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** NEW DELHI – President of UN General Assembly Dennis Francis will kick start a five-day visit to India. (To Jan. 26)
** SARAJEVO - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Bosnia along with Croatian and Dutch Prime Ministers, Andrej Plenkovic and Mark Rutte respectively. (To Jan 23)
** Kyiv - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrives in Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
CAIRO/TUNIS/ BRASÍLIA/KINGSTON - China's foreign minister Wang Yi will visit several African countries, including Egypt, Tunisia, Brazil and Jamaica. (Final Day)
KAMPALA - Minister of State for External Affairs of India, V. Muraleedharan will visit Kampala, Republic of Uganda, to participate in the Third South Summit of the Group of 77 and China (G-77). (Final Day)
ABUJA - External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to visit Nigeria. (To Jan 23)
NEW YORK - Lebanon's foreign minister Abdallah Bou Habib to talk about the Middle East, relations with Israel, at the CFR in New York – 1800 GMT BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives France President Emmanuel Macron at Berlin's chancellery. – 1545 GMT
BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives France President Emmanuel Macron - 1315 GMT VIENTIANE - The 27th ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting. (To Jan. 27)
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting Plus Three (MATM+3). (To Jan. 27)
VIENTIANE – ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting Plus India. (To Jan. 27)
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting Plus Russia. (To Jan. 27) BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To Jan. 23)
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
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** MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama in Madrid. – 1555 GMT BEIJING - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. (To Jan 25) BRUSSELS – EU-Egypt Association Council.
HANOI - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Vietnam. (To Jan 24)
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** UZHHOROD, Ukraine - Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico and Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal will meet at their countries' shared border.
** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico in Berlin. – 1700 GMT MANILA - Philippines Finance Secretary Ralph Recto holds press conference with tax and customs agencies. – 0630 GMT BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers. (To Jan. 26) BANGKOK – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to visit Thailand, at the invitation of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. (To Jan 26) CAPE TOWN - World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 25MADRID - Spain´s finance minister Maria Jesus Montero to speak in economy forum in Madrid. – 0800 GMT EGYPT - 13th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 26MADRID - Spain´s economy minister Carlos Cuerpo to speak in economy forum in Madrid – 0800 GMT
NEW DELHI - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit India's capital New Delhi for India's Republic Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 28FINLAND - Finland holds presidential election.
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** Islamabad - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will visit Pakistan. UZHHOROD, Ukraine - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will meet Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto in Uzhhorod.
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 30STOCKHOLM - France President Emmanuel Macron will visit Sweden. (To Jan 31)
BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To Jan. 31)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 1)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1BRUSSELS - Special European Council.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 3) GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.
BRUSSELS - EU-Indo-Pacific Forum and EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4HOKKAIDO, Japan - 2024 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11).
GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.
EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Legislative Assembly Election.
EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5MELBOURNE, Australia - 36th ASEAN-Australia Forum. (To Feb. 6) LOS ANGELES - 66th Annual Grammy Awards.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6GLOBAL - International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation. GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2024.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2024.
PAKISTAN - Pakistani National Assembly Election.
CANBERRA - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape visits Canberra and will address a joint sitting of Australian parliament.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2024 (To Feb. 17)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras. BEIRUT - 16th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 19th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council Election.
INDONESIA - Indonesian Presidency Election.
INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15BERLIN – 74th Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 25)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17PRISTINA - 16th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18LONDON - 77th British Academy Film Awards.
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** LA HULPE, Belgium - EU informal meeting of tourism ministers. (To Feb. 20)
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - G20 foreign ministers meet to prepare for November summit. (To Feb. 22)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU economic and financial affairs ministers (To Feb. 24)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.
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** LIECHTENSTEIN – Liechtenstein referendum election. GEORGETOWN - Leaders of Caribbean nations will meet in Guyanese capital Georgetown for a CARICOM summit. (To Feb. 28)
BELARUS - Belarusian Chamber of Representatives Election.
SENEGAL - Senegalese Presidency Election.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) (To Feb. 29)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26ABU DHABI - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting in UAE.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28SAO PAULO - G20 finance ministers meet in Sao Paulo to prepare for the annual presidential summit in November in Rio de Janeiro. (To Feb. 29)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 1IRAN - Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 4BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (To Mar. 5)
MELBOURNE, Australia - ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN-Australia Dialogue Relations. (To Mar. 6)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 5** LUANG PRABANG, Laos - ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting +1 Informal Meeting. (To Mar. 7)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 8IRELAND - Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 10PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 11BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 12BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 15RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Russian Presidency Election. (To Mar. 17)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 18BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 19BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20** BRUSSELS – EU Tripartite Social Summit.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 21** BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 22)
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