WASHINGTON (AFX) - Amid worries about North Korea's nuclear weapons and outbreaks of bird flu, President George W Bush will visit Japan, South Korea, China and Mongolia in November, his spokesman said.
The trip will be anchored on the Nov 18-19 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum summit in the South Korean city of Busan, where Bush will also hold one-on-one meetings with world leaders, said spokesman Scott McClellan.
The president will start in Japan, where he will arrive Nov 15 and meet with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi a day later.
Bush then heads to South Korea, where he will meet with South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun Nov 17 in the city of Gyeongju and attend the two-day summit, where he hopes to make progress on lowering trade barriers.
After the APEC summit, Bush heads to Beijing on Nov 19 to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
On Nov 21, Bush will travel to Mongolia -- his first ever visit to the country as president -- to meet with President Nambar Enkhbayar.
Bush is expected to travel to Brazil and Argentina in early November, and to India in early 2006.
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