April 3 preview

MOSCOW

* A planned round of negotiations on a new Russia-EU bilateral cooperation agreement will be held

* A regular round of bilateral Russian-Ukrainian consultations will be held to discuss, among other issues, Russia's Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol

* A forum to discuss the program of Russia's strategic development by 2020 (Noon, Manezhnaya Ploshchad, 1, tel.: (495) 788-44-93)

* Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend a business lunch with journalists of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper (09.00 a.m., tel.: 8-800-200-09-09, fax: (499) 257-58-92, e-mail: zavtrak@rg.ru)

* RIA Novosti will host a news conference by Sudanese special envoy Finance Minister Awad Ahmed al-Jaz (3.00 p.m., Zubovsky Bulvar, 4, tel.: (495) 637-50-19, 645-64-72)

* A news conference by Russia's envoy to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, on the results of the fourth round of negotiations on a new agreement on Russia-EU bilateral cooperation (5.00 p.m., ul. 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 2, tel.: 250-88-32)

* 20th congress of the Association of Russian Banks (ARB) will be held (10.00 a.m., ul. Bolshaya Dmitrovka, 1, tel. (495) 691-52-64, 690-10-00)

* 22nd Nika award ceremony will be held (7.00 p.m., ul. Bolshaya Dmitrovka, 6, tel.: 8-916-673-40-14)

SOCHI, southern Russia

* Election commission closes registration of candidates for the post of the mayor of the 2014 Winter Olympics host city

GERMANY / FRANCE

* NATO summit will be held (until April 4)

LONDON

* British Book Awards ceremony will be held

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