Xie Xuren
Sino-Japanese financial negotiations
Chinese Finance minister Xie Xuren will travel to Japan to meet his counterpart Fukushiro Nukaga. The two are holding talks under the Bilateral Dialogue Framework. The two are expected to discuss regional financial cooperation as well as the condition of their respective domestic economies. The meeting is in preparation for Chinese premier Hu Jintao's visit later this year. (Regional sources)
Bingu wa Mutharika
China courts Malawian president
Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika is to make a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Kevin Rudd
Rudd goes to Washington
Recently elected Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will make his first official visit to the US this week. He is expected to meet George Bush as well as a range of other senior officials. The withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq, the environment and the state of US-Australian trade relations will all be on the agenda for the visit. (Australian media sources)
Nancy Pelosi
Nuclear negotiations
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits. In her meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, discussion is expected to focus on the stalled civilian nuclear energy agreement and the recent violence in Tibet. (Indian news agency PTI)
Garri Kasparov
Russian opposition groups
Opposition forces meet for congress in St Petersburg. In attendance will be Union of Right Forces, Yabloko, Garri Kasparov's United Civil Front. (Russian radio Ekho Moskvy)
Donald Tusk
Ukraine-Poland diplomacy
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is expected to visit Ukraine ahead of a trip to Moscow later this month. Tusk has just returned from Washington where discussion of the US's missile defence policy took centre stage.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish PM in the Balkans
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will embark on a tour of east-european countries that is expected to take in Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Bulgaria. (BBC Monitoring)
Nicolas Sarkozy
Sarko-road-show
French President Nicolas Sarkozy pays a state visit. This is the first such trip by a French head of state since predecessor Jacques Chirac visited in 1996. He is expected to address both houses of parliament and hold talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Downing Street. There will then be a summit at Arsenal football club's Emirates Stadium. (French news agency AFP)
David Miliband
EU foreign ministers' summit
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband will join other EU foreign ministers in Slovenia for talks aimed at facilitating progress in integrating the Western Balkans into the EU. Slovenia currently holds the presidency of the European council.
Calmy-Rey
Energy deal
Swiss Foreign Minister Calmy-Rey will travel to Tehran this week in order to sign a deal on natural gas supplies. It is expected that the issue of human rights will also be raised. (Associated Free Press)
Ratnasiri Wickremanyake
Asian diplomacy
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake embarks on a tour of the Middle east which is expected to take in Israel, Jordan and Palestinian Territories. (Sri Lankan newspaper The Sunday Times)
Kim Yong-Nam
North Korean relations with Africa
Kim Yong-nam, president of presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, embarks on a tour of African countries. He is expected to join Nambian President Hifikepunye Pohamba for the inauguration of a new State House. Kim is then expected to move on to Uganda. (Regional sources)
Yu Myung-hwan
US-South Korea diplomacy
South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan visits the US for talks ahead of the visit by South Korean president Lee Myung-bak next month.
