Hu Jintao
APEC Summit
Chinese President Hu Jintao continues his Latin America tour, visiting Peru to attend the APEC summit and sigh free trade agreements (Chinese news agency Xinhua).
Dalai Lama
Prague visit
The Dalai Lama visits Prague having been invited by Former President Vaclav Havel and the Forum 2000 foundation (Czech news agency CTK).
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
India tour
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits India to discuss intelligence-sharing for combating terrorism and to explore bilateral cooperation in third countries, such as Afghanistan (Indian newspaper The Asian Age).
Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Peace talks
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi begins a four day visit to India for talks on the subcontinental peace process(Pakistani newspaper The News).
Russian navy
Military cooperation
A Russian Navy squadron visits Venezuela (Russian news agency RIA Novosti)
Franco Frattini
Moldova visit
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini visits Moldova to discuss the conflict with the breakaway Dniester region. He is also expected to discuss the opening of an Italian embassy planned for January 2009 (Moldovan news agency Basapress).
Dmitry Medvedev
Medvedev in Havana
Hot on the heels of his Chinese counterpart, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev embarks on a Latin American tour. His visit sees him stop in Brazil, Venezuela and Cuba (Russian news agency Interfax).
Aleksiy II
Vienna visit
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Aleksiy II visits Austria to consecrate St Nicholas Church in Vienna. He meets President Heinz Fischer amd heads of the Austrian and Hungarian Catholic churches (Russian news agency ITAR-TASS).
Henrietta Fore
Crisis talks
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Emir of Qatar Shaykh Hamad Bin-Khalifah Al Thani have invited more than 20 heads of state and government to a meeting in Qatar to discuss the global financial crisis. The US will be represented by the head of the Agency for International Development, Henrietta Fore (UN Information Service).
OPEC
Production cuts?
OPEC holds an extraordinary meeting in Cairo. Iran is seeking further cuts in output, by approximately 1 to 1.5 million barrels per day (Iranian conservative, privately-owned Fars News Agency).
Bernard Kouchner
African tour
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner visits Chad, meeting President Idriss Deby to discuss the crisis in Darfur and relieving the European Eufor force in eastern Chad. He then heads to Mali for a meeting with President Amadou Toumani Toure to discuss the political and economic situation in Mali and security issues in the Sahel zone (French news agency AFP).
Elders group
Geriatric diplomacy
Three members of the "Elders" group -- former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, former US President Jimmy Carter and international advocate for women and children's rights Graca Machel -- visit to assess humanitarian crisis (London-based Zimbabwe independent Short Wave Radio Africa website).
