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- RIGA - Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister of Hungary Peter Szijjarto visits Latvia - 1245 GMT.
- ZAGREB - Joint news conference by the Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenkovic, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen - 1015 GMT. BRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers hold an emergency meeting in Brussels to discuss ways to save the Iran nuclear deal - 1400 GMT.
TALLINN - Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin to visit Estonia. PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets the President of the European Council Charles Michel and Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel at the Elysee palace - 1200 GMT. JAKARTA - Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu visits Indonesia. NEW DELHI – Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena will visit India (final day). ZAGREB - European Commission visits Croatia as the nation starts its Presidency of the Council of the EU (final day). CAIRO/DJIBOUTI/ASMARA/GITEGA/HARARE - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay official visits to Egypt, Djibouti, Eritrea, Burundi and Zimbabwe (to Jan. 13). PALM SPRINGS, Ca – 31st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (to Jan. 13). BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2020 (to Jan. 19). LAUSANNE, Switzerland - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics (to Jan 22).
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- CAPE TOWN - Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed Ali, will be visiting South Africa (to Jan. 12) ISTANBUL, Turkey - European Council President Charles Michel will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - 0800 GMT. CAIRO - President of the European Council Charles Michel travels to Cairo to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. MOSCOW - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to make a working visit to Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin. WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 9th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement. TAIWAN - Taiwanese Legislative Yuan election. TAIWAN – Referendum election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 12HARARE - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will hold a press conference during a two-day trip to Zimbabwe - 1700 GMT. RIYADH/MUSCAT/ABU DHABI - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Saudi Arabia, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates - (to Jan. 15)
BRUSSELS - President of the European Council Charles Michel meets with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz - 1630 GMT. MOSCOW - Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, will visit Uzbekistan (to Jan. 13). HAITI - 10th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.
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- LUXEMBOURG CITY - The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen meets Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, followed by a joint news conference - 1110 GMT.
- HONG KONG, China - Uttama Savanayana, Minister of Finance, Thailand, will speak on a panel at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong - 0120 GMT. WASHINGTON D.C.- The Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan plan to meet in Washington to resolve their dispute over a massive dam project on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia - 1900 GMT. ABU DHABI - International Water Summit 2020 (to Jan. 16). ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2020 (to Jan. 16).
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- COLOMBO - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardene during his visit - 0330 GMT. COLOMBO - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena - 0530 GMT. MOSCOW - Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves on his first-ever visit to Russia (to Jan. 17). STRASBOURG, France - European Commission's vice-presidents, Vera Jourova and Dubravka Suica, present the bloc's executive plan for its Conference on the Future of Europe. TUNISIA – 9th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis will present the EU's Sustainable Investment Plan in Brussels.
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- TASHKENT - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Uzbekistan (to Jan. 16) MOSCOW - The Gaidar Forum 2020 (to Jan. 16).
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- NAYPYITAW - Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Myanmar (to Jan. 18) Paris - OECD ministerial meeting on migration. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 20 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting DAVOS, Switzerland - 2020 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. (to Jan. 24)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis will present the "Review of the Stability and Growth Pact."
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- BETHLEHEM, Israel - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem.
ZAGREB — EU informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers (to Jan. 24).
JERUSALEM – Charles, Prince of Wales, to visit Israel and attend the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem at the invitation of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, January 24BETHLEHEM, Israel - Britain's Prince Charles visits Bethlehem, meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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- NEW DELHI - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro vists India (to Jan. 27) EGYPT – 9th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, which marked a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 26LOS ANGELES - 2020 Grammy Awards
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 28BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
TUESDAY - Costa Book of the Year will be announced.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29GREECE - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets French President Emmanuel Macron.
BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Vice-President Sefcovic present the executive's 2020 work programme in Brussels. BRUSSELS - Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell presents the EU's enlargement methodology.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES - 2020 Writers Guild Awards
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4GLOBAL - World Cancer Day. SAPPORO, Japan – 2020 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 5)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager holds debate with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell on the European Defence in Brussels.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 2020
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2020 (to Feb. 25).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2020
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13BEIRUT - 12th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 15th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. LONDON - London Fashion Week February 2020 (to Feb. 18).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17PRISTINA - 12th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2020 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20BERLIN – 70th Berlin International Film Festival (to Mar. 1). VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2020
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2020 (to Feb. 26).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22RIYADH - G20 finance ministers, central bank governors meeting in Riyadh (to Feb. 23). TOGO - Referendum.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2020
BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 5VIENNA - 178th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 6VIENNA - 8th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 12BRUSSELS - European foreign affairs ministers meet for talks in Brussels.
BRUSSELS - European justice and home affairs ministers meet in Brussels (to Mar. 13)
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