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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, JANUARY 20** COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's finance minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Secretary of Finance KM Mahinda Siriwardana to brief media on economic crisis facing the Island. 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. (Final Day) 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. (Final Day) 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 (Final Day) THIMPHU - Vinay Mohan Kwatra, foreign secretary of India, will be on an official visit to Bhutan (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. (Final Day) BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2023. (To Jan. 22) DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds 2023 annual meeting in Davos. (Final Day) WASHINGTON DC - United States Conference of Mayors conducts 91st Winter Meeting in Washington. (Final Day) 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) 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 21DAKAR - 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 23LUSAKA - 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.
ELHOVO, Bulgaria - 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 24STRASBOURG, 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 26JOHANNESBURG - 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)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10** WASHINGTON D.C. - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in Washington, D.C.
- - - - - - - - - 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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