* The 19th session of the consultative council for foreign investments will be held (9:00 a.m.).
* The International Economic Forum in Russia will open (10:00 a.m.).
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Chairman-in-Office Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel.
* Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Rafael Dausa will deliver a report at the Russian State Trade and Economic University as part of his official visit to Russia (3:00 p.m.).
* RIA Novosti will host a news conference on the topic, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development financing Sakhalin-2 support for Sakhalin fishermen and ecologists (11:00 a.m.).
* The United Nations Development Program (UNDR) will present the 2005 report on the development of human potential in Russia (10:00 a.m.).
* The Institute of Public Projects and the Evropa publishers will hold a roundtable on the topic, The Geopolitical Landscape in 2020 (11:00 a.m.).
NEW DELHI
* Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, currently on a routine visit to India, will meet with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and other officials.
ROME
* Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovenko will attend celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and will discuss Russia's full-fledged FAO membership with its general director, Jacques Diouf.
LONDON
* A two-day conference, Global Consumer Money Transfer, will open. Representatives of Russian and British financial institutions and leading payment systems will attend.
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