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** TOKYO - Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong to visit Tokyo. (To Dec. 18)
** OSLO - Foreign ministers from the Middle East, Nordic region and Benelux countries in Norway's capital Oslo for a meeting on Gaza followed by a press conference – 1500 GMT.
** BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib speak to reporters in Berlin after discussing "regional and bilateral issues." – 1400 GMT.
** BRUSSELS - After attending the EU Summit, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gives a press conference with EU Commissioner and the president of the European Council in Brussels – 0930 GMT.
** DAKAR - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares embarks on a visit to Senegal and Mauritania to meet with politicians and business leaders – 0930 GMT.
** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with his Belarusian counterpart, Sergei Aleinik, at a joint meeting of the boards of the ministries of foreign affairs for both countries, in Moscow – 0800 GMT.
** BRUSSELS - Statements by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and newly installed Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk – 0730 GMT.
SINGAPORE - Sultan of Oman Haitham Bin Tariq will make a state visit to Singapore at the invitation of Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. (Final day)
MADRID - Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek and Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan hold investor meetings in Spain. (Final day)
BRUSSELS - European Council (Final day)
GENEVA - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus holds a press conference – 1430 GMT.
SEOUL - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to meet with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and 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)
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** TALLINN - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk meets and holds a news conference with his counterparts from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – 1600 GMT.
** TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds bilateral meetings with Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. after holding ASEAN commemorative summit to mark the 50th anniversary of the relationship between Japan and ASEAN nations.
CHAD - Chad Referendum Election. SERBIA - Serbian National Assembly Election. CHILE - Chile Referendum Election.
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** BUDAPEST - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
** STOCKHOLM - Latvia's Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins visits Sweden.
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** WELLINGTON - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon travels to Australia to meet his counterpart in his first trip overseas in the role as PM.
DEMOCRATIC 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.
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** SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE - Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom will visit Sri Lanka. (To Jan. 13)
- - - - - - - - - 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 4EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Legislative Assembly Election.
EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8PAKISTAN - 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 14INDONESIA - 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.
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** GEORGETOWN - Leaders of Caribbean nations will meet in Guyanese capital Georgetown for a CARICOM summit. (To Feb. 28)
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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