Ryszard Schnepf
Polish-Korean relations
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Ryszard Schnepf visits North Korea to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries (Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza).
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
South-south summit
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the Third India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit in New Delhi. Energy and food security are expected to top the agenda. Lula joins South African President Kgalema Motlanthe and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Indian public-service broadcaster DD News website)
Mahmoud Abbas
Palestine briefing
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visits Syria to brief leaders on his negotiations with Israel and talks among Palestinian factions (Palestinian Voice of Al-Quds radio).
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Spanish-French negotiations
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero meets President Nicolas Sarkozy in France to discuss the international financial crisis and possibly other matters ahead of an EU heads of state and government summit this week(Spanish news agency Efe).
Vaclav Klaus
Czech-Polish relations
Czech President Vaclav Klaus visits Poland for talks with counterpart Lech Kaczynski. He is expected to attend a ceremony marking the 90th anniversary of the establishment of Poland and Czechoslovakia at the Czech-Polish border in Tesin (Czech national public-service news agency CTK)
Syarhey Martynaw
EU rapprochement?
Belarusian Foreign Minister Syarhey Martynaw meets EU counterparts in Luxembourg. He is the first Belarusian government member invited to meet EU leaders since the EU imposed sanctions on Belarus in 2006 (Russian news agency Interfax).
EU Flag
EU heads of state
An EU heads of state and government summit takes place in Brussels (EU website)
Abd-al-Basit Salih Sabdarat
ICC prosecution talks
Sudanese Justice Minister Abd-al-Basit Salih Sabdarat attends an Arab League justice ministers' meeting in Egypt. The meeting was requested by Sudan to discuss the International Criminal Court prosecutors' request for arrest warrant against Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir (Egyptian news agency MENA).
Nicolas Sarkozy
French-Canadian relations
French President Nicolas Sarkozy addresses Quebec's parliament and takes part in a Canada-EU summit in Montreal (French news agency AFP).
