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Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi meet in Beijing on the eve of the Winter Olympics. This meeting takes place as Russia wins China's backing in its showdown with the West over Ukraine, with Beijing agreeing with Moscow that the US-led NATO military alliance should not admit new members. IMAGES
British Foreign minister Dominic Raab welcomes his French and German counterparts Jean-Yves Le Drian and Heiko Maas for talks in Chevening, UK. IMAGES
Foreign and defence ministers from the European Union meet in Luxembourg to discuss Ukraine and the Middle East. Ukraine has been pleading with its EU backers to ramp up supplies of air defences desperately needed to repel Russian attacks. IMAGES
French, German Foreign Ministers and top EU officials are gathering in Paris for an international conference on Sudan. France is hosting the conference and seeking contributions from the international community, exactly a year after war broke out in the northeast African country, leading to a humanitarian and political crisis. IMAGES
NATO foreign ministers meet for the NATO-Ukraine Council foreign ministers' session. One of the issues on the agenda is military aid to Kyiv. It comes on the 75th anniversary of the alliance, menaced by an aggressive Russia and the spectre of Donald Trump's return to power. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).