United States Middle East envoy George C. Mitchell is scheduled to return next week to the Middle East for his second visit since taking office. His list of visits includes London and Turkey, with the possibility of meeting in Saudi Arabia.

Visits to Israel and the Palestinian Authority have not been finalized and may depend on developments of a new coalition government in Israel. Mitchell also will attend an early March donors conference in Egypt, in which United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also will participate as part of her first visit to the region since she succeeded Condoleezza Rice.