News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan. 21

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    FRIDAY, JAN. 21 
    
    • BRUSSELS - European Union health ministers discuss coordination and next steps in the fight against the pandemic in an informal video conference - 1000 GMT ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu hosts Estonian counterpart Eva-Maria Liimets for talks (final day). WARSAW - The presidents of Poland and Ukraine meet for two days of consultations regarding security in the region and threats from Russia. (final day). BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2022 (to Jan. 23). 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)

    DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2022 Annual Meeting (final day). AMIENS, France - Informal meetings of EU environment and energy ministers (to Jan 22).

    ANKARA - Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele will travel to Turkey to meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a bid to boost mutual cooperation and investment in the Central American country (final day). SYDNEY - Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Peter Dutton hold a news conference with their British counterparts Liz Truss and Ben Wallace for the Australia-United Kingdom ministerial consultations. - 0230 GMT SYDNEY - Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss delivers a keynote speech on "Building a global network of liberty" at Australia's Lowy Institute, accompanied by her Australian counterpart Marise Payne, who will make opening remarks at the event. - 0415 GMT WASHINGTON DC - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks at the virtual Davos meeting - 1300 GMT WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at virtual Davos meeting - 1730 GMT UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to hold news conference on 2022 priorities - 1830 GMT GENEVA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva.

    TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden meet virtually to discuss the two nations' economies, security matters, climate change and other bilateral issues. DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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    MONDAY, JAN. 24 
    
    • BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg receives ministers for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto, and Sweden, Ann Linde. A joint press conference in the NATO headquarters is planned after the meeting. - 1500 GMT UNITED NATIONS - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock delivers keynote address at annual United Nations event in conjunction with International Holocaust Remembrance Day B'nai B'rith International. - 1600 GMT PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Mexico

    LIBYA - Election for Libyan house of representatives.

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

    LOME, Togo – World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture.

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    TUESDAY, JAN. 25 
    
    • NUSANTARA - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be visiting Indonesia for the Singapore-Indonesia Leaders' Retreat.

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

    EGYPT – 11th Anniversary of the beginning of the Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

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    WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26 
    

    STOCKHOLM - Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway pay an official visit to Sweden (to Jan. 28).

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    THURSDAY, JAN. 27 
    

    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.

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    FRIDAY, JAN. 28 
    

    PARIS - OECD Economic Survey: Romania

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    SUNDAY, JAN. 30 
    

    LISBON - Portugal holds general election.

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    MONDAY, JAN. 31 
    

    PARIS - OECD Economic Survey: New Zealand

    LOS ANGELES - 64th Annual Grammy Awards

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    TUESDAY, FEB. 1	 
    

    MOSCOW - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visits Russia.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2 
    

    VIENNA - 25th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference.

    GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

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    THURSDAY, FEB. 3 
    

    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)

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    FRIDAY, FEB. 4 
    

    GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.

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    SATURDAY, FEB. 5 
    

    SAPPORO, Japan – 2022 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 12).

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    SUNDAY, FEB. 6 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.

    COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Election.

    COSTA RICA – Presidential Election.

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    MONDAY, FEB. 7 
    

    • KYIV - Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg plans to visit Ukraine (to Feb. 8)
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    TUESDAY, FEB. 8 
    

    GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2022

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    WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9 
    

    GRENOBLE, France - Informal meeting of EU health ministers (to Feb. 10)

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    THURSDAY, FEB. 10 
    

    BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20).

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    SATURDAY, FEB. 12 
    

    VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1).

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    SUNDAY, FEB. 13 
    

    MARSEILLE, 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.

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    MONDAY, FEB. 14 
    

    GLOBAL - Valentine's Day.

    BEIRUT - 17th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

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    THURSDAY, FEB. 17 
    

    JAKARTA - Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from G20 countries meeting in Indonesia (to Feb. 18) PRISTINA - 14th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.

    BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts the European Union - African Union summit. (To Feb. 18)

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    FRIDAY, FEB. 18 
    

    SINGAPORE - Singapore's finance minister Lawrence Wong to deliver the 2022 fiscal year budget – 0600 GMT

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    MONDAY, FEB. 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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    TUESDAY, FEB. 22 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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    FRIDAY, FEB. 25 
    

    PARIS – EU Informal meeting of ministers for the economy and finance (to Feb. 26).

    RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2022. (to Mar. 5).

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    SUNDAY, Feb 27 
    

    MALI - Mali Presidential Election.

    MALI - Malian National Assembly election.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 1 
    

    WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 3 
    

    ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to March 4)

    BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4)

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 
    

    SOUTH KOREA - South Korea holds Presidential election.

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    SUNDAY, MARCH 13 
    

    COLOMBIA - Colombian House of Representatives election.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 14 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 15 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 
    

    AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands holds municipal elections.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 21 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 22 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 24 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 25).

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