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- NICOSIA - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry visits Cyprus and meeting with his Cypriot counterpart, Nikos Christodoulides.
- ABU DHABI - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit the United Arab Emirates (to Dec. 15).
- BELGIUM - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev visits Brussels to take part in the sixth summit of the Eastern Partnership program of the European Union and will meet with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (final day).
- BRUSSELS - The EU's European affairs ministers will discuss "significant developments" on the rule of law in Poland and Hungary, amid concerns about democratic backsliding in the two eastern European countries that is holding up funds to help their economies recover. - 0830 GMT
- BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Brussels. Press conference around 1445 GMT. - 1430 GMT
- ATHENS - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias meets his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares Bueno on eastern Mediterranean, Libya and EU migration policy. - 1615 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).
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) 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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- BRUSSELS - British Brexit Minister David Frost and European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic meet online to discuss impasse over Northern Ireland's trading arrangements
- BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the European Parliament plenary on EU summit preparations and EU response to COVID-19 global resurgence. - 0800 GMT
- BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, makes statement to media with Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili, in Brussels. - 0900 GMT
- MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold talks via video link. - 0900 GMT
- BRUSSELS - EU leaders meet in Brussels with the governments of the "Eastern Partnership", a group of neighbouring states which includes Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Moldova. - 1300 GMT
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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- BRUSSELS - Euro Summit
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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- BRUSSELS - British Brexit Minister David Frost and European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic meet online to discuss impasse over Northern Ireland's trading arrangements
ISLAMABAD - Foreign ministers from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meet in Islamabad to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DEC. 19BEIRUT - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Lebanon (to Dec. 22).
SANTIAGO - Chileans vote in the second round of the presidential elections. - 2100 GMT HONG KONG - Hong Kong Legislative Council election.
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- BRUSSELS - Meeting of EU Environment Council.
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.
- - - - - - - - - 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)
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- VIENNA - 24th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via Videoconference.
BURMA – 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JAN. 31LOS ANGELES - 64th Annual Grammy Awards
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEB. 4GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEB. 5SAPPORO, Japan – 2022 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 12).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEB. 6GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.
COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Election.
COSTA RICA – Presidential Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEB. 8GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2022
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEB. 10BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEB. 12VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEB. 13BEIRUT - 14th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEB. 14GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 17th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEB. 17PRISTINA - 14th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.
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- BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
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- BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEB. 25RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2022. (to Mar. 5).
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