EURASIA Jan.

24: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will host Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and A erbai!ani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammad"arov in Mos#ow $or tal%s. Jan. 24: & be% 'resident (slam )arimov will visit *russels and meet with Euro+ean ,ommission 'resident Jose Manuel *arroso. Jan. 24: Fren#h 'resident Ni#olas Sar%o " is s#heduled to hold a news #on$eren#e- he is e.+e#ted to dis#uss Fran#e/s +residen#" o$ the 012 and the 0123. Jan. 24124: A delegation led b" A erbai!ani 5e$ense (ndustr" Minister 6aver Jamalov will wra+ u+ a visit to the , e#h Re+ubli#. Jan. 24124: 7he $i$th round o$ strategi# se#urit" tal%s between Russian Se#urit" ,oun#il Se#retar" Ni%olai 'atrushev and State ,oun#ilor 5ai *ingguo will #ontinue. 7he two will dis#uss issues o$ international and regional interest. Jan. 24: 7he $inal reading o$ the S7AR7 7reat" in the Russian 5uma begins. Jan. 24: 7ur%ish 'resident Abdullah 0ul will deliver a s+ee#h at a 0eneral Session meeting o$ the 'arliamentar" Assembl" o$ the ,oun#il o$ Euro+e. Jan. 24128: ,olombian 'resident Juan Manuel Santos will visit Fren#h 'resident Ni#olas Sar%o " to dis#uss trade and se#urit" issues. Jan. 241Feb. 2: 7eams $rom the Euro+ean &nion9 (nternational Monetar" Fund and :orld *an% will review Romania/s e#onomi# +er$orman#e and re$orms. Jan. 28: &.N. Se#retar" *an )i Moon9 0ree% ,"+riot 'resident 5emetris ,hristo$ias and 7ur%ish ,"+riot 'resident 5ervis Eroglu will meet in 0eneva. Jan. 28: Euro+ean ,ommission 'resident Jose Manuel *arroso is s#heduled to unveil a dra$t strateg" $or se#uring Euro+e/s s#ar#e raw materials. Jan. 28: 7he wee%l" Euro+ean ,ommissioners meeting will ta%e +la#e in *russels. Jan. 28: 7he ,ommittee o$ the Regions *ureau will meet in *russels. Jan. 28: Latvia will mar% the ;3th anniversar" o$ international de !ure re#ognition o$ its inde+enden#e. 0overnment will la" wreaths in #ommemoration. Jan. 28: An E& aviation sa$et" management #on$eren#e will be held in *russels. Jan. 281<3: 7he Russia1NA7= ,oun#il will meet in *russels. Jan. 281<3: 7he :orld E#onomi# Forum will be held in 5avos9 Swit erland. Russian 'resident 5mitr" Medvedev is the main s+ea%er $or the First 'lenar" Session. *ra ilian ,entral *an% 'resident Ale.andre 7ombini and Foreign Minister Antonio 'atriota will be among the attendees. Jan. 2>: 7he *elarusian ?ouse o$ Re+resentatives will hold an e.traordinar" session over the a++ointment o$ Mi%hail M"asni%ovi#h as +rime minister. Jan. 2>: Matthew Nemit 9 the &N1a++ointed mediator between S%o+l!e and Athens $or the name1 dis+ute between the two #ountries9 will host Ma#edonian negotiator @oran Jolevs%i and 0ree% negotiator Adamantios Aassila%is in an in$ormal meeting. Jan. 22: 7he S+anish government is e.+e#ted to a++rove a +lan to raise the retirement age $rom 84 to 8>. Jan. 22: 7ur%ish (nterior Minister *esir Atala" and Se#urit" 0eneral 5ire#torate (ntelligen#e head =mer Alti+arma% are s#heduled to meet with the 0erman $ederal minister o$ the interior to dis#uss e$$orts against the )urdistan :or%ers 'art"9 other anti1terrorism e$$orts9 drug smuggling and immigration. Jan. 22: 7he 7ur%ish ,"+riot trade union movement is s#heduled to hold a general stri%e and mobili ation.

