The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, February 11:
Armenia/Georgia: Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian visits Tbilisi (to February 13).
Iran/Russia: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi visits Moscow to attend the 10th Iran-Russia joint economic commission meeting.
Pakistan: Islamabad hosts a conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of Economic Cooperation Organization (to February 13).
Russia/Algeria: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Algeria for a meeting with the country’s leaders.
Russia/Finland: Finnish President Sauli Niinisto visits Moscow, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (to February 13).
Russia/Tajikistan: Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov visits Dushanbe (to February 13).
Tajikistan/EU: EU Representative for Central Asia Patricia Flor visits Dushanbe (to February 12).
Tajikistan/UNESCO: Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi visits Paris to attend a meeting to kick-start the International Year of Water Cooperation.
U.S./Azerbaijan: The Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington hosts a discussion on Azerbaijan.
TUESDAY, February 12:
Belarus/Georgia: Belarusian Foreign Minister Andrey Savinykh is scheduled to attend an informal Eastern Partnership meeting in Tbilisi.
EU/Georgia: Tbilisi hosts an informal meeting of the ministers of transport and foreign affairs of Eastern Partnership members.
EU/Georgia: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele visits Tbilisi, meets with Georgian leaders (to February 13).
Ukraine/Turkmenistan: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych pays an official visit to Turkmenistan (to February 14).
U.S./Afghanistan: A group of youngsters from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music performs at Carnegie Hall in New York.
U.S./Russia: Acting U.S. Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller visits Moscow (to February 15).
WEDNESDAY, February 13:
Iran/IAEA: Tehran is scheduled to host next round of talks between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the country’s nuclear energy program.
Russia: 140th anniversary of the birth of Russian opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin.
UNESCO: World Radio Day 2013.
U.S./Pakistan: The Atlantic Council in Washington hosts a discussion titled "U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Lessons from the Past, Looking to the Future."
U.S./Russia: Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies hosts a discussion titled "How Will Obama Deal With Russia and Eastern Europe in His Second Term?"
U.S./Turkey/Russia: The Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Turkish-Russian Spheres of Cooperation and Conflict: Syria, the Caucasus, Iran, and NATO."
THURSDAY, February 14:
Georgia/Turkey: Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is scheduled to visit Turkey.
EU/Ukraine: EU Commissioner Maria Damanaki visits Kyiv, meets with Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara.
U.S./Russia: The Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Northeast Asia: Russia’s Gateway for 'Greatness'?"
World: Valentine's Day.
FRIDAY, February 15:
EU/Balkans: Brussels hosts a trilateral meeting of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and the European Union.
OECD: OECD presents in Moscow its annual economic policy publication "Going for Growth 2013."
Russia/G20: Moscow hosts G20 finance ministers and central bank governors' meeting (to February 16).
Serbia: National Day.
SUNDAY, February 17:
Kosovo: 5th anniversary of the Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, February 11:
Armenia/Georgia: Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian visits Tbilisi (to February 13).
Iran/Russia: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi visits Moscow to attend the 10th Iran-Russia joint economic commission meeting.
Pakistan: Islamabad hosts a conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of Economic Cooperation Organization (to February 13).
Russia/Algeria: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Algeria for a meeting with the country’s leaders.
Russia/Finland: Finnish President Sauli Niinisto visits Moscow, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (to February 13).
Russia/Tajikistan: Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov visits Dushanbe (to February 13).
Tajikistan/EU: EU Representative for Central Asia Patricia Flor visits Dushanbe (to February 12).
Tajikistan/UNESCO: Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi visits Paris to attend a meeting to kick-start the International Year of Water Cooperation.
U.S./Azerbaijan: The Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington hosts a discussion on Azerbaijan.
TUESDAY, February 12:
Belarus/Georgia: Belarusian Foreign Minister Andrey Savinykh is scheduled to attend an informal Eastern Partnership meeting in Tbilisi.
EU/Georgia: Tbilisi hosts an informal meeting of the ministers of transport and foreign affairs of Eastern Partnership members.
EU/Georgia: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele visits Tbilisi, meets with Georgian leaders (to February 13).
Ukraine/Turkmenistan: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych pays an official visit to Turkmenistan (to February 14).
U.S./Afghanistan: A group of youngsters from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music performs at Carnegie Hall in New York.
U.S./Russia: Acting U.S. Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller visits Moscow (to February 15).
WEDNESDAY, February 13:
Iran/IAEA: Tehran is scheduled to host next round of talks between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the country’s nuclear energy program.
Russia: 140th anniversary of the birth of Russian opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin.
UNESCO: World Radio Day 2013.
U.S./Pakistan: The Atlantic Council in Washington hosts a discussion titled "U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Lessons from the Past, Looking to the Future."
U.S./Russia: Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies hosts a discussion titled "How Will Obama Deal With Russia and Eastern Europe in His Second Term?"
U.S./Turkey/Russia: The Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Turkish-Russian Spheres of Cooperation and Conflict: Syria, the Caucasus, Iran, and NATO."
THURSDAY, February 14:
Georgia/Turkey: Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is scheduled to visit Turkey.
EU/Ukraine: EU Commissioner Maria Damanaki visits Kyiv, meets with Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara.
U.S./Russia: The Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Northeast Asia: Russia’s Gateway for 'Greatness'?"
World: Valentine's Day.
FRIDAY, February 15:
EU/Balkans: Brussels hosts a trilateral meeting of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and the European Union.
OECD: OECD presents in Moscow its annual economic policy publication "Going for Growth 2013."
Russia/G20: Moscow hosts G20 finance ministers and central bank governors' meeting (to February 16).
Serbia: National Day.
SUNDAY, February 17:
Kosovo: 5th anniversary of the Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.
