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 18:
Azerbaijan/Georgia:
Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze and Defense Minister Irakli Alasania visit Baku (to March 19).
Belarus/Indonesia: Belarusian President
Alyaksandr Lukashenka visits Indonesia (to March 20).
Kazakhstan/Finland: Kazakh Foreign Minister
Yerlan Idrisov visits Helsinki (to March 19).
Serbia: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy
Stefan Fuele visits Belgrade.
Pakistan/Egypt: Egyptian President
Muhammad Morsi visits Islamabad.
U.S./Russia: Woodrow Wilson Center hosts a discussion titled "
Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin."
UN: New York hosts the
United Nations conference on the arms trade treaty (to March 28).
Uzbekistan/EU: An EU delegation led by the EU Special Representative for Central Asia
Patricia Flor visits Tashkent (to March 19).
TUESDAY, March 19:
Afghanistan/UN:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose country took over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in March,
presides over a debate on Afghanistan.
Iraq: The
10th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War.
Kosovo: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy
Stefan Fuele visits Pristina.
Russia: Russian President
Vladimir Putin makes a working visit to Kazan.
Vatican: Top-level delegations from more than 100 countries attend the
enthronement of Pope Francis at the Vatican.
Ukraine: The British weekly
"The Economist" hosts a conference titled "Inside Ukraine: Exploring The Country's Role In European Energy Security."
U.S./Ukraine: U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
Wendy Sherman visits Kyiv (to March 20).
WEDNESDAY, March 20:
Belarus/Singapore: Belarusian President
Alyaksandr Lukashenka visits Singapore (to March 22).
EU: European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs considers a
report on the freedom of press and media in the world.
EU: EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy
Stefan Fuele presents the European Neighborhood Policy progress reports.
EU/Bosnia-Herzegovina: European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs considers the
2012 progress report on Bosnia-Herzegovina (to March 21).
EU/Kosovo:
European Parliament holds an exchange of views with Kosovar Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj on developments in EU-Kosovo relations.
Kazakhstan/Sweden: Kazakh Foreign Minister
Yerlan Idrisov visits Stockholm.
Russia/Cyprus:
Cypriot Finance Minister Michalis Sarris is expected to visit Moscow to discuss restructuring a loan from Russia.
Serbia/Kosovo:
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci continue talks in Brussels.
THURSDAY, March 21:
EU/Russia: Moscow hosts a
meeting between the European Commission and the Russian government (to March 22).
Iran/Turkmenistan:
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visits Dushanbe to attend Norouz celebrations.
Kazakhstan/Norway: Kazakh Foreign Minister
Yerlan Idrisov visits Oslo.
Russia: Perm hosts the
Muslim World-2013 forum.
UN:
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
UN:
International Day of Norouz.
UN:
World Water Day.
UNESCO:
World Poetry Day.
FRIDAY, March 22:
China/Russia:
Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first foreign visit to Moscow and meets Russian President Vladimir Putin (to March 24).
EU: Dublin hosts an
informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (to March 23).
Kosovo/UN: The
United Nations Security Council holds a debate on Kosovo.
Russia: A Moscow court holds the
next hearing in the trial of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in pretrial detention in 2009.
SATURDAY, March 23:
Pakistan:
Public holiday and parades mark Pakistan's Republic Day.
World:
World Meteorological Day.
World:
Earth Hour.
Macedonia:
Local elections.
SUNDAY, March 24:
WHO:
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day.