Wen Jiabao
"Summer Davos"
The World Economic Forum holds its "Summer Davos" in Tianjin, China. Premier Wen Jiabao is expected to address the opening ceremony (Chinese news agency Xinhua).
Lee Myung-bak
South Korean-Russian relations
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visits Russia for talks with President Dmitry Medvedev. They are expected to focus on energy and resources co-operation, aerospace and the North Korean nuclear issue. (South Korean news agency Yonhap).
Anatoly Serdyukov
Strategic talks
Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov visits India for talks with counterpart A.K. Antony on strategic and defence relations (Indian newspaper The Pioneer).
EU observers
Russian drawback
The EU is expected to deploy at least 200 observers to monitor withdrawal of Russian troops from the country. Troops will remain in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, under the agreement reached during talks between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on September 8 (French news agency AFP).
Angela Merkel
German-Russian forum
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are expected to attend the final plenary meeting of the "Petersburg Dialogue", a Russian-German forum at St Petersburg University. University president Lyudmila Verbitskaya has indicated that the forum is to focus on the Russian-Georgian conflict (Russian news agency Interfax).
Caspian Summit
Energy cooperation
The Intergovernmental Economic Conference of Caspian States takes place in Astrakhan, Russia. The Summit brings together government delegations from Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan and representatives of international companies (Russian news agency RIA Novosti).
Manmohan Singh
EU-India summit
An EU-India Summit takes place in Marseille, attended by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU foreign-policy chief Javier Solana (EU website).
APC Group
Ghana summit
The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States holds a summit in Accra, bringing together leaders of 79 states (Official website).
