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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 
    

    ** BOGOTA - Defense Minister of Colombia Ivan Velasquez Gomez and Defense Minister of Ecuador Luis Hernández Penaherrera will meet to discuss border protection measures.

    ** TAIPEI CITY - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen meets visiting U.S. Senator Todd Young – 0200 GMT.

    ** BRUSSELS - Valdis Dombrovskis, European commissioner for trade, and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai hold a joint news conference after talks in Brussels – 1700 GMT.

    ** LONDON - British Foreign Minister James Cleverly will seek to bolster support for Ukraine on a trip to the United States and Canada – 0000 GMT.

    ** DAVOS, Switzerland - President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, addresses the World Economic Forum – 1015 GMT.

    ** STRASBOURG, France - Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and EU Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic debate the priorities of the Swedish presidency of the Council of the EU with lawmakers in Strasbourg – 0800 GMT.

    ** BRUSSELS - EU finance ministers meet to discuss economic impact of Russia's war in Ukraine – 0900 GMT.

    ** DAVOS, Switzerland - Klaus Schwab, chairperson of the World Economic Forum, and Alain Berset, president of the Swiss Confederation, launch this year's World Economic Forum - 0945 GMT.

    ** BRUSSELS - Valdis Dombrovskis, European commissioner for trade, holds news conference with Elisabeth Svantesson, minister for finance of Sweden – 1050 GMT.

    ** ANKARA - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian will visit Turkey and hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. The two will hold a news conference afterwards – 1100 GMT.

    ** DAVOS, Switzerland - Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Anatoliivna Svyrydenko, and President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Odile Françoise Renaud-Basso, attend the World Economic Forum panel "Ukraine: What Next?" – 1200 GMT.

    ** WASHINGTON D.C - James Cleverly, secretary of state for foreign, commonwealth and development affairs of the United Kingdom, gives remarks at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies – 1400 GMT.

    ** SINGAPORE - Shavkat Mirziyoyev, president of the Republic of Uzbekistan, to pay a state visit to Singapore. (To Jan. 18)

    ** BUCHAREST/ CHISINAU - Tytti Tuppurainen, minister of European affairs and ownership steering, to visit Romania and Moldova. (To Jan. 18)

    ** KUALA LUMPUR - Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan will be on a four-day official visit to Malaysia. (To Jan. 18)

    ** TALLINN - Vahagn Khachaturyan, president of Armenia, will pay a working visit to the Republic of Estonia. (final day)

    ** MALE - Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on a three-day visit to the Maldives. (final day)

    ** VIENNA - Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan is today making a working trip to Vienna, Austria. (final day)

    ** BANGKOK - Joao Gomes Cravinho, minister of foreign affairs of the Portuguese Republic, is scheduled to visit Thailand. (final day)

    ** LONDON - James Cleverly, secretary of state for foreign, commonwealth and development affairs of the United Kingdom, will hold a joint press conference with Antony Blinken, United States secretary of state – 2030 GMT. HAVANA/ GUATEMALA CITY/ SAN SALVADOR/ LA PAZ - Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture of India Meenakashi Lekhi will be paying an official visit to Cuba, Guatemala, El Salvador and Bolivia. (To Jan. 20) ABU DHABI - President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol will visit the United Arab Emirates. During the visit President Yeol will hold a summit with Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (final day) BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2023. (To Jan. 22) BERN - Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting 2023 and visit Switzerland. (To Jan. 19) DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds 2023 annual meeting in Davos. (To Jan. 20) ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2023. (To Jan. 18) WASHINGTON DC - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will travel to the United States on Jan. 17 and is due to meet his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken on Jan. 18. (To Jan. 18) WASHINGTON DC - Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte meets with U.S. President Joe Biden at White House. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Polish President Andrzej Duda, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, North Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski and Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya take part in World Economic Forum session "In Defence of Europe" - 0730 GMT. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and German Finance Minister Robert Habeck discuss trade and growth at WEF - 1300 GMT. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, Qatari Foreign Minister, Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and Finnish Foreign Minister, Pekka Haavisto, attend World Economic Forum session "Keeping the Lights on amid Geopolitical Fracture" - 1400 GMT. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin speaks at a World Economic Forum event - 1400 GMT. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses the World Economic Forum - 1500 GMT. BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visit the Federal Office for Foreign Affairs in Brandenburg an der Havel - 1100 GMT. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Gita Gopinath, and German Finance Minister Christian Lindner attend World Economic Forum session "Stemming the Cost of Living Crisis" - 1400 GMT. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger and Moldovan President Maia Sandu attend World Economic Forum session "War in Europe: Year 2" - 1515 GMT. WASHINGTON DC - United States Conference of Mayors conducts 91st Winter Meeting in Washington. (To Jan. 20) BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 
    

    ** LIMA - Christian Salazar, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visits Peru. LIMA - Christian Salazar, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visits Peru invited by President Boluarte. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland take part in World Economic Forum session on "Restoring Security and Peace." - 1615 GMT DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, addresses the World Economic Forum - 1630 GMT. BERN - President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol travels to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos (To Jan. 19)

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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 
    

    ** BERLIN - United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will meet German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht in Berlin.

    ** BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou with military honors – 1000 GMT.

    ** DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum session "Is the World in a Debt Spiral?" discusses how acute the risks of a systemic sovereign debt crisis are in emerging and advanced economies with rising interest rates, the strengthening of the U.S. dollar and weaker global growth – 1400 GMT. MINSK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Minsk to meet Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and the new head of Belarusian Foreign Ministry Sergei Aleinik. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - ECB President Christine Lagarde, European Commission VP Valdis Dombrovskis, Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković speak in Davos - 0930 GMT. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Ukraine House in Davos stages the event "The Path to Victory: A Conversation with Ukraine's Top Diplomat", with Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum - 1100 GMT. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - World Economic Forum session "Repowering the World", on how, in the context of a global energy crisis, world leaders and private decision-makers balance short-term needs with longer-term supply, sustainability and affordability requirements in a fraught geopolitical environment - 1400 GMT. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Dutch central bank chief Klaas Knot and European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness speak about crypto assets in Davos - 1400 GMT. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses the World Economic Forum - 1400 GMT. BARCELONA - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and French President Emmanuel Macron meet in Barcelona during the Spain-France summit. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola speaks at WEF session - 1615 GMT. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol addresses the World Economic Forum - 1030 GMT. HANOI - OECD Economic Surveys: Vietnam.

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    FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 
    

    ** BERLIN - Defence ministers hold Ramstein format meeting on Ukraine crisis. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - ECB President Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire speak in Davos - 1000 GMT. BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou for closed door talks at Berlin's chancellery - 1245 GMT. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - President of the World Economic Forum, Børge Brende, gives his closing remarks as the four-day meeting comes to a close - 1100 GMT.

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    SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 
    

    BRATISLAVA - Slovakia Referendum Election. FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA, Italy - 2023 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (To Jan. 28).

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 23 
    

    ** BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers will hold an informal exchange of views with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in Brussels. MADRID - Spain's Economy Minister Nadia Calvino speaks at Forum Europa in Madrid to present the President of the European Banking Authority José Manuel Campa - 0800 GMT. BUENOS AIRES - Brazil's President Lula da Silva meets with his Argentine counterpart Alberto Fernandez during his first official trip abroad since he became head of the state for the third time. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 24 
    

    BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova - 1130 GMT. CAPE TOWN - World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25 
    

    BUENOS AIRES - Brazil's President Lula da Silva meets with his Uruguayan counterpart Luis Lacalle Pou. BUENOS AIRES - Brazil's President Lula da Silva ends three-day official visit to Argentina. STOCKHOLM - EU justice ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union (To Jan. 27). EGYPT - 12th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

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    FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 
    

    BRASILIA - Brazil's President Lula da Silva will meet with governors of the 26 states.

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 30 
    

    GENEVA - World Health Organization executive board meets in Geneva to determine the global health agenda for the year.

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 
    

    KINSHASA - Pope Francis makes first papal visit to Democratic Republic of Congo in 37 years. (To Feb. 3)

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 
    

    STOCKHOLM - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck heads to Stockholm, where he will hold bilateral talks with counterparts on economic, energy and trade policy, as well as meet with the business community. GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 
    

    HELSINKI - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck meets with his Finnish counterparts to discuss economic, energy and trade policy issues as well as meet with the business community. LISBON - Antonio Costa Silva, Portugal's economy minister, to hold a news conference with the country's foreign press association AIEP - 1000 GMT. JUBA - Pope Francis will visit South Sudan. (To Feb. 5) BRUSSELS - EU-Ukraine summit.

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 
    

    VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21) GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5 
    

    ** BEIJING - Antony Blinken, United States secretary of state, meet with Qin Gang, foreign minister of the People's Republic of China. (To Feb. 6) QUITO – Ecuador Referendum Election. MONACO - Monacan National Council Election. NICOSIA - Presidency of Cyprus Election. LOS ANGELES - 65th Annual Grammy Awards.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. GLOBAL - International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 
    

    GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2023 with all proceedings and celebrations to be based around the theme "Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online".

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 
    

    BRUSSELS - Special European Council meeting (To Feb 10). BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will give a speech at an energy dialogue organized by the BEE association for renewable energy - 1500 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU leaders to meet on migration, competitiveness vs U.S. and China. (To Feb. 10) NEW YORK CITY – Men's New York Fashion Week 2023 (To Feb. 12)

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 
    

    VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21).

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 
    

    BEIRUT - 15th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day. GENEVA, Switzerland - Human Rights Council - Organizational meeting on the 52nd session. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 
    

    GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 18th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. NEW YORK CITY – Women's New York Fashion Week 2023 (To Feb. 17) BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 
    

    BERLIN - 73rd Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 22)

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 
    

    PRISTINA - 15th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 25)

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 
    

    LONDON - 76th British Academy Film Awards.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 
    

    STOCKHOLM - EU energy ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union. (To Feb. 22) NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 
    

    ** NEW YORK CITY - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit New York to address the high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly. KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim presents the nation's budget for 2023.

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 
    

    ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Presidential Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 
    

    GENEVA,Switzerland - Human Rights Council meeting (To March 31)

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1   
    

    STOCKHOLM - EU defence ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 2   
    

    STOCKHOLM - EU defence and foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 3	 
    

    STOCKHOLM - EU foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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    SUNDAY, MARCH 5 
    

    TALLINN - Estonian Parliament Election.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 7 
    

    PALIKIR - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 9 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To Mar. 10) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 10)

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 10 
    

    PARIS - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit France for British-French summit.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 13 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 14 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 
    

    LONDON - British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt presents the UK government's budget and has commissioned the Office for Budget Responsibility to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast to go with it.

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 17 
    

    VIENNA - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) foreign ministers will meet in Vienna, Austria.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 20 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 23 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting. (To Mar. 24)

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