Donald Tsang
Tsang trip
Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang and senior officials visit Sichuan earthquake zone in China (Radio TV Hong Kong Radio 3).
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza condolences
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits China from Seoul. In Chengdu, she expresses condolences on behalf of the United States following May's earthquake and also meets local officials and aid organisations. She then goes on to Beijing to meet Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi for talks on bilateral, regional, and international issues (Regional sources).
Bernard Kouchner
Bilateral visit
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner attends the G8 ministerial meeting in Japan, also making a bilateral visit (French news agency AFP).
Australian troops
Homecomming
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is due to attend a welcome home rally in Brisbane for troops returning from Iraq (Australian ABC radio).
Ban Ki-moon
Asia-Pacific tour
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tours the Asia Pacific region ahead of the G8 summit in Japan. His trip takes in Japan, China and South Korea (Japanese news agency Kyodo).
Mahmud Shah Qureshi
India-Pakistan diplomacy
Pakistani Foreign Minister Mahmud Shah Qureshi visits India to hold talks with counterpart Pranab Mukherjee on issues including terrorism, Kashmir and trade. He is also likely to meet President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Indian newspaper The Indian Express).
International Cricket Council
Zimbabwe status
The International Cricket Council executive board meeting in Dubai discusses Zimbabwe's cricketing status. The meeting comes after South Africa's governing board -- hitherto one of Zimbabwe's strongest backers -- on June 23 said it had suspended domestic agreements with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (Regional sources).
Yuliya Tymoshenko
Ukraine-Russia relations
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko visits Russia to meet with her counterpart, Vladimir Putin. They will co-head a committee for bilateral economic cooperation (Ukrainian news agency UNIAN).
Viktor Yushchenko
Azerbaijan visit
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko visits Azerbaijan to discuss energy cooperation (Azerbaijani news agency APA).
Dmitriy Medvedev
Regional tour
Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev visits Turkmenistan from Azerbaijan (Russian Interfax news agency).
African Union
Water summit?
An African Union summit takes place in the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Shaykh, Egypt. The Somalia and Darfur conflicts are expected to be discussed, though the official main theme is access to drinking water for Africans (Official website).
Hank Paulson
European tour
US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson visits Russia, Germany and the United Kingdom for talks on the global economy and Iran (Regional sources).
George Bush
Embassy opening
Former President George Bush attends the formal opening of the new US embassy in Berlin at an Independence Day ceremony (Regional sources)
