Pham Gia Khiem
Clenched teeth?
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem concludes a visit to China; the trip comes amid continuing spat over Spratly Islands, to which both countries lay claim. (Chinese news agency Xinhua)
Kasymzhomart Tokayev
Beijing trip
Kazakh Senate Speaker Kasymzhomart Tokayev visits; he is due to meet President Hu Jintao. (Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency)
Nicolas Sarkozy
India visit
French President Nicolas Sarkozy concludes a visit to India; his talks will focus on nuclear power, arms and bilateral exchanges. (French news agency AFP)
Igor Chudinov
Moscow trip concludes
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov concludes a visit to Moscow; he is expected to meet counterpart Viktor Zubkov, economy, finance and defence ministers, heads of Rosatom nuclear energy agency and Gazprom gas company. (Russian news agency Interfax)
Tomislav Nikolic
Seeking support?
Nationalist Serbian Radical Party deputy chairman Tomislav Nikolic, who is standing against incumbent President Boris Tadic in his country's presidential election runoff on February 3, is to visit Moscow; he will meet Federation Council speaker Sergey Mironov. (Russian news agency ITAR-TASS)
Radoslaw Sikorski
Cooperation talks
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski visits Ukraine for border cooperation talks with counterpart Volodymyr Ohryzko; this follows rally in western Ukraine demanding simpler visa procedures with Poland after it joined the Schengen Zone. (Ukrainian UT1 television)
Vasile Tarlev
Economic forum
Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev visits Kazakhstan to attend an economic forum. (Moldovan news agency Infotag)
Pervez Musharraf
European tour
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is on a European tour; this week he is visiting Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, and the UK to meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown. (Associated Press of Pakistan. (APP) news agency)
Bamir Topi
Kosovo visit
Albanian President Bamir Topi is to visit Kosovo. (Albanian state news agency ATA)
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Russia meets NATO
Russia-NATO Council meets in Brussels. (Russian news agency Interfax)
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Algerian Space Agency?
UK Minister of State for Trade and Investment Lord Jones of Birmingham will visit Algeria; he will sign an agreement on investment protection and a memorandum of understanding between the Algerian Space Agency (ASA) and British National Space Centre. (Algerian newspaper El-Acil)
Bernard Kouchner
Africa visit
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner is to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso. (French news agency AFP)
Ban Ki-moon
Rwanda tour
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, will begin a three day tour of Rwanda.
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FTA negotiations
South Korea and the European Union (EU) will hold their sixth round of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) in Seoul.
Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
Cairo visit
Iranian Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel is scheduled to visit Cairo to attend the fifth Conference of Islamic Countries’ Parliament.
