Calendar of events in Asia for July 2008

29-30/6 - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits China. 30/6-3/7 - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej visits China. 1-2 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Tokyo. 2 - Third Ministerial-Level Meeting of Four-Party Consultative Unit for "Corridor for Peace and Prosperity" in Tokyo. 3-7 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visits South Korea. 3 - India's Samajwadi Party decides on whether to support US-Indian nuclear agreement. 4-8 - Group of D8 (developing nations) summit in Kuala Lumpur. 7-9 - G8 major countries hold three-day summit in Hokkaido, Japan. 16-23 - Japan's Prince Naruhito visits Spain. 20-24 - ASEAN Ministerial meeting in Singapore. 27 - Cambodia holds general election. 29 - India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee visits Iran. 31 - Japan's extended airlifting mission in Iraq... [read full story]