Chinese President Hu Jintao held talks in Beijing on Tuesday with Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika, who said his visit unveiled a new chapter for enhancing bilateral ties.

Colombia's foreign minister says his country is prepared to re-establish relations with Ecuador that were broken following a Colombian cross-border military raid earlier this month.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on a two-day state visit to Britain and addressed a rare joint session of parliament. Mr. Sarkozy hailed bilateral relations, speaking of a new era of Franco-British brotherhood and said he would propose boosting France's military presence in Afghanistan at the upcoming NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania next week.

China's top legislator Wu Bangguo met on Monday with Thongsing Thammavong, president of the Lao National Assembly, vowing to enhance parliamentary and economic and trade cooperation.

Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo met on Monday with Mongolian Foreign Minister Sanjaasuren Oyun, aiming to cement bilateral ties.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is urging China to reconsider its policy toward Tibet, and to meet with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to Turkey on Monday comes at a time when relations between the two countries are generally good.

Visiting Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren and his Japanese counterpart Fukushiro Nukaga held talks Sunday on bilateral cooperation on such global issues as the IMF reforms, development and climate change.

Li Changchun, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said on Sunday China values relations with Algeria and will discuss new ways for further bilateral cooperation.

The friendly cooperation ties between China and Mauritania have developed steadily and achieved remarkable accomplishment since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1965.

He Guoqiang, a senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), met in Beijing on Tuesday with Fernando Remirez de Estenoz, head of the ruling Cuban Communist Party's (PCC) international relations committee, calling on to continue stepping up bilateral relations.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his British counterpart Gordon Brown talked over the phone on Wednesday, with both sides pledging to boost bilateral ties.