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- RIYADH - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to visit Saudi Arabia for talks with the country's defense minister and other officials. (To Dec. 13)
- MADRID - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets with Jordan's King Abdullah – 1500 GMT.
- WASHINGTON DC - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to visit the White House by the invitation of US President Joe Biden.
DUBAI - The United nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) takes place in Dubai (Final day) HANOI - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet arrives in Hanoi for a two-day state visit to Vietnam. (Final day)
GENEVA, Switzerland - Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and Indonesia hold press briefing on human rights situation in OPT – 1400 GMT.
HANOI - China's President Xi Jinping will visit Vietnam. (To Dec. 13)
AMSTERDAM - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol pays state visit to Netherlands. (To Dec 13)
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council
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- BRUSSELS - Spain´s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks on the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council. The president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, and prime minister Pedro Sanchez will hold a meeting before the plenary debate – 0930 GMT.
LONDON - OMFIF conference on central bank digital currencies and payments.
OSLO - Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere will host a Nordic summit in Oslo to discuss regional cooperation on security and defence with President of Finland Sauli Niinisto, Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen and Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir – 1215 GMT.
RABAT - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares travels to Morocco for a meeting with his counterpart.
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
BRUSSELS - EU-Western Balkans summit.
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- KINGSTOWN - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart Irfaan Ali will meet in St. Vincent and the Grenadines amid high tensions over a border dispute.
- PRETORIA - South Africa's foreign affairs minister Naledi Pandor will host the Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Alexander Schallenberg for bilateral consultations – 0700 GMT.
BRUSSELS - European Council (To Nov. 15)
GENEVA - WTO general council meets in Geneva
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15BRUSSELS - EU leaders attend a summit in Brussels.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16TOKYO - Japan hosts a commemorative summit to mark the 50th anniversary of the relationship between Japan and ASEAN nations. The summit will be hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and attended by heads of state/government from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. (To Dec. 18)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17CHAD - Chad Referendum Election. SERBIA - Serbian National Assembly Election. CHILE - Chile Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC National Assembly Election.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 1TALLIN - 14th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 4BURMA - 76th anniversary of Burma's independence.
PALM SPRINGS, CA – 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. (To Jan. 15)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 5SAUDI ARABIA - Stage of Dakar Rally 2024. (To Jan 19)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 7BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi National Parliament Election. PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 45th anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 9BHUTAN - Bhutanese National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 11SINT MAARTEN - Election for Staten (Sint Maarten Parliament). WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 13th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 12HAITI - 14th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.
BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2023. (To Jan. 21)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 13TAIWAN - Election for Taiwanese Presidency.
TAIWAN - Taiwanese Election for Taiwanese Legislative Yuan.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 14COMOROS - Election for Comoran Presidency. TUNISIA - 14th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 15BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds 2024 annual meeting in Davos. (To Jan. 19)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 16BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 22BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24CAPE TOWN - World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 25EGYPT - 13th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 28FINLAND - Finland holds presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 29BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2BRUSSELS - EU-Indo-Pacific Forum and EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8CANBERRA - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape visits Canberra and will address a joint sitting of Australian parliament.
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