Vladimir Voronin
Belarus Visit
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin visits Belarus (Moldovan news agency Infotag).
Dmitriy Medvedev
CIS Summit
New Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev attends the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum, where he is expected to convene an informal summit of CIS heads of state (Russian news agency Interfax).
Nguyen Minh
Vietnam-Europe Relations
Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet tours Europe, taking in Austria, Norway and Greece (Vietnamese news agency VNA).
Baltic Leaders
Baltic Summit
The seventh Baltic Sea States Summit takes place in Riga. The Council of the Baltic Sea States brings together the eleven states of the Baltic Sea region (Russia, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland) as well as the European Commission (Official website).
Viktor Yushchenko
Ukraine-Slovenia Relations
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko visits Slovenia (Ukrainian news agency Interfax-Ukraine).
Food and Agriculture Summit
Food Security
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization holds a high-level conference in Rome on world food security. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is expected to hold separate meetings on sidelines with his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (UN website, Japanese news agency Kyodo).
Organisation of American States
Foreign Ministers Meet
The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) meets in Medellin, Colombia. Member states are usually represented by their foreign ministers (Official website).
Yasuo Fukuda
Japan-EU Diplomacy
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda tours Europe taking in Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy. He meets European leaders ahead of July's G8 summit in Japan. He is also expected to attend the special Food and Agriculture Organization conference in Rome on world food security (Japan's largest news agency Kyodo).
Abdullah Gul
Turkey
Turkish President Abdullah Gul visits Japan for talks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (Japan's largest news agency Kyodo).
World Economic Forum
African Business
The World Economic Forum on Africa takes place in Cape Town, South Africa. Business leaders meet to discuss the business climate, infrastructure and other strategic challenges (Official website).
Christopher Hill
Nuclear Talks
US chief nuclear envoy Christopher Hill and South Korean chief nuclear negotiator Kim Suk visit Russia to discuss North Korea's nuclear programme (Russian news agency Interfax).
Ehud Olmert
Peace Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert due to visit Washington for talks with President George Bush. Discussions will focus on the peace negotiations with Palestinians that were relaunched last November (Regional sources).
Gazprom
Gas Talks
"Enterprise Barents" international oil and gas forum in Murmansk, Russia (Russian news agency RIA Novosti).
