Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Jeria Monday called on closer bilateral economic and trade cooperation as the two countries have just signed a service trade pact supplementary to their free trade agreement (FTA).

Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete concluded his six-day China trip and left Beijing on Tuesday.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has departed South Korea for a week of summit diplomacy aimed at turning a new page in ties with Japan and the United States. Lee administration officials say the president is particularly hoping to repair Seoul's relationship with Washington.

President Bush says the proposed U.S. trade deal with Colombia is "dead," unless House of Representatives Speaker Democrat Nancy Pelosi schedules a vote now.

India is expressing a willingness to work with the Maoists in Nepal, who are in line to form the new government in Kathmandu, based on election results so far.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told China it is important that he is able to express differing points of view on subjects like human rights.

President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for the last time as chiefs of state at the Russian resort city of Sochi on the Black Sea, following last week’s NATO Summit in Bucharest.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with visiting Qatar Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasim Bin Jabir Al-Thani in Beijing on Thursday. The two sides agreed to step up bilateral friendly and cooperative relations.

Premier Wen Jiabao met with his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd in Beijing on Thursday, calling for greater cooperation and taking bilateral ties to a new high.

China and Kazakhstan pledged to boost bilateral cooperation and enhance strategic partnership on Wednesday.

Relations between Russia and Britain have reached their lowest point since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Tensions between the two countries began after the murder of Russian security service defector Alexander Litvinenko in November 2006 in London. More recently, two out of three offices of the British Council in Russia were shut down by Russian authorities.

Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie Monday met with Viktor Zavarzin, chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, saying bilateral military ties were in best period in history.