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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, JANUARY 10** ADDIS ABABA - China's new foreign minister, Qin Gang, arrives in Ethiopia on the first leg of a weeklong trip to Africa.
** JOHANNESBURG - South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla will hold a media briefing on Tuesday to provide an update on the COVID-19 situation in the country, including on the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 - 1100 GMT.
** MADRID - José Manuel Albares, Spain's foreign affairs minister, meets European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton - 1115 GMT.
** MADRID - José Manuel Albares, Spain's foreign affairs minister, meets his Senegalese counterpart Aïssata Tall Sall - 1930 GMT.
** NICOSIA - Princess Royal Anne visits Cyprus as part of a two-day visit, the British High Commission in Cyprus (To Jan 11)
** DHAKA - Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang meets his Bangladeshi counterpart Abdul Momen on improving bilateral relations.
** BRUSSELS - Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland Micheal Martin will meet the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Maros Sefcovic, in Brussels as political contacts intensify over a possible agreement between the EU and UK on the Northern Ireland Protocol. BRIDGETOWN/ KINGSTON - Harjit Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, will travel to Barbados and Jamaica (To Jan 14) CAIRO - A high-level delegation headed by Hamza Abdi Barre, prime minister of Somalia, jetted off to Cairo (Final day) CAPE TOWN/ HARARE/ KIGALI/ LIBREVILLE/ SAO TOME - Mevlut Cavusoglu Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey will pay a visit to Africa including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe. (To Jan 14) NEW DELHI - Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali arrives in India. He is scheduled to visit six cities – Delhi, Indore, Bengaluru, Kanpur, Agra and Mumbai, and participate in the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention being organized at Madhya Pradesh's Indore (To Jan 14) ADDIS ABABA/LIBREVILLE/PORTO-NOVO/CAIRO - Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin, Egypt, the African Union Headquarters and the League of Arab States Headquarters upon invitation (To Jan. 16) MEXICO 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. 11) BRUSSELS - The NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, at NATO Headquarters. ABU DHABI - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif along with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, minister of foreign affairs of Pakistan, to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE). VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis meets with Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, at the Vatican - 0830 GMT. WARSAW - The Polish and Romanian defence ministers meet NATO troops stationed in Poland - 1230 GMT. SINGAPORE/HANOI - Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki is set to visit Singapore and Vietnam. (To Jan. 13) ROME - Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, meets with Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni in Rome - 1100 GMT. LONDON - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives in London during UK visit. (To Jan. 11). ATHENS - OECD Economic Surveys: Greece. BRUSSELS - EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson speaks at launch of Labour Migration Platform.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11** BRUSSELS - European Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson gives a keynote speech at the Investors Dialogue on Energy Plenary Meeting, as the commission prepares to propose an overhaul of the EU's electricity market - 0830 GMT. VIENTIANE - Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh will visit Laos (To Jan 12) VILNIUS - Taiwan's Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang visits Lithuania, meets officials from Lithuanian Ministry of Economy and Innovation. (To Jan. 12). MEXICO CITY - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a bilateral meeting with President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the National Palace. LISBON - Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa to debate with lawmakers in Parliament – 1500 GMT. WASHINGTON/MOSCOW - 12th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 12VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and visiting Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti speak to reporters in Vienna following their closed door meeting expected to focus on tensions between Pristina and Belgrade - 1230 GMT. OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Ottawa. WASHINGTON DC - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi chairs a ministerial meeting at the UN Security Council - 1500 GMT. SEOUL - South Korea's Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho holds a press conference with foreign media in Seoul - 0500 GMT. KIRUNA, Sweden - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on two-day visit to Sweden to discuss the country's priorities during its EU presidency, running from Jan. 1 to end-June (to Jan 13). PORT 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 13BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Prime Minister of Iraq, hold a news conference following a meeting in Berlin - 1315 GMT. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden conducts talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at White House covering North Korea, Ukraine, China's tensions with Taiwan, and "free and open Indo-Pacific". KIRUNA, SWEDEN - European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen visits Sweden for talks with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Swedish EU chairmanship priorities. PRAGUE - Czech Republic holds presidential elections.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 14** ABU DHABI - President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol will visit the United Arab Emirates. During the visit President Yeol will hold a summit with Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (To Jan 17) ASTANA - Kazakh Senate Election. TUNISIA - 13th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2023. (To Jan. 22)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 15DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds 2023 annual meeting in Davos. (To Jan. 20)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 16BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2023. (To Jan. 18)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 17WASHINGTON DC - United States Conference of Mayors conducts 91st Winter Meeting in Washington. (To Jan. 20) BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18** BERN - President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol travels to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos (To Jan 19)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 19HANOI - OECD Economic Surveys: Vietnam.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 21BRATISLAVA - Slovakia Referendum Election. FRIULI-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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 30GENEVA - World Health Organization executive board meets in Geneva to determine the global health agenda for the year.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 31KINSHASA - Pope Francis makes first papal visit to Democratic Republic of Congo in 37 years. (To Feb. 3)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3** LISBON - Antonio Costa Silva, Portugal's economy minister, to hold a news conference with the country's foreign press association AIEP - 1000 GMT. JUBA - Pope Francis will visit South Sudan. (To Feb. 5) BRUSSELS - EU-Ukraine summit.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21) GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5QUITO – Ecuador Referendum Election. MONACO - Monacan National Council Election. NICOSIA - Presidency of Cyprus Election. LOS ANGELES - 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6** BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. GLOBAL - 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 - Special European Council meeting (To Feb 10). BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will give a speech at an energy dialogue organized by the BEE association for renewable energy - 1500 GMT. 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 21STOCKHOLM - EU energy ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union. (To Feb. 22) NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim presents the nation's budget for 2023.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Presidential Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27** GENEVA,Switzerland - Human Rights Council meeting (To March 31)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1STOCKHOLM - EU defence ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 2STOCKHOLM - EU defence and foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 3STOCKHOLM - EU foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 5TALLINN - Estonian Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 7PALIKIR - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 9BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To Mar. 10) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 10)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 13BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 14BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15** LONDON - British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt presents the UK government's budget and has commissioned the Office for Budget Responsibility to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast to go with it.
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