The West Australian government was briefed on the proposal when the cabinet visited Esperance in June.
The majority of the Bahamian cabinet visits have been hosted by the Chinese government -- nominally to discuss Chinese support of The Bahamas' membership in the World Trade Organization.
As prime minister, Mr Kan has ensured neither he nor his cabinet visits.On the same day in Seoul, on the 66th anniversary of liberation from Japanese rule, Lee Myung-bak, the South Korean president, made much wiser comments about Japan.
A Scottish government spokesman said: "We welcome this contribution to the debate on Scotland's constitutional future and look forward to engaging with the three councils on their ideas, for example when the cabinet visits Shetland at the end of July.
NEXT week Colin Powell, the American secretary of state, is due to become the first member of George Bush's cabinet to visit Colombia.
Gordon Brown will make the role of culture in regenerating cities a major theme of the cabinet's visit to Liverpool tomorrow.
Mr. Rumsfeld was the first member of the Bush cabinet to visit Afghanistan, two years ago, as the war to oust the Taliban government raged.
Michael Scallion, taking a break with his partner and toddler son, agrees that he has noticed the new leader's "greater presence", although he wasn't aware of the shadow cabinet's visit to the city a few weeks ago.
His cabinet ministers' visit in April to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead, was condemned by China and South Korea, and in no time, Japan became the target of North Korean saber-rattling and American finger-wagging.
Mr. Zoellick, the first member of President Bush's cabinet to visit India, said Washington wanted to work with India on fighting terrorism and the spread of nuclear weapons, promoting human rights and protecting the environment.
