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Gathering information
UN special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea Vitit Muntarbhorn is to conclude a trip to Japan spent gathering information on North Korea. He will have met Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and Kyoko Nakayama, special adviser to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in charge of issue of Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese nationals. (Japanese news agency Kyodo)
John Negroponte
Dialogue continues
China's Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo and US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte will conclude the fifth round of the China-US strategic dialogue. (Hong Kong-based news agency Zhongguo Tongxun She)
Gordon Brown
China trip
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits China. (Chinese news agency Xinhua)
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Law-enforcement conference
International law-enforcement conference on Bali; 80 countries have been invited to attend. (Indonesian newspaper Tempo)
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Foreign minister calls
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem is to visit China. (Chinese news agency Xinhua)
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Discussing Dniester
Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE chairman-in-office Ilkka Kanerva is to visit Moldova to discuss settlement of conflict with breakaway Dniester region. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary-General Robert Simmons is also due to meet Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin to discuss Moldova-NATO ties, and the implementation of a Moldova-NATO partnership programme.(Moldova Suverana newspaper)
Vladimir Putin
Bulgaria trip
Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to visit Bulgaria. (Bulgarian national news agency BTA)
Mikheil Saakashvili
Inauguration
Mikheil Saakashvili to be inaugurated as president following his re-election on January 5. (Georgian private Mze TV)
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Extradition agreement
Colombian Interior and Justice Minister Carlos Holguin Sardi visits Moscow to meet Justice Minister Vladimir Ustinov and sign an agreement on extradition. (Russian state news agency ITAR-TASS)
Vladimir Voronin
Discussing Dniester (part 2)
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin visits Moscow to meet his counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the breakaway Dniester region. (Moldovan news agency Infotag)
Yuliya Tymoshenko
Interstate commission
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is set to meet her counterpart Viktor Zubkov in Moscow to discuss preparations for second meeting of interstate commission chaired by countries' presidents. (Russian state news agency ITAR-TASS)
Igor Chudinov
Moscow visit
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov visits Moscow; he is expected to meet his counterpart Viktor Zubkov, Russia's economy, finance and defence ministers, and the heads of the Rosatom nuclear energy agency and Gazprom gas company. (Russian news agency Interfax)
Donald Tusk
Bratislava trip
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk visits to meet counterpart Robert Fico. (Czech news agency CTK)
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Security Council members meet
Foreign ministers from UN Security Council permanent members (the United States, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) are expected to meet in Berlin to discuss further actions over Iran's nuclear programme. (German newspaper Financial Times Deutschland)
Hashim Thaci
Talks in Brussels
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci visits Brussels for talks with EU foreign-policy chief Javier Solana; he is also expected to meet NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. (Kosovo Albanian privately-owned newspaper Koha Ditore)
Kostas Karamanlis
Turkey and fish
Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis is to visit Turkey despite an increase in tensions over fishing dispute in Aegean. (Turkish news agency Anatolia)
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Davos date
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting takes place in Davos. (Official website)
