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- JERUSALEM - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a rare visit to Israel for talks on economic and security issues with Israel's defence chief, with few prospects for any resumption of long-stalled peace negotiations.
- MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko meet in Russia - 1000 GMT. MOSCOW – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will pay a working visit to Russia for an informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin (final day). FRIDAY, DEC. 31
- KAMPALA - Uganda President Yoweri Museveni gives address on COVID-19 situation, containment measures - 1700 GMT.
SATURDAY, JAN. 1
TALLINN – 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JAN. 6SYDNEY – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida departs for Sydney, Australia to meet his counterpart Prime Minister Scott Morrison to strengthen Japan-Australia cooperation.
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes the president of the European Commission Ursula van der Leyen and the European commissioners in Paris, to mark the beginning of the 6-month French presidency of the European Union.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
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- ABU DHABI - UAE Energy Forum. Speakers at the UAE Energy Forum to include the Emirati energy minister, OPEC's secretary-general and the CEO of Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation.
- BREST, France - Informal meeting of EU defence ministers (to Jan. 13).
HAITI - 12th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JAN. 13BREST - EU Foreign ministers gather in Brest for an informal meeting to discuss international affairs. The meeting is chaired by the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell (to Jan. 14).
MADRID - 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.
BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts the European Union - African Union summit. (To Feb. 18)
- - - - - - - - - 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).
- - - - - - - - - Feb 27MALI - Mali Presidential Election.
MALI - Malian National Assembly.
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