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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, DECEMBER 19** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso to the White House.
** BRUSSELS - EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis meets Chairman of EU-China Business Association, Jochum Haakma.
** ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire visits Ivory Coast - 1100 GMT.
** NEW YORK - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to give end of year news conference - 1500 GMT.
** MADRID - Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares holds press conference with Gabrielius Landsbergis, the Lithuanian foreign minister, in Madrid. - 1530 GMT.
** BUCHAREST - President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, is paying a working visit to Romania. (To Dec. 20) MONTREAL - UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-15) held in Montreal Canada. (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) TOKYO - Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, will pay an official working visit to Japan. (To Dec. 20) PARAMARIBO - Sigrid Kaag, finance minister and deputy prime minister of the Netherlands, will visit Suriname on Monday in connection with the European country's intention to apologize for slavery. MINSK - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Minsk to hold talks with Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. 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 20** BEIJING - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong will visit China. (To Dec. 21)
** BUCHAREST - Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, president of Portugal, to pay official visit to Romania.
** BRUSSELS - EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis holds a videoconference with Jamshid Khodjaev, deputy prime minister, minister of investments and foreign trade of Uzbekistan. BUCHAREST - Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament, will visit Romania to meet with students at the University of Bucharest as part of the event "Together we are Europe," organised by the EP Office in Romania. BERLIN - 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21** JAKARTA - Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on a state visit to Indonesia. (To Dec. 23)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22** BRUSSELS - EU Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni participates in G7 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting.
- - - - - - - - - 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)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 10** BRUSSELS - EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson speaks at launch of Labour Migration Platform.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 21FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA, Italy - 2023 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (To Jan 28).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 23BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 24CAPE TOWN - World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture. BRUSSELS - 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)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb 21) GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5NICOSIA - Presidency of Cyprus Election. LOS ANGELES - 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6GLOBAL - International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2023 with all proceedings and celebrations to be based around the theme “Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online”.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9** BRUSSELS - EU leaders to meet on migration, competitiveness vs U.S. and China. (To Feb. 10) NEW YORK CITY – Men's New York Fashion Week 2023 (to Feb 12)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (to Feb. 21).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13BEIRUT - 15th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day. GENEVA, Switzerland - Human Rights Council - Organizational meeting on the 52nd session. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 18th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. NEW YORK CITY – Women's New York Fashion Week 2023 (to Feb 17) BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16BERLIN - 73rd Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb 22)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17PRISTINA - 15th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2023 (To Feb 25)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19LONDON - 76th British Academy Film Awards.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21** STOCKHOLM - EU energy ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union. NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras. BRUSSELS - 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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