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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14** SINGAPORE - Sultan of Oman Haitham Bin Tariq will make a state visit to Singapore at the invitation of Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. (To Dec. 15)
** BRUSSELS - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban before a summit of EU leaders in Brussels.
** GENEVA - Panel discussion on responsibility sharing in the Middle East and North Africa during the global refugee forum in Geneva. Speakers include Ayman Safadi, deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs and expatriates, Government of Jordan, and Abdallah Bouhabib, minister for foreign affairs and emigrants, Government of Lebanon – 1230 GMT.
** BAKU - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits Baku for talks with his Azeri counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov and a meeting with President Ilham Aliyev.
RABAT - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares travels to Morocco for a meeting with his counterpart. (Final day) 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 15
** GENEVA - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus holds a press conference – 1430 GMT.
** SEOUL - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will have a meeting with reporters during a visit to Seoul – 0500 GMT.
BRUSSELS - 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 30BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To Jan. 31)
GYMNICH, BELGIUM - EU 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)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4** EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Legislative Assembly Election.
** EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7** AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani Presidency Election.
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** PAKISTAN - Pakistani National Assembly Election.
CANBERRA - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape visits Canberra and will address a joint sitting of Australian parliament.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14** INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council Election.
** INDONESIA - Indonesian Presidency Election.
** INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - G20 foreign ministers meet to prepare for November summit. (To Feb. 22)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU economic and financial affairs ministers (To Feb. 24)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25
** BELARUS - Belarusian Chamber of Representatives Election.
** SENEGAL - Senegalese Presidency Election.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) (To Feb. 29)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26ABU DHABI - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting in UAE.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28SAO 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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