foreign Minister Ahmad Ali Abu-al-Ghayt. (Egyptian news agency MENA)
Ban Ki-moon
Madrid forum
The First Alliance of Civilizations Forum takes place in Madrid. Speakers include Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. (Official website)
Mohammad al-Baradi'i
Tehran trip
International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohammad al-Baradi'i concludes a visit to Tehran, accompanied by IAEA safeguards chief Olli Heinonen and IAEA foreign policy head Vilmos Csereveny. (Iranian news agency IRNA)
PLO
Central council meeting
The PLO Central Council is due to meet in Ramallah. (Palestinian newspaper Al-Ayyam)
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Peacekeepers arrive
Egyptian peacekeepers are due to arrive in Darfur; expected to deploy on 17th (Sudanese Media Centre website)
Mohammedmian Soomro
Official visit
The Pakistani Premier Mohammedmian Soomro will arrive early this week in Yemen on an official visit. (Saba Net)
Timothy Keating
China trip
Admiral Timothy Keating, commander-in-chief of the US Pacific Command, will visit China from Sunday to Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Counter-terrorism relationships
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that a team of UK government experts would travel to Pakistan next week in an attempt to deepen its counter-terrorism relationships with Pakistan. (ANI)
