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- ANKARA - Qatar's foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, will visit Turkey for a two-day visit to discuss bilateral relations (final day).
BEIJING - The foreign ministers of four Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and chief of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will visit China. (final day)
PALM SPRINGS, Ca - 32th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (To Jan. 18).
LONDON - Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Liz Truss hosts first in-person talks of 2022 with European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic on Brexit and the Northern Ireland protocol. (final day)
BREST - EU Foreign ministers gather in Brest for an informal meeting to discuss international affairs. The meeting is chaired by the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell (final day). KYIV - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev visits Ukraine, meets his counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv.
PARIS - France's foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, and EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, give a news conference at the end of an informal meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers – 1430 GMT.
BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will pay visit to China.
BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2022 (to Jan. 23).
TUNISIA – 12th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
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- AMMAN/ BAKU – Deputy Foreign Minister of Malaysia Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to Jordan and Azerbaijan (to Jan. 23).
ABU DHABI/ RIYADH/ CAIRO – President of South Korea Moon Jae-in will visit three countries in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. (To Jan. 22)
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- DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - South Korean President Moon Jae-in visits the United Arab Emirates (to Jan. 17). BELGRADE – Serbia Referendum Election.
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- MADRID - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to Madrid and hold a joint news conference with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez - 1345 GMT. KYIV - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock holds talks with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv.
TIRANA - President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Albania.
BRUSSELS - Meeting of euro zone finance ministers in Brussels
BRUSSELS - Eurogroup Meeting.
ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2022 (to Jan. 19).
DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2022 Annual Meeting (to Jan 21).
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- RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - South Korean President Moon Jae-in visits Saudi Arabia (to Jan. 19).
- MOSCOW - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visits Moscow. SKOPJE - Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kiril Petkov will visit Skopje.
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
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- BERLIN - German Chancellor Scholz and Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Stoere hold joint news conference following their talks in Berlin - 1830 GMT. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi hosts virtual forum to promote sustainable finance and investments.
BRIDGETOWN - Barbados holds general election.
PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Switzerland
STRASBOURG, France - French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg France's presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JAN. 21DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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- PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Mexico
LIBYA – President election.
TRIPOLI - Election for Libyan house of representatives.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
LOME, Togo – World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JAN. 25BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
EGYPT – 11th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26STOCKHOLM - Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway pay an official visit to Sweden (to Jan. 28).
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- KUALA LUMPUR - The Defence Ministers of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines will meet to discuss efforts to strengthen the Trilateral Cooperative Arrangement to boost security in the Sulu Sea, Sulawesi and Sabah's east coast.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JAN. 28PARIS - OECD Economic Survey: Romania
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JAN. 30LISBON - Portugal holds general election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JAN. 31PARIS - OECD Economic Survey: New Zealand
LOS ANGELES - 64th Annual Grammy Awards
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.
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- BEIJING - Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan will pay a three-day visit to China to attend the opening ceremony of Winter Olympics Games, Beijing 2022 at the invitation of Chinese leadership (to Feb. 5).
- LILLE, France – EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers (to Feb. 4)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEB. 4GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEB. 5SAPPORO, Japan – 2022 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 12).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEB. 6GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.
COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Election.
COSTA RICA – Presidential Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEB. 8GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2022
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEB. 10BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEB. 12VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEB. 13MARSEILLE, France - EU trade ministers meet in Marseille (to Feb 14) BERLIN - German presidential election at the Reichstag in Berlin BEIRUT - 14th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah.
GLOBAL - World Radio Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEB. 14GLOBAL - Valentine's Day.
BEIRUT - 17th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEB. 17PRISTINA - 14th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.
BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts the European Union - African Union summit. (To Feb. 18)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEB. 18SINGAPORE - Singapore's finance minister Lawrence Wong to deliver the 2022 fiscal year budget – 0600 GMT
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEB. 21BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEB. 22BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
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- PARIS – EU Informal meeting of ministers for the economy and finance (to Feb. 26).
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2022. (to Mar. 5).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, Feb 27MALI - Mali Presidential Election.
MALI - Malian National Assembly election.
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- WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress.
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- ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to March 4)
BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9SOUTH KOREA - South Korea holds Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 13COLOMBIA - Colombian House of Representatives election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 14BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 15BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16AMSTERDAM - Netherlands holds municipal elections.
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- BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 22
- BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
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- BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 25).
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