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** VILNIUS - Germany's defence minister Boris Pistorius visits Lithuania.
** COPENHAGEN - Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson visits Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen in Copenhagen to hand over the presidency of the NORDEFCO from Sweden to Denmark.
** BEIRUT - French Foreign minister Catherine Colonna visits Lebanon.
** ISRAEL - Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant will hold a joint press conference in Tel Aviv with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin - 1400 GMT.
** QUITO - Ecuador's economy minister Juan Carlos Vega will give a press conference in Quito as the government pushes lawmakers to approve a tax reform. TOKYO - Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong to visit Tokyo. (Final day)
TOKYO - 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. (Final day) 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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** BEIJING - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit China (To Dec. 20)
** ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron hold news conference in Rome after attending the 16th Conference of Italian Ambassadors in the world - 1600 GMT.
** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico to discuss cooperation in the European Union (EU) and bilateral issues and speak to reporters before discussions continue over a working dinner at Berlin's chancellery - 1815 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20WELLINGTON - 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25GEORGETOWN - 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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