Since taking office, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has made more the a dozen introductory phone
calls to world leaders and foreign ministers, the US State Department said
Friday, dpa reported.
Here's a list of the officials she's spoken with since being sworn in on
Wednesday:
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Israeli
Defence Minister Ehud Barak Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abu Gheit Jordanian
King Abdullah Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Palestinian Prime Minister
Salam Fayyad Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal British Foreign Minister
David Miliband French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner German Foreign Minister
Frank-Walter Steinmeier Czech Foreign Minister Karl Schwarzenberg Japanese
Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi
Afghan President Hamid Karzai Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Indian
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia
Espinosa.