11.   A foreign ministry delegation on Sunday ended a three-day mission to Riyadh to defuse tension over the flogging.

12.   A French foreign ministry delegation held talks Tuesday with Serbian counterparts on bilateral ties and the crisis in former Yugoslavia, a French diplomatic source said.

13.   An Iranian foreign ministry delegation visited Baghdad in May to discuss improving ties.

14.   An Italian foreign ministry delegation travelled to Baghdad in February to examine the building housing the Italian embassy, which has been closed since relations were broken off.

15.   An Italian foreign ministry delegation travelled to Iraq in February to inspect the premises of the Italian embassy in Baghdad closed since they cut ties.

16.   Barzani met a Turkish foreign ministry delegation last week at his headquarters in Salahudin, outside the Turkish-controlled zone.

17.   But a defence ministry delegation from Kabul had brokered a truce between the rival forces, he added.

18.   But a member of the planned six-strong Indonesian foreign ministry delegation, Desra Percaya, said the Sweden-based GAM representatives would attend.

19.   Canadian Foreign Minister Andre Ouellet arrived in Abidjan Monday on a one-day courtesy visit at the head of a foreign ministry delegation.

20.   Foreign ministry delegations from both sides are due on Wednesday to attend a US-South Korean joint briefing of Pyongyang officials in New York.