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    MONDAY, JANUARY 13 
    

    • MOSCOW - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Defense Minister Hulusi Akar visit Moscow.
    • SINGAPORE - Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko will pay an official visit to the Republic of Singapore (to Jan. 14)
    • AMMAN - German foreign minister Heiko Maas visits Jordan.
    • ABU DHABI - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits UAE.
    • ATHENS - Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides visits Athens for talks with Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias - 1100 GMT.
    • ANKARA - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte visits Turkey for talks with President Tayyip Erdogan - 1100 GMT. CAIRO/DJIBOUTI/ASMARA/GITEGA/HARARE - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay official visits to Egypt, Djibouti, Eritrea, Burundi and Zimbabwe (final day). PALM SPRINGS, Ca – 31st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (final day). BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2020 (to Jan. 19). LAUSANNE, Switzerland - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics (to Jan 22).

    RIYADH/MUSCAT/ABU DHABI - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Saudi Arabia, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates - (to Jan. 15) 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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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 
    

    • NEW DELHI - Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will arrive in India amid standoff with U.S.
    • NEW DELHI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to visit India for foreign policy event. 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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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 
    

    • STRASBOURG, France - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council head Charles Michel will address lawmakers in Strasbourg regarding rule of law situation in Hungary and Poland - 1400 GMT.
    • BEIJING - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza will pay an official visit to China (to Jan. 19) TASHKENT - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Uzbekistan (to Jan. 16) MOSCOW - The Gaidar Forum 2020 (to Jan. 16). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 16
    • BEIJING - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza to meet Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan.

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    FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 
    

    NAYPYITAW - Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Myanmar (to Jan. 18) Paris - OECD ministerial meeting on migration.

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    SUNDAY, JANUARY 19 
    
    • BERLIN - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a one-day visit to Germany. - - - - - - - - - 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)
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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 
    

    • JERUSALEM - Russian president Putin to attend the World Holocaust Forum to take place in Jan 2020 in Jerusalem (to Jan. 23)
    • DAVOS, Switzerland - Britain's Prince Charles to give keynote address at World Economic Forum in Davos. BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis will present the "Review of the Stability and Growth Pact."
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    THURSDAY, January 23 
    

    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.

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    FRIDAY, January 24 
    

    BETHLEHEM, Israel - Britain's Prince Charles visits Bethlehem, meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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    SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 
    

    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.

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    SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 
    

    LOS ANGELES - 2020 Grammy Awards

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

    TUESDAY - Costa Book of the Year will be announced.

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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 
    

    GREECE - 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.

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 
    

    NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES - 2020 Writers Guild Awards

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 
    

    GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 
    

    GLOBAL - World Cancer Day. SAPPORO, Japan – 2020 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 5)

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 
    

    BRUSSELS - 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.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 2020

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 
    

    VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2020 (to Feb. 25).

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 
    

    GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2020

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 
    

    BEIRUT - 12th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day.

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 
    

    GLOBAL - 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).

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 
    

    PRISTINA - 12th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 
    

    LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2020 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 
    

    BERLIN – 70th Berlin International Film Festival (to Mar. 1). VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2020

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 
    

    RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2020 (to Feb. 26).

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY  22 
    

    RIYADH - G20 finance ministers, central bank governors meeting in Riyadh (to Feb. 23). TOGO - Referendum.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 
    

    NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2020

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 5 
    

    VIENNA - 178th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference.

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 6 
    

    VIENNA - 8th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 12  
    

    BRUSSELS - 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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