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---------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events---------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15
- TUNIS - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune kicks off a two-day trip to Tunisia by meeting with President Kais Saied. ( To Dec. 16)
- MADRID - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calviño participates in the Social Economy Council (CES) - 1500 GMT
- MADRID - Spain´s Foreign Affairs minister José Manuel Albaresholds a meeting in Madrid with British Foreign Minister Liz Truss - 1900 GMT
ABU DHABI - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit the United Arab Emirates (final day).
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. (final day) 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DEC. 16
- BRUSSELS - New German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is among European leaders to speak at an event organised by the European Socialist Party ahead of summit of EU leaders in Brussels. - 0730 GMT
- PHNOM PENH - Don Pramudwinai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, will make an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia and co-chair the 11th Meeting of the Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation between Thailand and Cambodia (to Dec. 18).
- BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DEC. 17BRUSSELS - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DEC. 20
- KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets Polish President Andrzei Duda and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda in Ukraine
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)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JAN. 4VIENNA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEB. 18
- BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts the European Union - African Union summit.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEB. 21BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEB. 22BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEB. 25RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2022. (to Mar. 5).
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