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---------------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events---------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, JANUARY 14
- BRUSSELS - King of Jordan Abdullah II meets with EU Council President Charles Michel in Brussels - 0930 GMT. SINGAPORE - Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko will pay an official visit to the Republic of Singapore (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) ABU DHABI - International Water Summit 2020 (to Jan. 16). ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2020 (to Jan. 16). 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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- NEW DELHI - Iran's foreign minister, Javad Zarif, to speak at a foreign policy event in New Delhi.
- STRASBOURG, France - King Abdullah II of Jordan addresses members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg - 1100 GMT. 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 16BEIJING - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza to meet Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 17NAYPYITAW - Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Myanmar (to Jan. 18) Paris - OECD ministerial meeting on migration.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 19BERLIN - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a one-day visit to Germany.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 20BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting
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- KINGSTON - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be in Jamaica on a two-day working visit (to Jan. 22) BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting DAVOS, Switzerland - 2020 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. (to Jan. 24)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22JERUSALEM - 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."
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, January 23BETHLEHEM, 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 25NEW 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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