South Korea:Robert Einhorn, the U.S. State Department’s special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control, will meet in Seoul with Jo Hyon, former deputy foreign minister for multilateral and global affairs, to discuss rewriting a nuclear cooperation pact for Asian nations. Pakistan:Court will meet again for the trial of U.S. official Raymond Davis in a double-murder case.Pakistan:Talks between the government of Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) start between Secretary Finance Dr Waqar Masud and IMF mission Chief for Pakistan, Adnan Mazarie Kazakhstan:Presidential election campaign begins officially in KazakhstanSaudi Arabia: Youth Movement for Reform rallies in eastern town of Al-Qatif Saudi Arabia: International Contact Group on Afghanistan meets at Organization of Islamic Conference headquarters in Jeddah; Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasul leads Afghan delegation; this is also first such meeting attended by recently appointed US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman Yemen: "Dignitaries and chieftains" from southern Al-Bayda Governorate (which has seen antigovernment protests recently) rally in capital Sanaa against "acts of violence, chaos, and sabotage" Israel:Jerusalem court to hear arguments in case of Aleksandar Cvetkovic, a Bosnian Serb whom Israel may extradite to Bosnia for alleged participation in 1995 Srebrenica massacre.Egypt:Two Iranian naval ships are expected to return through the Suez Canal. Egypt:Arab foreign ministers will hold talks in Cairo ahead of the Arab League summit in Baghdad on March 28. This will be their first meeting since civil unrest spread across the region.Egypt: Turkish President Abdullah Gul expected to visit Egypt.Libya: Watching developments following latest al-Qadhafi TV appearance in which he blamed foreign forces for uprising. (Libyan TV); State TV announces that each family in Libya to receive monthly grant of 500 dinars (400 dollars) Libya/ICC: International Criminal Court opens investigation into possible crimes against humanity during violence in LibyaLibya:UN Chinese ambassador to UN says there has been unofficial "talk in the lobbies" about Libya No Fly Zone but no plans for a vote on the matter (Xinhua); Arab League says it would consider enforcement of No Fly Zone over Libya Tunisia:Interim president to make a statement to the Tunisian people
Ukraine: Anti-tax activists Ihor Harkavenko begins an open-ended hunger strike, after being detained for “damaging the granite tiles on Kiev's Independence Square while pitching tent there”. Court case begins.Ukraine: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov concludes two-day visitSlovakia:Summit of foreign ministers of Visegrad Group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) Slovakia:Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is scheduled to visit Slovakia for discussions over bilateral issues with Slovak government leaders. Lithuania:Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to visit Lithuania.Hungary:Hungarian EU presidency hosts conference on Single European Sky in BudapestAustria:Armenian foreign minister addresses OSCE in Vienna Switzerland:Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due to visit Geneva to take part in UN Conference on DisarmamentSwitzerland:81st Geneva International Motor Show (to March 13). Switzerland: Italian president meets WTO director general in GenevaFrance: Acting Moldovan President Marian Lupu begins two-day visit to Strasbourg to meet Council of Europe's Secretary-General Thorbjoern Jagland France:Kyrgyz President Rosa Otunbayeva visits UK:By-election.Brazil:International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn will visit UN:World Book Day US:Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies to Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The topic is "navigating a turbulent global economy - implications for the United states."US:President Barack Obama meets with his national security team for his monthly meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan. US:Mexican President Felipe Calderon visits United States.
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