What's Happening Today - Monday 11 October

South Korea: 

Russia's top nuclear negotiator Aleksey Borodavkin visits for talks with newly appointed foreign minister Kim Sung-hwan and chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac over North Korea's nuclear programme (-13)

Vietnam: 

Japanese Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa and his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie to meet on sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) defence ministers' meeting 

India:

India and Bangladesh have agreed to permanently resolve all border issues by November 11. (Disputes involve 3,000 acres of claimed Bangladeshi land in India, along with 51 enclaves and 6.5 kilometers of disputed border)

Afghanistan:

According to Afghanistan’s Tolo TV, the Taliban have rejected Afghan President Hamid Karzai's decision to have former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani lead the High Peace Council, while accepting the council ‘in principle’.

Kyrgyzstan:

Initial results of parliamentary elections to be announced by mid-afternoon; early results suggest nationalist Ata Zhurt party has narrow lead. However, Felix Kulov, leader of the Ar-Namys party, said the authorities have failed to ensure an open election process, and said that several opposition parties want to organize a parallel count to verify the legitimacy of the elections.

Kazakhstan: 

Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani visiting (-12) 

Azerbaijan: 

Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi visits to discuss military cooperation (-12) 

Armenia: 

Slovenian President Danilo Turk continues official visit (-12); expected to meet Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan today

Russia:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California, is due to visit Russia.

Russia: 

German President Christian Wulff travels to Moscow (-15); but won’t meet Dmitriy Medvedev until tomorrow

Iraq:

Looking for reaction after the al-Iraqiya List dropped its demand that former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi become prime minister for an offer guaranteeing an equal share of power in the Iraqi government

Turkey:

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner visits Ankara to meet his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.

UAE: 

Deadline for BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion to provide local security services with access to its messenger, email, web browser facilities arrives. But authorities appear to have come to some agreement with Canada – but no details what that agreement is exactly.

Syria:

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan visits to discuss fight against the PKK; meets Syrian President Bashar al-Asad 

Israel:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers policy speech focusing on Israeli-Palestinian peace process in parliament (1400).

Egypt: 

Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna begins visit to discuss cooperation in technology, agriculture, tourism and culture (-13) 

Madagascar: 

Transitional parliament opens following decree issued by President Andry Rajoelina 

South Africa:

Agriculture Outlook Africa 2010 Conference. Government leaders, producers, financiers, investors and other high profile people in the agriculture sector will deliver speach. Issues to be discussed will include land reforms and white ownership, cross border investments across the continent, agriculture financing and food security. 

Bulgaria: 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits; to have talks with Bulgarian president and prime minister

Bosnia Hercegovina: 

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may begin three day tour of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia and Kosovo late tonight before meeting EU officials in Brussels on 14th

Sweden:

2010 Nobel Prize for Economics due to be announced (1100 at the earliest).

Peru:

3rd APEC Oceans-related Ministerial Meeting (to Oct. 12)

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