The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's
broadcast region.
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MONDAY, July 16:
Armenia:
UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva to examine the
report submitted by Armenia.
Iran/Armenia: Irainian Vice President
Mohammad Javad Mohammadizadeh visits Yerevan (to July 18).
Pakistan:
Pakistani religious group holds a march in Peshawar against the reopening of the NATO supply lines.
Russia/APEC: Khabarovsk hosts the
APEC meeting of ministers responsible for the environment (to July 18).
Russia/PACE:
PACE Monitoring Committee delegation to visit Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod (to July 19).
Turkmenistan/Maldives: A Turkmen delegation headed by the deputy chairman of the cabinet of ministers,
Hojamuhammed Muhammedov, visits Maldives (to July 17).
UN/Russia/Syria:
UN Special Envoy Kofi Annan meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow to discuss the situation in Syria.
Uzbekistan/France: A French delegation headed by
Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visits Tashkent.
World: IMF releases updated
World Economic Outlook and Global Financial Stability Report.
TUESDAY, July 17:
Azerbaijan/Poland: Polish Foreign Minister
Radoslaw Sikorski visits Baku (to July 18).
Iran/Russia: The first
Russian-Iranian business forum opens in Moscow (to July 19).
Moldova/Romania: Romanian Prime Minister
Victor Ponta is scheduled to visit Chisinau.
Russia: Chatham House hosts a discussion titled "
Transnational Aspects of Russian Organized Crime" in London.
U.S./Russia:
Center for Strategic and International Studies hosts a discussion with John Pepper on the occasion of his new book, "Russian Tide," in Washington.
U.S./Tajikistan: U.S. National Security Council representative
Ellis Wells visits Tajikistan.
World:
World Day for International Justice
WEDNESDAY, July 18:
Belarus/Russia: Minsk hosts the
Belarus-Russia Union State Council of Ministers meeting.
Georgia/Japan: Georgian Foreign Minister
Grigol Vashadze is scheduled to visit Japan (to July 20).
Kosovo/EU: Kosovo President
Atifete Jahjaga visits Brussels.
Russia/Spain:
King Juan Carlos I of Spain visits Moscow (to July 19).
Russia/Turkey: Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan visits Moscow.
U.S./Pakistan: Wilson Center hosts a discussion titled "
Pakistan's Constitutional Crisis and Implications for U.S. Policy" in Washington.
U.S./Serbia: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a
hearing on the nomination of the U.S. ambassador to Serbia.
World:
Nelson Mandela International Day
THURSDAY, July 19:
Azerbaijan:
Presidential election in Azerbaijan's breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Russia:
Tenth anniversary of the death of Alexander Ginzburg, a leading dissident and writer during the Soviet era.
UN/Balkans: UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon begins his visit to the western Balkan countries.
FRIDAY, July 20:
Azerbaijan/U.S.: Richard Morningstar takes the oath as the
new U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan.
UN/Syria: Mandate of
UN observer mission in Syria (UNSMIS) expires.
World:
Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, begins.
SUNDAY, July 22:
World: 19th
International Aids Conference opens in Washington (to July 27).