May 26 preview

MOSCOW

* Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane will pay a visit to Russia (until May 28)

* RIA Novsoti will host a roundtable to discuss the North Korean nuclear issue (11.00 a.m., Zubovsky Bulvar, 4, tel.: (495) 645-65-24, 645-64-72)

* The governmental commission on foreign investment control will convene

* An international exhibition and congress on nuclear energy, Atomexpo 2009 will open (until May 28, Expocentr exhibition complex, Krasnopresnenskaya Naberezhnaya, 14, tel.: (495) 933-60-40, ext. 1565, (495) 969-29-39 ext. 3465, e-mail: ozerova-dv@atomenergoprom.ru)

* The sixth international trade fair on waste management and environmental technology, WASTETECH 2009, will open (until May 29, Crocus Expo exhibition complex, tel. (495) 225-59-86, (985) 763-24-60, e-mail: demin@sibico.com)

* The Days of Small and Medium-sized Business in Russia program will begin (until May 29, All-Russian Exhibition Center, tel.: (495) 981-92-52)

* An international business forum, LTE Russia & CIS 2009 (until May 27)

* Education week of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries and the forum of SCO rectors will be held (until May 27, tel. (909) 902-67-68, e-mail press@msu.ru).

ST. PETERSBURG

* The seventh international forum on food safety will be held (until May 29, tel.: (812) 325-0621)

KYRGYZSTAN

* Turkish President Abdullah Gul will pay an official visit (until May 28)

VIENNA

* An informal meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors will convene to present five candidates to the post of the organization's secretary general

LEIPZIG, Germany

* Russia and Turkey will sign an agreement on opening a ferry route linking Russia's Port Kavkaz and the Turkish port of Samsun

U.S,

* The U.S. Security Council will hold an open discussion on terrorism (6.00 p.m.)

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