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** STRASBOURG, France - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen takes part in a debate with EU lawmakers on expectations for the Dec. 14-15 EU leaders' summit set to discuss Ukraine accession and the budget – 0800 GMT.
** LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Cameron meets Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Micheal Martin – 1130 GMT.
RIYADH - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to visit Saudi Arabia for talks with the country's defense minister and other officials. (Final day)
HANOI - China's President Xi Jinping will visit Vietnam. (Final day)
AMSTERDAM - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol pays a state visit to Netherlands. (Final day)
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 – 1200 GMT.
BRUSSELS - EU-Western Balkans summit.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14** SEOUL - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to give a speech on digital money at a conference held in Seoul – 0030 GMT.
** MADRID - Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek and Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan hold investor meetings in Spain. (To Dec. 15)
** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico at the NATO Headquarters. A joint press conference is scheduled – 0900 GMT.
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 - 0900 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 30** BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of defence ministers (To Jan. 31)
** GYMNICH, BELGIUM - Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (To Jan. 31)
- - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19** BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
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** BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
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** RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - G20 foreign ministers meet to prepare for November summit. (To Feb. 22)
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** BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU economic and financial affairs ministers (To Feb. 24)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23** BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25** BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) (To Feb. 29)
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** ABU DHABI - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting in UAE.
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** SAO PAULO - G20 finance ministers meet in Sao Paulo to prepare for the annual presidential summit in November in Rio de Janeiro. (To Feb. 29)
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