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** DUSHANBE - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits Tajikistan for talks with his Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin.
** VILNIUS - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit Vilnius, paying a visit to one of its staunchest supporters. He will hold a joint press conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, address Lithuanians at a square and pay a visit to a Ukrainian culture centre.
** SINGAPORE - Jordan's Crown Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah II, will make his first official visit to Singapore at the invitation of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. (To Jan 12)
JERUSALEM - Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, will make a working visit to Israel and Palestine. (To Jan 11)
SINGAPORE - Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand is visiting Singapore. (To Jan 11)
PALM SPRINGS, CA – 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. (To Jan. 15)
SAUDI ARABIA - Stage of Dakar Rally 2024. (To Jan 19) BEIJING - The president of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu will pay a state visit to China. (To Jan. 12) TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz. He will also meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet in Tel Aviv as part of a Middle East tour. (Final Day)
MANILA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo travels to the Philippines for a three-day official visit. (To Jan. 11) RIYADH - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck visits Saudi-Arabia for talks on energy, economic relations.
MANILA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo meets with his Philippines counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr. – 0145 GMT
HELSINKI - Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot meets with Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen in Finland to discuss the current security situation, Russia's aggression against Ukraine and support for Ukraine. The ministers will also talk about the current situation in the Middle East, the enlargement of the EU and topical bilateral issues.
STOCKHOLM - Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa visits Stockholm and meets with Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström.
RAMALLAH - United States secretary of state, Antony Blinken, visits West Bank to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas – 1200 GMT BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will convene a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council.
SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE - Princess Anne, the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, will visit Sri Lanka. (To Jan. 13)
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** COLOMBO - Britain's Princess Anne visits Sri Lanka and meets President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo.
** TALLINN - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit Tallinn and He will hold a joint press conference with Estonian President Alar Karis and give an address to the parliament.
** CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the end of a Mideast tour focused on attempts to resolve the conflict in Gaza.
** RIGA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit Riga and He will hold a joint press conference with Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics. – 1525 GMT
** JOHOR, MALAYSIA - Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong will visit Johor, Malaysia, to attend the commemorative ceremony for the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link project and witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ).
MANILA - German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock visits Philippines. – 0600 GMT
MADRID - Spain´s economy minister Carlos Cuerpo speaks at the economic forum "Spain Investors Day" (SID). – 1200 GMT
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will hold talks in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem with Israeli Economy Ministry Nir Barkat, Energy Minister Eli Cohen, Minister Benny Gantz and opposition leader Jair Lapid. The minister will also travel to Ramallah in the Palestinian Territories and meet Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh.
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana holds pre-WEF meeting with business leaders. – 0800 GMT
HANOI - Indonesian President Joko Widodo visits Vietnam. (To Jan 13) COLOMBO - Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki to Visit Sri Lanka (To Jan 12) PARIS - OECD Economic Survey of Japan.
SINT MAARTEN - Election for Staten (Sint Maarten Parliament). WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 13th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 12BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo in Beijing. HAITI - 14th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.
BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2023. (To Jan. 21)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 13TAIWAN - Election for Taiwanese Presidency.
TAIWAN - Taiwanese Election for Taiwanese Legislative Yuan.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 14COMOROS - Election for Comoran Presidency. TUNISIA - 14th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 15BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar in Berlin – 0900 GMT.
BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds 2024 annual meeting in Davos. (To Jan. 19)
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** BUDAPEST - Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico to visit Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to discuss bilateral and European Union issues and hold a joint news conference.
** DAVOS - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks at an event on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. – 1500 GMT DAVOS - Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani speaks at an event at the World Economic Forum held in Davos. – 0845 GMT
DAVOS - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks at an event about 'Europe in the New Global Economy' at the World Economic Forum held in Davos. – 1200 GMT DAVOS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud and Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speak at the 'Securing an Insecure World' at the World Economic Forum held in Davos – 1200 GMT.
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17DAVOS - Polish President Andrzej Duda, Hungary's President Katalin Novak, Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenovic and Leader of the Democratic Forces of Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, speak at event ‘Defending Europe's United Front' at the World Economic Forum held in Davos. – 0800 GMT
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 19DAVOS - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, ECB President Christine Lagarde and German Finance Minister Christian Lindner speak in Davos – 1000 GMT
PARIS - OECD Economic Survey of Italy.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 21LIECHTENSTEIN – Liechtenstein referendum election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 22BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To Jan. 23)
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 23** HANOI - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Vietnam.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24BANGKOK – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to visit Thailand, at the invitation of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. (To Jan 26) CAPE 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 26NEW DELHI - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit India's capital New Delhi for India's Republic Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 28FINLAND - Finland holds presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 29BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
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** STOCKHOLM - France President Emmanuel Macron will visit Sweden. (To Jan 31)
BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To Jan. 31)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 1)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.
BRUSSELS - EU-Indo-Pacific Forum and EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4HOKKAIDO, Japan - 2024 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11).
GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.
EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Legislative Assembly Election.
EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5LOS ANGELES - 66th Annual Grammy Awards.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6GLOBAL - International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation. GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2024.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2024.
PAKISTAN - Pakistani National Assembly Election.
CANBERRA - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape visits Canberra and will address a joint sitting of Australian parliament.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2024 (To Feb. 17)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras. BEIRUT - 16th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 19th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council Election.
INDONESIA - Indonesian Presidency Election.
INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15BERLIN – 74th Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 25)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17PRISTINA - 16th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18LONDON - 77th British Academy Film Awards.
- - - - - - - - - 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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