Abbott and Putin are both in Beijing for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting, and are expected to meet separately for closed bilateral talks.
There will also be a series of private meetings of government representatives and bank chiefs, who will meet separately in Davos and then together.
In another sign of new strains in the relationship, the head of Pakistan's intelligence service, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, refused to meet separately with Mr. Holbrooke and Admiral Mullen, who had requested a meeting, according to Pakistani officials and an American official, who sought anonymity because he did not want to further damage relations.
Firestone officials will meet separately with regulators later this week.
Officials from Washington and Pyongyang can still meet separately, as they did under Mr. Bush.
The Kremlin announced that Mr. Putin would meet separately with Mr. Ahmadinejad.
Japanese and North Korean negotiators are expected to meet separately during the nuclear talks in Beijing this week.
The prince is due to meet separately with the vice-president, Joe Biden, and his wife, Dr Jill Biden.
Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Abbas have been invited to meet separately with Mr. Obama in Washington in May.
The cadence of her questions resembles that of Augusta-Scott, whom the two meet separately and together.
As if to underscore the gap that must be bridged, the two sides will meet separately on Thursday.
