Rice to host Libya as former foes mend ties
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will host Libya's foreign minister on Thursday -- the first visit by the top Tripoli diplomat since 1972 -- in a sign of warmer ties between the former foes.
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Bloomberg - Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Condoleezza Rice will make the first visit to Libya by a U.S. secretary of state in half a century in a sign of improving relations with the North African nation once branded a state sponsor of terrorism, envoy Ahmed Gebreel of the Libyan mission to the United Nations said today.
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When US Secretary of State Colin Powell met Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month at an Egyptian summit on Iraq, the two old friends shook hands.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan makes his first visit to Washington next week since calls for his resignation, meeting Secretary of State Colin Powell and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to talk about Iraq, U.N. officials said on Friday.
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President George W. Bush, hosting  Vietnam&#39;s president in a historic visit, will welcome robust  trade ties the United States has developed with a former enemy  but also will voice concerns on Hanoi&#39;s human rights record.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza  Rice said on Friday she wanted to visit Libya, saying it would  be an "important step" in cementing ties with the former foe,  but provided no date for a trip.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Israeli and Palestinian leaders reaffirmed a commitment to peace at talks she hosted on Monday and she would return to the region soon.
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Condoleezza Rice has been President Bush's foreign policy tutor, sports buddy, national security adviser and his secretary of state.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her French counterpart were both on the same page: It's time for bruised trans-Atlantic ties to get a fresh start, they said.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and stability in Lebanon when she meets world leaders on Sunday and Monday in Paris, her spokesman said.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's one-day jaunt to Spain on Friday is meant to smooth over a three-year downturn in relations between Washington and Madrid, but both sides say they won't shy away from sensitive issues, foremost among them Cuba.
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Secretary of State Rice arrives in London Wednesday to address tensions among key allies.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday said she would return soon to the Middle East to push forward with attempts to restart peace making.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on her Middle East tour.
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Eight U.S.-allied Arab countries are banding together to meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her trip here, in hopes of reviving the deadlocked Arab-Israeli peace process and making headway on other regional issues.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived here late Tuesday for a G8 foreign ministers meeting where she hopes to gain support for UN resolutions on Iran&#39;s nuclear programme, Kosovo and Darfur.
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Libya's foreign minister appealed for U.S. investment and rights groups accused Tripoli of serious abuses as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prepared to host the top Libyan diplomat on Thursday.