The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's
broadcast region.
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@The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, March 11:
Armenia/U.K.: British Permanent Under-Secretary
Simon Fraser visits Yerevan (to March 12).
Azerbaijan/Croatia: Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev pays an official visit to Zagreb (to March 12).
Croatia/Slovenia:
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and his Croatian counterpart Zoran Milanovic sign an agreement settling banking row.
EU:
European Day for Victims of Terrorism.
EU: The
European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting begins in Brussels.
EU:
European Parliament Plenary Session opens in Strasbourg (to March 14).
Georgia/U.S.: The
Georgian-U.S. military exercises "Combat Spirit 2013" start in Georgia.
Iran/Pakistan:
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad inaugurate the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline.
Russia: The
trial of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in pretrial detention in 2009, begins in Moscow. (NOTE: The
trial has been adjourned until March 22).
Serbia/EU:
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic visit Brussels to meet EU officials.
Ukraine/Azerbaijan: A Ukrainian delegation headed by
Energy Minister Eduard Stavitsky visits Baku (to March 12).
Uzbekistan/U.S.: Uzbek Foreign Minister
Abdulaziz Komilov and other high-level Uzbek officials visit Washington for talks (to March 13).
World: The
International Criminal Court celebrates the 10th anniversary of its inaugural session in The Hague.
TUESDAY, March 12:
Armenia/Russia:
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian visits Moscow and meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia/Georgia: Aleksandr Ankvab,
leader of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, visits Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Serbia: Serbia marks the
10th anniversary of the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.
U.K./Afghanistan: Chatham House in London hosts a discussion titled
"Is Peaceful Political Transition in Afghanistan Possible?"
UK/Russia: Chatham House in London hosts a discussion titled
"Who is Vladimir Putin?"
World: Reporters Without Borders celebrates
World Day Against Cyber-Censorship and awards the
Netizen Prize, with the aim of drawing the public’s attention to the need to defend online free expression.
WEDNESDAY, March 13:
Georgia/U.K.: British Permanent Under-Secretary
Simon Fraser visits Tbilisi.
UK/Russia: London hosts
2+2 format meetings of the Russian and UK foreign and defense ministers.
U.S./Ukraine: Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies hosts a discussion titled
"Ukraine, Past and Future: A Debate."
THURSDAY, March 14:
Azerbaijan/U.K.: British Permanent Under-Secretary
Simon Fraser visits Baku.
EU: EU leaders meet in Brussels for
European Council meeting (to March 15).
EU:
European Consumer Day.
EU/Kosovo:
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton meets with Kosovar Premier Hashim Thaci in Pristina.
Russia:
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas in Moscow.
World: The
International Institute For Strategic Studies (IISS) launches its annual military balance report.
UN: The
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) publishes its annual human development report.
U.S/Iran/Caucasus: Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies hosts a discussion titled
"Iran and the Caucasus."
FRIDAY, March 15:
Belarus/Russia:
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Russian President Vladimir Putin take part in a meeting of the Russia-Belarus Union Supreme State Council in St. Petersburg.
EU: The
8th annual Brussels Forum, a high-level meeting of the most influential North American and European thinkers, opens (to March 17).
Syria: Syria marks the
second anniversary of the ongoing uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
SATURDAY, March 16:
Iraq: Iraq commemorates the
25th anniversary of the Halabjah chemical weapons attack against Kurdish civilians.
SUNDAY, March 17:
Iran: Istanbul hosts the
next round of nuclear talks between Iran and the six world powers.
Ukraine/Tajikistan: Ukrainian President
Viktor Yanukovych visits Dushanbe (to March 18).