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Geopolitical Calendar: Week of March 24, 2014



EUROPE

March 24-25: Chinese President Xi Jinping will join 57 world leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, at the Nuclear Security Summit at The Hague before visiting officials in France, Germany and Belgium.
March 24-27: The European Parliament will hold committee meetings in Brussels.
March 26: U.S. President Barack Obama will attend the U.S.-EU Summit in Brussels and will meet with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen as well as Belgian officials.
March 27: Delegates from the European Parliament, the European Commission and EU member states will meet in Brussels to discuss the 2015 budget.
March 27: U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Italy to meet with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Pope Francis.
March 28: The board of the International Monetary Fund is expected to make a decision on the disbursement of the next tranche of aid to Cyprus.
March 29: Slovakia will hold the second round of its presidential election.

FORMER SOVIET UNION

March 24: Russia and Georgia will hold the next round of Geneva talks.
March 24: The U.S. Senate will conduct a procedural vote on legislation for financial assistance to Ukraine, including the International Monetary Fund package.
March 24: The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia will meet in The Hague on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit.
March 29: Armenia will bring together experts for an international economic forum organized by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.

ASIA-PACIFIC

March 24-25: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korean President Park Geun-hye and U.S. President Barack Obama will hold a trilateral summit on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit at The Hague.
March 27: More than 10,000 U.S. troops will participate in a 12-day annual landing drill with South Korea, code-named Ssang Yong (Twin Dragons).
March 29: Myanmar will conduct its first national census in more than three decades, which will take until April 10 to complete.
March 30: Thailand will hold an election to fill 77 Senate seats.
March 30: The government of the Philippines and the militant Moro Islamic Liberation Front will sign a peace deal, concluding the Mindanao peace process.

SOUTH ASIA
March 24: The International Monetary Fund will meet to discuss Pakistan's economic progress from October to December 2013 and will vote on a third $550 million tranche of assistance.
March 25: Sri Lankan and Indian fishermen will meet in Colombo to discuss ongoing disputes in the shared Palk Bay.
March 26: India's state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation will cut off power supplies to New Delhi subsidiaries of the Anil Ambani distribution group if the group fails to make back payments.
March 26: The U.N. Human Rights Council will vote on a U.S.-sponsored resolution on war crimes in Sri Lanka.
March 27: India's Cabinet will hold a meeting to discuss logistical details for upcoming elections to the lower house, Lok Sabha.
March 28: The Commonwealth Observer Group will issue a report on its monitoring of the March 22 Maldivian elections.
March 29: British clothing retailer Primark will open the claims process to distribute an additional $10 million settlement for victims of the factory collapse in Bangladesh.
March 29: Bangladesh will hold elections for the 50 parliamentary seats reserved for women.

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA
March 25-26: Kuwait will host the annual Arab Summit.
March 27: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Kabul to attend the fourth international Nowruz Festival.

AMERICAS
March 24: Coal company Drummond will resume exports from Colombia after the Colombian government banned the company from loading coal in January due to environmental violations.
March 24-25: Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli will meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in Mexico City.
March 24-25: Chile and Peru will establish new maritime boundaries.
March 24-27: Quito will host the second round of trade talks between Ecuador and the European Union.
March 25-26: A commission from the Union of South American Nations will travel to Caracas to discuss the political situation in Venezuela.
March 26: Paraguay's national teachers' union has called for a general strike.
March 27: The 1974 diplomatic agreement between Paraguay and Argentina that set prices for power from the shared Yacyreta hydroelectric dam becomes eligible for revision.
March 29: Cuba's National Assembly will meet to debate and approve a new foreign investment law aimed at attracting overseas capital and increasing growth.
March 30: A Colombian government decree restricting low-priced shoe and textile imports will come into effect.

AFRICA
March 24: The African Union Peace and Security Council will meet to discuss the security situation in the Sahel region of Mali and Somalia.
March 25-26: Sudanese President Omar al Bashir will travel to Kuwait for an official visit and to participate in the Arab Summit.
March 27: An African Union delegation will travel to Guinea-Bissau ahead of April 13 legislative and presidential elections.

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