Condoleezza Rice has choosen to go to China at the beginning of 2009. It will be the last official trip of the Bush administration's US Secretary of State. Rice will attend the 30th anniversary of the establishment of relations between the countries.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has reiterated her determination to see a Palestinian state despite her recent comments that a breakthrough would not be achieved before the end of the Bush administration.
A breakthrough in Middle East peace talks is unlikely before the end of the year, US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has said, blaming the Israeli decision to hold snap elections on February 20.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that NATO provoked the Georgian conflict, and was unable to "ensure" security in Europe. But he also said that Russia will "look to the future", and not behind an iron curtain.
On a four-nation tour of North Africa, including a historic visit to Libya, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has pushed for closer counter-terrorism cooperation in a region that is no stranger to Islamist attacks.
On a tour of North Africa, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Tunis on Saturday following a historic meeting in Libya. The US aims to conclude a free trade accord with Tunisia, with whom it already has military ties.
Following a historic meeting between US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli, Rice welcomed a new chapter in US-Libyan relations. But, she added, there was still “a long way to go".
In the first visit by a top US diplomat since 1953, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has met former arch-foe Muammar Gaddafi in Libya only a month after the two countries reached an accord to compensate the victims of mutual attacks.
Condoleezza Rice's visit to Libya on Friday, the first by a US secretary of state in 50 years, marks a return to relations with Tripoli after their suspension in 1981 and signals US approval of Libya's pledge to abandon sensitive weapon programmes.
After blocking a Western draft that demanded an immediate Russian withdrawal from South Ossetia, Russia circulated its own draft resolution, which restates a six-point peace plan signed last week with Georgia.
