Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed his views on the Taiwan and Tibet issues to his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush during talks over the telephone held Wednesday, a statement released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy winds up a two-day state visit to Britain Thursday with promises of greater cooperation and closer bilateral ties within Europe to face new global challenges.

Li Changchun, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said in Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania Tuesday that China is ready to push forward traditional friendship with Mauritania in the new era.

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.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to improve economic cooperation between Turkey and Bosnia.

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.

Pakistan's president has sworn in a political enemy as prime minister. Meanwhile, two top U.S. State Department officials arrived in the country and held talks with the embattled president and the new government leaders.

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.