Horst Koehler
Mongolia visit
German President Horst Koehler visits Mongolia (Mongolian news agency Montsame).
Jacob Zuma
Tanzania trip
President of South Africa's ruling ANC Jacob Zuma visits Tanzania, meeting with President Jakaya Kikwete (SABC).
Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad
Paralympic diplomacy
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad visits China to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympic Games; he is expected to meet Chinese leaders and hold a news conference (Iranian official government news agency IRNA).
Yang Jiechi
China-India relations
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi visits India, meeting his Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee (Indian news agency PTI).
Cristina Kirchner
Industrial relations
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner visits Recife, Brazil. She is expected to inaugurate a plant belonging to an Argentine company alongside her Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Her trip will also include a visit to the capital Brasilia (Argentine newspaper Pagina/12).
Nicolas Sarkozy
EU-Russia talks
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU foreign-policy chief Javier Solana visit Russia for talks with President Dmitry Medvedev on the situation following the Russian-Georgian conflict (French La Chaine Info TV).
Yoshimasa Hayashi
US Japanese relations
Japanese Defence Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi visits the United States for talks on topics including Japan's antiterrorism refuelling mission (Japanese news agency Kyodo).
Felipe Perez Roque
Mexico visit
Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque visits Mexico. He is expected to convey a letter inviting President Felipe Calderon to visit Cuba (Mexican news agency Notimex).
Binyamin Netanyahu
Opposition visist
Israeli opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu visits Russia meeting with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for talks expected to focus on Iran and Syria. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin may also meet Netanyahu althouth no meeting has been set with President Dmitriy Medvedev as protocol demands he meet the Israeli prime minister before leader of the opposition (Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post).
Deepak Kapoor
UK-Indian military relations
Indian army chief General Deepak Kapoor visits the United Kingdom. He meets army and Ministry of Defence officials to discuss defence-related issues. He is also expected to visit the Land Warfare Centre on Salisbury Plain to view joint military exercises (Indian television channel DD News website).
Condoleezza Rice
Libya trip
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice travels to Portugal, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. She will be the first US secretary of state to visit Libya since John Foster Dulles in 1953 (US State Department website).
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Security meeting
An informal meeting of EU foreign ministers takes place in Avignon. The main issue is the Georgian-Russian conflict and relations with Russia. Also to be discussed is the US election and security in Afghanistan and Pakistan (EU website).
Sergy Lavrov
Poland rapprochement?
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Poland for talks on missile defence and the Caucasus (Russian news agency Interfax)
