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- PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron hosts Latvia's Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins at the Elysee Palace for a working lunch – 1200 GMT
- BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and health commissioner Stella Kyriakides hold a news conference about the latest challenges in the COVID-19 pandemic – 1130 GMT
- ABUJA - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari will sign bilateral agreements to strengthen economic cooperation between sub-Saharan Africa's two biggest economies – 0900 GMT
- BRUSSELS - EU vice-president for climate Frans Timmermans, speaks to European lawmakers on the bloc's "Fit for 55" policy package – 1245 GMT
- RIGA - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba holds a news conference after meeting NATO foreign ministers in Riga – 1200 GMT
- MOSCOW - Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony – 0900 GMT
- GENEVA - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a news conference on COVID-19 – 1500 GMT
MOSCOW - Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will pay an official visit to Russia (to Dec. 2)
RIGA/STOCKHOLM - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Latvia and Sweden to attend Transatlantic and European security meetings and hold bilateral talks (to Dec. 2)
BERN/ MOSCOW - President of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to pay official visits to Switzerland and Russia (to Dec.2)
GENEVA - WHO holds special assembly of health ministers on reform, potential pandemic treaty (final day).
ABUJA/YAMOUSSOUKRO/ACCRA/DAKAR - Cyril Ramaphosa President of South Africa undertakes four-nation West Africa visit (to Dec. 7)
RIGA - Latvia will be hosting a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers for the first time. To address current security challenges. (final day)
RIGA - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a news conference after the end of a meeting of the Alliance's foreign ministers in Riga – 1300 GMT.
DUBLIN - Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic updates Northern Irish committee on the protocol as Britain and the European Union continue efforts to break their impasse over post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland – 1630 GMT.
PARIS - The OECD publishes economic outlook with forecasts and analysis for member countries and major economies – 1000 GMT.
GLOBAL - World AIDS Day.
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- STOCKHOLM - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the Organization for Security and Cooperation on Europe (OSCE) summit in Stockholm.
- STOCKHOLM - The annual meeting of the foreign ministers of the 57 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will take place in Stockholm (to Dec.3)
- BANGKOK - Thailand's Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith speaks at a business seminar on "Unleashing the Future: A Glimpse into 2022 and Beyond", hosted by the Bangkok Post – 0530 GMT
SEOUL - Defense Minister Suh Wook and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hold a joint news conference after holding an annual Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul to discuss North Korea, the alliance and regional issues – 0400 GMT.
STRASBOURG, France - EU Parliament President David Sassoli, hosts French President Emmanuel Macron, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, EU Council President Charles Michel and EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen at a ceremony in the EU Parliament in Strasbourg honouring the late French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing – 0930 GMT.
LONDON - OPEC+ holds ministerial meeting to set production policy.
NICOSIA/ATHENS - Pope Francis will visit Cyprus and Greece (to Dec. 6)
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- DOHA - French President Emmanuel Macron to meet with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in Doha
BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic hosts British Brexit Minister David Frost to discuss impasse over trading arrangements for Northern Ireland after Brexit.
TOKYO - OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann holds online news conference hosted by the Japan National Press Club – 0700 GMT.
PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Denmark 2021.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, DEC. 4**JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Jeddah
ATHENS - Pope Francis to visit Athens and Lesbos from December 4-6. In Athens he will meet political officials and hold a mass at a concert hall. In Lesbos he will visit a reception centre for refugees. (To Dec. 6)
BANJUL, Gambia - Presidential elections.
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- DOHA – President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay an official visit to Qatar to discuss bilateral and regional issues. (To Dec. 7)
NEW DELHI - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India for the annual bilateral summit.
BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers to discuss 2022 draft budgets, euro summit – 1400 GMT
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DEC.7BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8MOSCOW - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled to make a visit to Moscow.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DEC. 9MADRID – President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades will visit Spain.
BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Dec 10).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DEC. 10LONDON - UK hosts G7 summit of foreign and development ministers in Liverpool (to Dec. 12).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, DEC. 11PALESTINE - Palestinians to hold local election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DEC. 13BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DEC. 14BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15BRUSSELS - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DEC. 16DHAKA - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Dhaka to attend Bangladesh's Victory Day celebrations.
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Dec 17).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DEC. 19HONG KONG - Hong Kong Legislative Council election.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DEC. 24TRIPOLI, Libya - Presidential elections.
TRIPOLI, Libya - Referendum election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JAN. 1TALLINN – 12th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JAN. 2SAUDI ARABIA – Stage of Dakar Rally 2022 (To. Jan. 14)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JAN. 4BURMA – 74th anniversary of Burma's independence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JAN. 7PALM 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JAN. 11WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 11th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12HAITI - 12th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JAN. 13MADRID - Spain's economy minister, Nadia Calvino, speaks at Forum Europe meeting organized by Nueva Economia - 0800 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JAN. 14BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2022 (to Jan. 23).
TUNISIA – 12th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JAN. 17BRUSSELS - Eurogroup Meeting.
ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2022 (to Jan. 19).
DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2022 Annual Meeting (to Jan 21).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JAN. 18BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JAN. 21DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JAN. 24TRIPOLI - Election for Libyan house of representatives.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
LOME, Togo – World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JAN. 25BRUSSELS - 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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