The Russian Information Agency Novosti begins Hotline coverage for Monday, June 14, 2004.
CHISINAU
* A meeting of the CIS interior ministers will begin. It will last from June 14 to June 16. The main aim of the meeting is to consolidate the efforts of the CIS nations in fighting organized crime, drug addiction, and illegal transfer of people. Russian Minister of Interior Rashid Nurgaliyev is expected to participate.
TBILISI
* Azeri president Ilkham Aliyev's two-day official visit to Georgia will begin. This will be his first visit to Georgia as the president of Azerbaijan.
* The June 14-15 meeting of the representatives of the Mixed Control Commission for the Settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict will begin. The meeting will focus on economic revival programs for the conflict zone.
KIEV
* A German military delegation will arrive in Ukraine within the framework of the plan of bilateral cooperation between the German and Ukrainian defense ministries for 2004. The German and Ukrainian military are going to discuss the prospects of peacekeeping cooperation between the two countries.
TASHKENT
* Chinese President Hu Jintao will arrive in Uzbekistan on a state visit.
TOKYO
* Deputy ministers of foreign affairs Alexander Alekseyev of Russia and Hitoshi Tanaki of Japan will negotiate various issues of bilateral relations, including the North Korean problem, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi's visit to Russia, scheduled for late June, and signing a peace treaty between the two countries.
VIENNA
* The first session of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will begin with Iran's nuclear programs on the agenda.
PARIS
* The Paris suburb of Le Bourget will host Eurosatory, a regular international military hardware and defense technology show. The exhibition will end on June 18.
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