News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Dec 10

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    FRIDAY, DEC. 10 
    
    • BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula Van Der Leyen welcomes Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson at the European Commission in Brussels - 1700 GMT LONDON/JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR/BANGKOK - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the United Kingdom for a Group of Seven ministers meeting before visiting Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand (to Dec. 17).

    NUSA DUA, Indonesia - G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies' meeting in Indonesia (final day) BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (final day). BRUSSELS - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Brussels. JOINT BASE ANDREWS, United States - U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken departs for G7 summit of foreign and development ministers in Liverpool. KINSHASA, Congo (DRC) - The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva will visit Senegal. MOSCOW - The first meeting of the 3 + 3 regional cooperation platform, proposed by Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, will be held in Moscow. PARIS - The NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg will travel to Paris, France. During his visit, Stoltenberg will meet with France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, and with the Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly.

    WARSAW - German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock travels to Warsaw. BRUSSELS - British Brexit Minister David Frost and European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic meet, probably online, to discuss impasse over Northern Ireland's trading arrangements

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    PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Portugal 2021. 
    

    LONDON - UK hosts G7 summit of foreign and development ministers in Liverpool (to Dec. 12).

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    SATURDAY, DEC. 11 
    

    • JERUSALEM - Russian Foreign Minister Sregei Lavrov visits Jerusalem. CARTAGENA, Colombia - The Pacific Alliance countries - Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru - will hold a three-day meeting in Cartagena, Colombia. (To Dec. 13)

    PALESTINE - Palestinians to hold local election.

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    SUNDAY, DEC. 12 
    

    CANBERRA - Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea, and Kim Jung-sook, First Lady of the Republic of Korea, will visit Australia. (To Dec. 15)

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    MONDAY, DEC. 13 
    
    • PARIS - Germany's new Finance Minister Christian Lindner travels to Paris. KINSHASA, Congo (DRC) - Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi appears in parliament to give a state of the nation address. - 1000 GMT BUDAPEST - French President Emmanuel Macron will attend a summit of the four Visegrad countries Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

    JAKARTA - U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will visit Indonesia BRASÍLIA - Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez meet with his Brazilian colleague Jair Bolsonaro.

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, DEC. 14 
    

    KUALA LUMPUR - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to visit Malaysia as the Biden administration ramps up engagement in Southeast Asia, a bloc it sees as key in its efforts to counter a rising China. GENEVA - U.N. Human Rights Council meeting on Afghanistan - 0900 GMT BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15 
    

    GENEVA - U.N. Human Rights Council meeting on Ukraine - 0900 GMT DHAKA - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to make a three-day state visit to Bangladesh. (To Dec. 17)

    BRUSSELS - Eastern Partnership summit.

    BRUSSELS - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan meet in Brussels to discuss tensions that led to border clashes with several troops killed in November.

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    SEOUL - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make a state visit to South Korea for three days, at the invitation of President Moon Jae-in (to Dec. 18).

    PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Denmark 2021

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Dec 17).

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    FRIDAY, DEC. 17 
    

    ISLAMABAD - Foreign ministers from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meet in Islamabad to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.

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    SUNDAY, DEC. 19 
    

    SANTIAGO - Chileans vote in the second round of the presidential elections. - 2100 GMT HONG KONG - Hong Kong Legislative Council election.

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    MONDAY, DEC. 20 
    

    WASHINGTON DC - Slovenian Foreign Minister Anže Logar to visit Washington to meet Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss Slovenian-US cooperation.

    PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Austria 2021.

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    FRIDAY, DEC. 24 
    

    TRIPOLI, Libya - Presidential elections.

    TRIPOLI, Libya - Referendum election.

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    SATURDAY, JAN. 1 
    

    TALLINN – 12th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia.

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    SAUDI ARABIA – Stage of Dakar Rally 2022 (To. Jan. 14)

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    TUESDAY, JAN. 4 
    

    BURMA – 74th anniversary of Burma's independence.

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    FRIDAY, JAN. 7 
    

    NAYPYIDAW - Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen will visit Myanmar. (To Jan. 8)

    PALM SPRINGS, Ca - 32th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (To Jan. 18).

    PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 43rd anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime.

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    TUESDAY, JAN. 11 
    

    WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 11th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.

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    WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12 
    

    HAITI - 12th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.

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    THURSDAY, JAN. 13 
    

    MADRID - Spain's economy minister, Nadia Calvino, speaks at Forum Europe meeting organized by Nueva Economia - 0800 GMT.

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    FRIDAY, JAN. 14 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2022 (to Jan. 23).

    TUNISIA – 12th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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    MONDAY, JAN. 17  
    

    BRUSSELS - Eurogroup Meeting.

    ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2022 (to Jan. 19).

    DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2022 Annual Meeting (to Jan 21).

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    TUESDAY, JAN. 18 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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    FRIDAY, JAN. 21 
    

    DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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    MONDAY, JAN. 24 
    

    LIBYA – President election.

    TRIPOLI - Election for Libyan house of representatives.

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

    LOME, Togo – World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture.

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    TUESDAY, JAN. 25 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

    EGYPT – 11th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

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    WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26 
    

    STOCKHOLM - Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway pay an official visit to Sweden (to Jan. 28).

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    SUNDAY, JAN. 30 
    

    LISBON - Portugal holds general election.

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    SUNDAY, FEB. 6 
    

    COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Election.

    COSTA RICA – Presidential Election.

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