News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan. 23

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 23 
    

    ** 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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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24 
    

    ** 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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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 25 
    

    ** 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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    FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 
    

    ** 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.

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    SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 
    

    FINLAND - Finland holds presidential election.

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 29 
    

    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.

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 
    

    STOCKHOLM - France President Emmanuel Macron will visit Sweden. (To Jan 31)

    BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To Jan. 31)

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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 
    

    ** WARSAW - King of Denmark Frederik X visits Poland. (To Feb. 2)

    BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 1)

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 
    

    BRUSSELS - Special European Council.

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 3) GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

    BRUSSELS - EU-Indo-Pacific Forum and EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting.

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 
    

    VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 
    

    HOKKAIDO, Japan - 2024 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11).

    GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.

    EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Legislative Assembly Election.

    EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Presidency Election.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5 
    

    MELBOURNE, Australia - 36th ASEAN-Australia Forum. (To Feb. 6) LOS ANGELES - 66th Annual Grammy Awards.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 
    

    GLOBAL - International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation. GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2024.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 
    

    AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani Presidency Election.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8 
    

    VIENNA - 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.

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 
    

    RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2024 (To Feb. 17)

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 
    

    NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras. BEIRUT - 16th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 
    

    GLOBAL - 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.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 
    

    BERLIN – 74th Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 25)

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 
    

    PRISTINA - 16th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18 
    

    LONDON - 77th British Academy Film Awards.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 
    

    LA HULPE, Belgium - EU informal meeting of tourism ministers. (To Feb. 20)

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 
    

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - G20 foreign ministers meet to prepare for November summit. (To Feb. 22)

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22 
    

    BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU economic and financial affairs ministers (To Feb. 24)

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 
    

    BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 
    

    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)

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26 
    

    ABU DHABI - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting in UAE.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 
    

    SAO PAULO - G20 finance ministers meet in Sao Paulo to prepare for the annual presidential summit in November in Rio de Janeiro. (To Feb. 29)

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 1 
    

    IRAN - Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly Election.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 4 
    

    BRUSSELS - 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)

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 5 
    

    LUANG PRABANG, Laos - ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting +1 Informal Meeting. (To Mar. 7)

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 8 
    

    IRELAND - Referendum Election.

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    SUNDAY, MARCH 10 
    

    PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 11 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 12 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 15 
    

    RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Russian Presidency Election. (To Mar. 17)

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    MONDAY, MARCH 18 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 19 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Tripartite Social Summit.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 22)

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