Jan 2;: Somali 7ransitional Federal 0overnment B7F0C 'rime Minister Muhammad Abdullahi Muhammad will ma%e an o$$i#ial tri+ to Rome to visit (talian Foreign Minister Fran#o Frattini and dis#uss Somalia/s stabili ation. MIDDLE EAST/SOUTH ASIA Jan. 24124: 'a%istan and Russia will hold tal%s in (slamabad about a !oint me#hanism to #ounter global terrorism. 'ea#e and stabilit" in A$ghanistan9 'a%istan and ,entral Asian States will also be dis#ussed. Jan. 24124: Lebanon will hold +arliamentar" #onsultations to name a new +rime minister. Jan. 2812;: London Ma"or Lord Mi#hael *ear9 a##om+anied b" a large delegation o$ *ritish businessmen9 will +a" a $our1da" o$$i#ial visit to 7ur%e". *ear will meet with several 7ur%ish ministers and businessmen with the aim o$ boosting #ommer#ial relations between the two #ountries. Jan. 2>: An All 'arties ,on$eren#e will be held in )ara#hi9 'a%istan9 dealing with the deterioration o$ law and order in the #ountr". EAST ASIA Jan. 241Feb. D3: A +eriod o$ bus" trans+ortation in ,hina will #ontinue as a++ro.imatel" hal$ the +o+ulation travels b" bus9 train or air+lane to return home $or the ,hinese New 6ear. 7his will #reate severe #ongestion $or the #ountr"/s trans+ortation s"stem. Jan. 24: Nitin 0ad%ari9 head o$ (ndia/s *harati"a Janata 'art"9 and a nine1member delegation will wra+ u+ a visit to ,hina. 7he visit #ame at the invitation o$ the ,entral ,ommittee o$ the ,ommunist 'art" o$ ,hina and was meant to address e#onomi# and se#urit" issues. Jan. 24124: ,hina and the Asso#iation o$ Southeast Asian Nations will meet in )unming9 6unnan9 ,hina. 7he members will also ins+e#t the )unming1*ang%o% Road9 whi#h has been integral $or trade in the area. Jan. 241<3: North )orea and South )orea will tentativel" hold +re+arator" tal%s regarding the sin%ing o$ the ,hon An and re#ent artiller" shelling to hel+ ease tensions on the +eninsula. Jan. 28122: &.S. 5e+ut" Se#retar" o$ State James *. Steinberg will dis#uss international and bilateral issues as well as the re#ent develo+ments on the )orean +eninsula with o$$i#ials in Seoul BJan. 28C9 7o%"o BJan. 2>C9 and *ei!ing BJan. 22C. Jan. 241<3: ,hina/s #hie$ envo" $or North )orean nu#lear issues :u 5awei will host his Ja+anese #ounter+art Shinsu%e Sugi"ama to dis#uss the stalled si.1+art" tal%s. AMERICAS Jan. 24: Shinsu%e Sugi"ama9 Ja+an/s #hie$ envo" $or North )orean nu#lear issues9 will attend a senior o$$i#ials/ meeting $or strategi# dialogue between Ja+an9 the &nited States and Australia in ?awaii to dis#uss the )orean 'eninsula and other Asia1'a#i$i# regional issues. :hile in ?awaii9 Sugi"ama will meet with &.S. Assistant Se#retar" o$ State $or East Asian and 'a#i$i# A$$airs )urt ,am+bell to be brie$ed on the ,hinese +resident/s re#ent visit to :ashington. Jan. 24: A delegation o$ E#uadorian business o$$i#ials will visit the &nited States to negotiate trade +re$eren#e e.tensions under the Andean 7rade 'romotion and 5rug Eradi#ation A#t. Jan. 24: ,olombian Ai#e 'resident Angelino 0ar on is s#heduled to begin a visit to the &nited States. Jan. 24: &rugua"an 'resident Jose Mu!i#a is s#heduled to visit 'eru and meet with 'eruvian 'resident Alan 0ar#ia.

Jan. 2>: Argentine and ,hilean #abinet ministers are s#heduled to meet in ,hile to dis#uss regional integration methods. Jan. 22: ,olombian Ai#e 'resident Angelino 0ar on will meet with &.S. Ai#e 'resident Joe *iden and &.S. Se#retar" o$ State ?illar" ,linton. AFRICA Jan. 241Jan 22: Ambassador J. Anthon" ?olmes9 5e+ut" ,ommander o$ the &.S. A$ri#a ,ommand9 will visit Nigeria to meet with se#urit" and militar" o$$i#ials. Jan. 241<D: 7he D8th A$ri#an &nion Summit will be held in the Ethio+ian #a+ital o$ Addis Ababa. Fren#h 'resident Ni#olas Sar%o " is e.+e#ted to attend Jan. <3. Jan. 28: 7he Allian#e $or A##ountable 0overnan#e in 0hana will hold demonstrations #on#erning the re#ent in#rease in $uel +ri#es. Jan. 2>: 7he &.N. Mission in Sudan re+resentative ?aili Mengrios has stated that Sudan/s leadershi+ will meet to dis#uss the Abe"i situation. Jan. 2>: 7he Nigerian Federal ?igh ,ourt in Abu!a will #ontinue the trial o$ $our sus+e#ts Bone o$ whom is ,harles =%ahC #on#erning the =#t. D9 23D39 bomb blasts in Abu!a. Jan. 2>122: Nigeria will host the $irst (nternational Summit on ,limate ,hange and Food Se#urit" in its #a+ital o$ Abu!a.