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Geopolitical Calendar: Week of Nov. 4, 2013


Analysis

EUROPE
Nov. 4: British postal workers are expected to strike against the privatization of Royal Mail. In addition, several left-wing groups and trade unions are expected to protest against the government's austerity measures Nov. 5.
Nov. 4: Spanish railway workers are expected to a hold brief strike. Other similar strikes are expected to take place throughout November.
Nov. 4: The EU Budget Conciliation Committee will bring together delegates from the EU Parliament and the EU Commission to negotiate an agreement on the EU 2014 budget.
Nov. 4-5: The Lithuanian Ministry of Energy and the European Commission will hold a conference on European energy infrastructure in Vilnius.
Nov. 5: The European Commission will publish its annual economic forecast.
Nov. 5: EU accession talks with Turkey will continue in Brussels.
Nov. 5-7: The European Space Solution Conference organized by the European Commission will take place in Munich, bringing together interest groups from the private and public sector.
Nov. 6: Greek labor unions will call for a general strike.
Nov. 7: The European Central Bank's governing council will meet in Frankfurt.
Nov. 7: The French and Russian foreign and defense ministers are expected to meet to discuss bilateral relations.
Nov. 8: EU finance ministers will meet in Brussels to discuss the EU budget for 2014.
Nov. 8: Portuguese labor unions representing public sector workers plan to stage a national strike.

FORMER SOVIET UNION
Nov. 4: Several nationalist demonstrations will be held throughout Russia. Participants will protest against migrants, Muslims and the government's handling of the economy.
Nov. 5: The U.N.-Arab League envoy is expected to meet with U.S. and Russian officials in Geneva as part of an international effort to hold a peace conference on Syria in mid-November.
Nov. 6: The first Russian-Nigerian business forum will be held in Moscow.
Nov. 6: Tajikistan will hold its presidential election.
Nov 8: Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Dutch King Willem-Alexander.

ASIA-PACIFIC
Nov. 4: EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton will meet with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa to discuss various international issues, including the situation in Syria.
Nov. 4-5: The 2013 Cross-Straits Entrepreneurs Zijin Mountain Summit will be held in in Nanjing, China, bringing together companies from the mainland and Taiwan to discuss cooperation in energy projects.
Nov. 4-5: Deputy Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State Scot Marciel will visit Cambodia to enhance bilateral ties.
Nov. 4-8: Croatian First Vice Prime Minister Vesna Pusic will visit China at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Nov. 4-10: The fifth round of EU-Vietnam free trade talks will take place.
Nov. 5-7: Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla will visit China.
Nov. 9: Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Iran, where he will discuss bilateral cooperation in environment protection and drug trafficking.
Nov. 9-10: The three-week Operation Southern Katipo, the biggest international military drill held in New Zealand, will begin. The drills will see the defense forces of the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Tonga join those of New Zealand.
Nov. 9-12: China's Central Committee will hold its third plenary session to discuss financial reform and formulate China's longer-term growth strategy.
Nov. 10: The foreign ministers of Russia, India and China will meet in New Delhi on the sidelines of the foreign affairs portion of the Asia-Europe Meeting.

SOUTH ASIA
Nov. 4: The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party plans to stage a three-day blockade of roadways, railways and waterways.
Nov. 4-7: India will hold its annual Heads of Missions Conference in New Delhi, where regional relations and terrorism will be discussed.
Nov. 4-8: Nepal's minister for physical infrastructure will attend an Asian ministers meeting on infrastructure in Bangkok.
Nov. 4-14: India and China will hold joint military exercises in China's Chengdu region.
Nov. 5: India will launch its Mars Orbiter Mission.
Nov. 5: Bangladesh's courts will announce a verdict in the trial of the soldiers who were accused of killing 74 civilians in a 2009 mutiny.
Nov. 6: India will host the British prince of Wales and duchess of Cornwall for a nine-day visit.
Nov. 7: India will hold its Group of Ministers meeting and discuss the division of Andhra Pradesh.
Nov. 7: Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party may close NATO supply routes to Afghanistan if Islamabad does not schedule talks with the Pakistani Taliban.
Nov. 7: The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party plans to hold a rally in Dhaka.
Nov. 7-10: Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah will visit India.
Nov. 9: The Maldives plans to hold a second round of voting to elect a new government.
Nov. 10: India and Myanmar will launch their first cross-border bus route.
Nov. 10: Pakistan is set to repay $150 million in loans to the International Monetary Fund.
Nov. 10-17: Sri Lanka will host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo. Canada will boycott the meetings.

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA
Nov. 4: Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi will go on trial, and the pro-Morsi Egyptian alliance will stage a protest.
Nov. 4: Libya's National Oil Corp. announced that production at its Al-Harriga oil terminal is expected to resume after having been halted for several months by protests.
Nov. 4-11: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will continue his nine-day trip to the Middle East and North Africa.
Nov. 5-7: Norwegian King Harald V will visit to Turkey at the invitation of Turkish President Abdullah Gul.
Nov. 6: Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani has called on the newly elected members of Kurdistan's regional parliament to hold its first meeting on this day.
Nov. 7-8: The next round of P-5+1 negotiations on Iran's nuclear program will take place.

AMERICAS
Unspecified date: North Korean sailors held in Panama will be repatriated.
Unspecified date: The Saudi commerce minister will visit Brazil and Chile.
Nov. 4: The latest round of negotiations between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, will conclude.
Nov. 4-8: The justice minsters from Mercosur countries will hold a summit on Venezuela's Margarita Island to discuss regional issues.
Nov. 6: Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski will meet with Pope Francis.
Nov. 9-10: The ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela will perform an electoral mobilization simulation.

AFRICA
Nov. 4: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will hold a ministerial-level meeting in Khartoum to discuss ways of resolving the Nile River water dispute.
Nov. 4-5: South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union is expected to announce whether it will strike over wages for gold mine laborers.
Nov. 5-6: Senegal will host a conference on financing African infrastructure development.
Nov. 6-8: African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa will host a high-level conference titled "A Business Plan for Africa: From Vision to Execution."

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