UN Flag
Donors' Conference
International donors' conference in Rangoon, convened by the UN and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Regional sources).
Lee Myung-bak
East-Asia Diplomacy
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visits China to meet his counterpart President Hu Jintao, and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. Talks will concentrate on bilateral cooperation and regional peace and stability (South Korean news agency Yonhap).
African leaders
Japan-Africa Conference
African leaders are expected to attend the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) in Yokohama, Japan (Japanese Foreign Ministry website).
Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Pakistan Afghanistan Relations
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi visits Afghanistan to discuss bilateral ties (Pakistan Geo News TV website).
Wu Poh-hsiung
China-Taiwan relations
Wu Poh-hsiung, chairman of Taiwan's governing Kuomintang, visits China to meet President Hu Jintao. The trip follows the inauguration on May 20 of Kuomintang's Ma Ying-jeou as president of Taiwan (Taiwanese Central News Agency).
Viktor Yushchenko
Canada Trip
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko visits Canada (Ukrainian news agency UNIAN).
Nicolas Sarkozy
Sarkozy in Poland
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Poland to meet President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk. An earlier visit scheduled for April 23 was postponed (AFP).
Condoleezza Rice
Scandanavian Tour
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Sweden for the International Compact Conference on Iraq. She then heads to Iceland for talks with leaders (US State Department website).
Nuri al-Maliki
Compact Conference
The International Compact Conference on Iraq takes place in Stockholm, Sweden. This is the first follow-up meeting after the launch of a five-year peace and development plan in the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Shaykh in May 2007. The conference is attended by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as well as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (Iraqi Al-Iraqiyah Television).
Ban Ki-moon
Burma opening?
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Burma following Cyclone Nargis, which hit the country on May 3. He meets Senior General Than Shwe who chairs the military government's highest decision-making body, the State Peace and Development Council (Regional sources).
