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---------------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events---------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, JANUARY 16
- VILNIUS - Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz begins two-day visit to Lithuania (to Jan. 17)
- TIRANA - European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi visits Albania and meets with Prime Minister Edi Rama - 0900 GMT.
- RIYADH - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian begins two-day visit to Saudi Arabia for talks with his counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (to Jan. 17)
- BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the current head of the EU presidency, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, speak to reporters - 1530 GMT.
BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2020 (to Jan. 19). LAUSANNE, Switzerland - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics (to Jan 22). ABU DHABI - International Water Summit 2020 (to Jan. 16). ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2020 (to Jan. 16). MOSCOW - Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves on his first-ever visit to Russia (to Jan. 17). 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). ATHENS - European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas visits Athens (to Jan. 17). BEIJING - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza to meet Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan.
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- WASHINGTON D.C., - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the Department of State - 1915 GMT.
- VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will meet Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo at the Vatican - 0830 GMT.
- VIENNA - European Council President Charles Michel will meet Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and deliver a joint statement in Vienna - 1930 GMT.
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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- MUNICH - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will address the DLD Munich technology conference - 1420 GMT.
BERLIN - 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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- DAVOS - U.S. President Donald Trump will give a speech at World Economic Forum in Davos - 1030 GMT.
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)
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- DAVOS - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will give a speech at World Economic Forum in Davos – 1000 GMT.
- DAVOS - Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani will give a speech at World Economic Forum in Davos – 1300 GMT.
- DAVOS - Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will give a speech at World Economic Forum in Davos – 1430 GMT. 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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- DAVOS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will speak at Davos session entitled "Striking a Green 'New Deal'" - 1330 GMT.
- DAVOS - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes speech to World Economic Forum in Davos – 1700 GMT.
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.
- - - - - - - - - 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
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- BRUSSELS - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko hold EU-Ukraine association council.
BRUSSELS – 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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