* The Russian Federation Council (the upper chamber of the parliament) will host a meeting with Chairman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee of the U.S. Senate Saxby Chambliss (9.30 a.m.).
* RIA Novosti will host a news conference with Jordanian Ambassador to Russia Abdul Illah al-Kurdi on the upcoming visit to Russia by King Abdallah II of Jordan. The ambassador will answer questions about the Russian-Jordanian relations and the situation in the Middle East (11.00 a.m.).
* Chairman of the Chechen State Council Taus Dzhabrailov and Chechen Mufti Sultan-khadzi Mirzayev will give a news conference on the situation in Chechnya and the fight against Wahhabism (12.30 p.m.).
* Representatives of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and the Chinese State Forestry Administration will hold talks on cooperation in the forestry sphere.
SUKHUMI
* Large-scale military exercises will be held in Abkhazia.
TEL AVIV
* Access of civilians to the Gaza Strip will be closed as part of the disengagement plan between Israel and Palestine. Residents of Jewish settlements will be given two more days to vacate their homes.
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