Key Foreign Policy Events
Worldwide muslims pray to mark end of Ramadan
Eid al-fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
- Hu leaves for UN meetings, G20 summit
- President Hu Jintao is making an unprecedented string of visits to United Nations summits as he leads a high-ranking Chinese delegation to the United States this week.
- Obama defends new missile defense policy
- US President Barack Obama on Sunday defended his decision to take new missile shield policy in Europe, claiming his decision is not about Russia.
- Khamenei: Iran opposes nuclear weapons
- Yemeni army kills 150 rebels
- Trilateral contacts going on around peace talks resumption
- Obama: Kim Jong-Il 'pretty healthy'
- Khamenei: Iran's Quds Day rallies a shout against Zionist 'cancer'
- Sino-Russian ties rise to unprecedented high level
- Karzai calls on Taliban to join peace process
- Obama, Netanyahu, Abbas to hold joint meeting
- President Hu to visit UN, attend G20 summit
- Russia confirms decision to scrap missile plans
People ??
US politicians mourn the death of Senator Kennedy
US Democratic and Republican political figures joined on Wednesday in mourning the death of Senator Edward Kennedy, who passed away earlier in the day at 77 after a long-time struggle with cancer.
Scotland defends Lockerbie release
Scotland's justice secretary on Monday explained his controversial decision to release the man responsible for an airplane bombing that killed 270 people over Lockerbie in 1988.
? Scotland's justice secretary faces questions
Opinion ??
Karzai faces monstrous challenges if re-elected
Afghanistan's sitting President Hamid Karzai confronts diverse challenges on internal and external fronts as he staggers towards his second term in office in the wake of the last month's presidential election marred by massive fraud allegations.
State Exchanges ??
US assertion of China military threat groundless
The recent US comments that China poses a military threat to itself is "totally groundless and irresponsible", Spokesman with China's Ministry of National Defense Hu Changming said Thursday.
FM Press Releases ??
Cuban FM to visit China
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla is to visit China from Sept. 1 to 3, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said at a regular press release in Beijing on Tuesday.
- China airs respect for Afghan people's election choice
- US urged to correct mistaken remarks in NIS report
- China reaffirms opposition to Japan's continental shelf bid
- Indian media urged to promote mutual understanding
- China opposes Dalai Lama's meeting any foreign officials
- Iran's resumption of talks with major powers welcomed
