The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's
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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.