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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15** BANGKOK - Thai Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith gives a keynote address at an OECD event - 0230 GMT.
** ATHENS - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias meets their North Macedonian counterpart Bujar Osmani in Athens - 1000 GMT.
** TAIPEI CITY - Anna Fotyga, a European parliament member, arrived in Taipei, Taiwan, for a four-day visit. (To Dec 17) ISLAMABAD - Emomali Rahmon, president of Tajikistan, will pay a two-day official visit to Pakistan. (Final day) DOHA - Yasin Ekrem Serim, deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Turkey, will visit Qatar. (Final day) ANKARA - Hadja Lahbib, minister of foreign affairs, European affairs and foreign trade and the Federal Cultural Institutions of Belgium, will pay an official visit to Turkey. (To Dec 16) BENGALURU, India - The first G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies (FCBD) meeting will be held in Bengaluru, with the goal of creating a shared path on global objectives under the theme "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" (the world is one family) (Final day) DOHA - Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Maldives, and First Lady of the Maldives Fazna Ahmed departed on an official visit to the State of Qatar (Final day) NEW YORK CITY - S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India, will be visiting New York to preside over two High-Level Ministerial signature events under India's G20 presidency (Final day) SANTIAGO - Zoran Milanovic, the President of the Republic of Croatia, will pay an official visit to the Republic of Chile. (Final day) MONTREAL - UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-15) held in Montreal Canada. (To Dec. 19) LUXEMBOURG/AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS - Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh pays official visits to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Belgium. (Final day) WASHINGTON DC - Washington hosts U.S.-Africa summit. (Final day) WASHINGTON D.C. - Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, will undertake an official visit to the United States (To Dec 21) ANKARA - Ian Borg, Malta's minister for foreign and European affairs and trade, will visit Turkey. Bilateral relations, as well as Turkey-EU relations, regional developments, and current international issues, will be discussed. SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol holds a policy meeting on economy, exports, etc - 0500 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU leaders meet for a summit in Brussels, likely to focus on Russia's war against Ukraine and the economic fallout, notably high energy prices - 0800 GMT. ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, and Maltese counterpart Ian Borg make a press statement after their meeting in Ankara - 0830 GMT. SEOUL - U.N. nuclear chief Rafael Grossi meets with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin in Seoul - 0830 GMT. WASHINGTON DC - American and European Union officials will hold a joint news conference following U.S.-EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministerial - 1930 GMT. ANKARA - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu hosts Belgium Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib. (To Dec. 16) KELEBIA, Hungary - Hungarian President Katalin Novak, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis hold a news conference and view technical equipment at the Hungarian-Serbian border - 1200 GMT. WASHINGTON D.C. - Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan will host and chair the Ministerial Conference of the G-77 and China, the largest negotiating bloc of developing countries within the UN system (To Dec 16) HELSINKI - OECD presents report on the Finnish economy - 1000 GMT. BRUSSELS - European Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16HELSINKI - Finland's Economic Affairs Minister Mika Lintila holds a virtual press briefing about electricity adequacy during the winter and preparations for an electricity shortage - 0900 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17** TOKYO - Macky Sall, president of the Republic of Senegal, will pay an official working visit to Japan. (To Dec. 20) BUCHAREST - Romania, Georgia, Hungary and Azerbaijan will sign a memorandum in Bucharest on the establishment of a power line that will bring electricity from Azerbaijan. TUNIS - Tunisian Assembly of People's Representatives Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 19** RIGA - Leaders of Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) countries meet in Riga. JEF is high readiness forces configured to respond rapidly to crises in the High North and Northern Europe; Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom are members. RIGA - Presidents of Latvia - Egils Levits, Lithuania - Gitanas Nauseda, and Estonia - Alar Karis meet in Riga - 1505 GMT. GENEVA, Switzerland - World Trade Organization General Council meeting (To Dec. 20).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Holocaust survivor Dr. Ruth Westheimer, among others, participate virtually in the Annual International Holocaust Survivors Night - 1830 GMT. AMMAN - French President Emmanuel Macron holds second Iraq conference in Amman.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31SAUDI ARABIA - Stage of Dakar Rally 2022 (To Jan. 15)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 1TALLINN - 13th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 3MANILA - Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos starts his multi-day state visit to China upon invitation by Chinese President Xi Jinping. (To Jan. 5)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4BURMA - 75th anniversary of Burma's independence.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 5PALM SPRINGS, Ca - 33rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. (To Jan. 16)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 7PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 44th anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 8SALEN, SWEDEN - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto address the opening of the annual "Society and Defence" forum. PORTO-NOVO - Beninese National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 9MEXICO CITY - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to meet President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau in Mexico. (To Jan. 10)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11WASHINGTON/MOSCOW - 12th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 12PORT MORESBY - Anthony Albanese, prime minister of Australia, will travel to Papua New Guinea to attend the Annual Leaders' Dialogue alongside his counterpart Prime Minister James Marape in Port Moresby (to Jan 13) DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana hosts a meeting with the country's delegation to the World Economic Forum in Davos – 0630 GMT. HAITI - 13th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 13PRAGUE - Czech Republic holds presidential elections.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 14TUNISIA - 13th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2023. (To Jan. 22)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 16BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2023. (To Jan. 18) DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds 2023 annual meeting in Davos. (To Jan. 20)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 17BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 23BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 24BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25STOCKHOLM - EU justice ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union (To Jan. 27). EGYPT - 12th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 31KINSHASA/JUBA - Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. (To Feb. 5)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5NICOSIA - Presidency of Cyprus Election. LOS ANGELES - 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (to Feb. 21).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13GENEVA, Switzerland - Human Rights Council - Organizational meeting on the 52nd session. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Presidential Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election.
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