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** YAMOUSSOUKRO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Ivory Coast on the second stop of a four-nation tour of Africa.
** ABUJA - U.S. Secretary of state Anthony Blinken meets with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu – 1830 GMT.
** LONDON - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo for a meeting – 1000 GMT.
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. (Final day)
ABUJA - External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to visit Nigeria. (Final day)
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. (Final day)
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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** NEW YORK CITY, United States - Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong will make a working visit to New York City. (To Jan. 27)
** BEIJING - Kenya's foreign minister, Musalia Mudavadi will visit China. (To Jan. 26)
** DJIBOUTI/NAIROBI/JUBA - German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock will travel to Djibouti, Kenya and South Sudan. (To Jan. 26)
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.
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** LUANDA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be in Angola's capital Luanda. He will meet with Angolan President João Lourenço before holding a press conference with Foreign Minister Téte António.
** BANGKOK - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to meet with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin during the former's official visit to the kingdom.
MADRID - 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.
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** TUVALU - Tuvalu holds general election. MADRID - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 29Islamabad - 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)
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** WARSAW - King of Denmark Frederik X visits Poland. (To Feb. 2)
BRUSSELS - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19LA 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25LIECHTENSTEIN – 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 5LUANG 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 20BRUSSELS – EU Tripartite Social Summit.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 22)
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