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---------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events---------------------------------------------------------------- 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
. 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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- 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DEC. 12CANBERRA - 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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- 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DEC. 14KUALA 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15GENEVA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DEC. 16SEOUL - 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).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DEC. 17ISLAMABAD - Foreign ministers from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meet in Islamabad to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DEC. 19SANTIAGO - Chileans vote in the second round of the presidential elections. - 2100 GMT HONG KONG - Hong Kong Legislative Council election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DEC. 20WASHINGTON 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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. 7NAYPYIDAW - 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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. 24LIBYA – President election.
TRIPOLI - 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26STOCKHOLM - Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway pay an official visit to Sweden (to Jan. 28).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JAN. 30LISBON - Portugal holds general election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEB. 6COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Election.
COSTA RICA – Presidential Election.
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