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, January 28:
Afghanistan/EU: Afghan Finance Minister
Omar Zakhilwal and EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid, and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva hold a meeting in Brussels.
Armenia/Azerbaijan:
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia hold a meeting in Paris.
IAEA: Vienna hosts the
international experts meeting on nuclear safety (to February 1).
Macedonia/Russia: Macedonian Foreign Minister
Nikola Poposki pays a working visit to Moscow (to January 30).
Macedonia/NATO:
Macedonian Defense Minister Fatmir Besimi visits NATO Headquarters in Brussels, meets with the NATO deputy secretary-general, Alexander Vershbow.
Saudi Arabia: Riyadh hosts annual
award ceremony for the winners of the King Faisal International Prize, the "Arab Nobel Prize."
UN:
Human Rights Council in Geneva reviews human rights records of Israel, Serbia, Montenegro, and other countries (to February 1).
TUESDAY, January 29:
Kazakhstan/EU: Kazakh Foreign Minister
Erlan Idrissov meets with EU Commission President Jose Barroso in Brussels.
Moldova/EU: Moldovan Foreign Minister
Iurie Leance meets with EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele in Brussels.
EU: European Parliament in Brussels hosts a conference on
enlargement strategy and regional cooperation in the western Balkans.
UK/Belarus/Georgia: Chatham House hosts a discussion in London titled "
Contrasting Electoral Lessons from Georgia and Belarus."
UK/Georgia: Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania attends a discussion titled "
Georgia's Democratic Path: Past, Present and Future" in London.
WTO: The
World Trade Organization's General Council meeting opens in Geneva (to January 31).
Macedonia/Greece: The
UN mediator in the Greek-Macedonian name dispute, Matthew Nimetz, holds a meeting with representatives of the two sides in New York (to January 30).
WEDNESDAY, January 30:
EU/Ukraine: Ukrainian Foreign Minister
Leonid Kozhar meets with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Brussels.
EU/Ukraine:
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhar and Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Vilkul meet with EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele in Brussels.
Russia/Kazakhstan:
Russian and Kazakh deputy premiers are scheduled to hold talks in Moscow on the use of Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.
THURSDAY, January 31:
NATO: NATO Secretary-General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen presents his Annual Report for 2012 in Brussels.
EU: Brussels hosts the
EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
Iran:
Fajr International Film Festival opens in Tehran (to February 10).
Russia/Hungary: Hungarian Prime Minister
Viktor Orban meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
World:
Human Right Watch publishes its annual World Report.
FRIDAY, February 1:
Moldova/Romania: Romanian President
Traian Basescu pays an official visit to Chisinau. (The visit has reportedly been
cancelled).
UN:
World Interfaith Harmony Week (to February 7).
World: Germany hosts the
49th Munich Security Conference (to February 3).