* Party General Secrectary and President of China Xi Jinping left Beijing on March 21 for state visits to Italy, Monaco and France (from March 21 to March 26).
* A US trade delegation headed by Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will visit China on March 28-29 for the next round of negotiations, China's commerce ministry said on March 21.
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on March 20 expressed his concern over the crisis around the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and the US refusal to talk about preventing placement of weapons in outer space.
* British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will travel to Brussels on March 21 to discuss an "alternative" Brexit plan with European Union (EU) leaders, including the bloc's chief negotiator Michel Barnier, his party said in a statement.
* Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on the country's political factions to end infighting and unite against foreign enemies in a new year speech broadcast on state TV on March 21.
* UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on March 20 expressed her concerns over the recent sanctions on the sale of Venezuelan oil, saying they may aggravate the country's economic crisis.
* The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have seized all of Islamic State's final enclave at Baghouz, Syrian Kurdish news outlet Hawar reported on March 21, defeating the jihadists after a weeks-long battle.
