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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, JANUARY 19** HELSINKI - Denmark's new foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen visits Finland and meets with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto and Foreign Trade Minister Ville Skinnari. (To Jan. 20)
** COLOMBO - Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will land in Colombo for a two-day visit as Sri Lanka's closest neighbor looks to strengthen ties with the crisis-hit island. During this visit, Jaishankar is scheduled to have official discussions with multiple officials, including Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry. (To Jan. 20)
** SWEDEN - Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Defense Minister Pal Jonson present new military support to Ukraine at a news conference — 0915 GMT. MALÉ/ COLOMBO - S. Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs of India will start a three-day trip to the two island nations of the Maldives and Sri Lanka (To Jan 20) THIMPHU - Vinay Mohan Kwatra, foreign secretary of India, will be on an official visit to Bhutan (To Jan 20) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong will make an official visit to Brunei (Final Day) 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) 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. (Final Day) DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds 2023 annual meeting in Davos. (To Jan. 20) WASHINGTON DC - United States Conference of Mayors conducts 91st Winter Meeting in Washington. (To Jan. 20) BERN - President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol travels to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos (Final Day) DAVOS, Switzerland - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, European Commission Executive Vice-President for an Economy that Works for People, Valdis Dombrovskis and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic take part in World Economic Forum session on "Finding Europe's New Growth" – 1030 GMT DAVOS, Switzerland - Ukraine House in Davos stages the event "From Urgent to Sustainable: Rebuilding Cities in Ukraine" on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum with mayors of several Ukrainian cities taking part – 1230 GMT TALLINN - UK, Polish, Baltic defence ministers meet in Tapa military base in Estonia to discuss providing heavy weaponry to Ukraine – 1315 GMT MADRID - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell delivers a speech at the event ‘A new world order: politics, economics and global affairs as tools to confront today's challenges' in Madrid, organised by the IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs – 1100 GMT
ABU DHABI - Minister of State for External Affairs of India V Muraleedharan to embark on a visit to the United Arab Emirates. (To Jan. 21) LIMA - Christian Salazar, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visits Peru invited by Dina Boluarte, President of Peru. BERLIN - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius receives his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for talks in Berlin – 1000 GMT. 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 - 1130 GMT. DAVOS, Switzerland - President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola is among the speakers at the World Economic Forum session "Widening Europe's Horizons" – 1515 GMT. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol addresses the World Economic Forum - 1030 GMT. HANOI - OECD Economic Surveys: Vietnam.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 20** BANGKOK - Finance Minister of Thailand Arkhom Termpittayapaisith opens a debt restructuring event in Chonburi province – 0300 GMT.
** MADRID - Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez meets President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei in Madrid – 0830 GMT. MADRID - Josep Borrell High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy speaks at economy awards in Madrid – 1100 GMT DAVOS, Switzerland - International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde take part in World Economic Forum session "Global Economic Outlook: Is this the End of an Era?" – 1000 GMT HELSINKI - Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto will meet Denmark's Minister for Foreign Affairs Lars Lokke Rasmussen in Helsinki. BERLIN - Defense ministers from Germany, the United States and other Western countries are due to meet at Ramstein air base in Germany to discuss how to help Ukraine defend itself. 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 21** DAKAR - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visit the House of Slaves at Gorée Island, Senegal – 0800 GMT. BRATISLAVA - Slovakia Referendum Election. FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA, Italy - 2023 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (To Jan. 28).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 22PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz chair a Franco-German joint cabinet meeting in Paris. LUSAKA - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to visit Zambia.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 23** LUSAKA - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets Zambia's president Hakainde Hichilema and finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane after touring a community health centre and meeting business leaders.
** SOFIA - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer will visit Bulgaria's southern city of Elhovo and inspect the Balkan country's protection of its border with Turkey along with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev. PRETORIA - South Africa's foreign minister Naledi Pandor will host her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for bilateral talks in Pretoria – 0600 GMT GENEVA, Switzerland - Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo speaks at an event in Geneva – 1400 GMT BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers will hold an informal exchange of views with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in Brussels - 0900 GMT. 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 24** STRASBOURG, FRANCE - Germany's foreign minister Annalena Baerbock addresses the Parliamentary Assembly of the 46-nation Council of Europe as part of the assembly's winter plenary session in Strasbourg — 1100 GMT. BUENOS AIRES - Argentina hosts the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Heads of State and Government Summit. Alberto Fernández President of the Argentine Republic delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25BUENOS 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 26** JOHANNESBURG - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa and finance minister Enoch Godongwana, followed by meetings with the U.S. ambassador to South Africa and business leaders as well as a visit to a Ford plant and a speech on U.S.-Africa economic ties.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 27BRASILIA - Brazil's President Lula da Silva will meet with governors of the 26 states.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 30GENEVA - World Health Organization executive board meets in Geneva to determine the global health agenda for the year.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 31KINSHASA - Pope Francis makes first papal visit to Democratic Republic of Congo in 37 years. (To Feb. 3)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2STOCKHOLM - 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3HELSINKI - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21) GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5BEIJING - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. GLOBAL - International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7GLOBAL - 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".
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9BRUSSELS - 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)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13BEIRUT - 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14GLOBAL - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16BERLIN - 73rd Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 22)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17PRISTINA - 15th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 25)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19LONDON - 76th British Academy Film Awards.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21STOCKHOLM - 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24NEW 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Presidential Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27GENEVA,Switzerland - Human Rights Council meeting (To March 31)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1NEW DELHI - The G20 foreign ministers will meet in New Delhi, India (To March 2) STOCKHOLM - EU defence ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 2STOCKHOLM - EU defence and foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 3STOCKHOLM - EU foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 5TALLINN - Estonian Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 7PALIKIR - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 9BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To Mar. 10) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 10)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 10PARIS - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit France for British-French summit.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 13BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 14BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15LONDON - 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 17VIENNA - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) foreign ministers will meet in Vienna, Austria.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 20BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 23BRUSSELS - European Council meeting. (To Mar. 24)
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