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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, JANUARY 5LISBON/COPENHAGEN - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan will make an official visit to Portugal and Denmark. (To Jan. 9)
KATHMANDU – Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will pay a two-day visit to Nepal. (Final day)
PALM SPRINGS, CA – 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. (To Jan. 15)
BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets with her Luxembourg counterpart, Xavier Bettel, where they will discuss current European and foreign policy issues – 1200 GMT.
BRUSSELS - EU Commissioners attend a special meeting at start of Belgium's six-month rotating presidency of EU, followed by a press conference with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo.
SAUDI ARABIA - Stage of Dakar Rally 2024. (To Jan 19)
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** BEIRUT - The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell travels to Lebanon for a series of meetings with top officials.
ANKARA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Turkey to discuss bilateral and regional issues.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 7BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi National Parliament Election. PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 45th anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime.
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** BEIJING - The president of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu will pay a state visit to China. (To Jan. 12)
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden with military honours at Berlin's chancellery before they speak to reporters – 1400 GMT.
ATHENS - EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson joins discussion with Greek Migration Minister Dimitirs Kairidis on European migration policies – 1000 GMT.
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** HELSINKI - Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa visits Helsinki and meets with Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen and President Sauli Niinisto.
MANILA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo travels to the Philippines for a three-day official visit. (To Jan. 11)
MANILA - Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs Retno L.P. Marsudi will meet in Manila for the convening of the Ministerial Meeting of the 7th Philippines-Indonesia Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC).
PARIS - OECD Economic Survey Denmark.
BHUTAN - Bhutanese National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will convene a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council.
SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE - Princess Anne, the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, will visit Sri Lanka. (To Jan. 13)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 11PARIS - OECD Economic Survey of Japan.
SINT MAARTEN - Election for Staten (Sint Maarten Parliament). WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 13th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 12BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo in Beijing. HAITI - 14th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.
BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2023. (To Jan. 21)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 13TAIWAN - Election for Taiwanese Presidency.
TAIWAN - Taiwanese Election for Taiwanese Legislative Yuan.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 14COMOROS - Election for Comoran Presidency. TUNISIA - 14th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
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** BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar in Berlin – 0900 GMT.
BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds 2024 annual meeting in Davos. (To Jan. 19)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 16DAVOS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud and Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speak at the 'Securing an Insecure World' at the World Economic Forum held in Davos – 1200 GMT.
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 19PARIS - OECD Economic Survey of Italy.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 21LIECHTENSTEIN – Liechtenstein referendum election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 22BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To Jan. 23)
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24CAPE TOWN - World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 25EGYPT - 13th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 26NEW 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 29BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 30BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To Jan. 31)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 1)
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** GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.
BRUSSELS - EU-Indo-Pacific Forum and EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)
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** 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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** LOS ANGELES - 66th Annual Grammy Awards.
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** GLOBAL - International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation.
** GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2024.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani Presidency Election.
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** 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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** RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2024 (To Feb. 17)
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** NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras.
** BEIRUT - 16th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah.
** GLOBAL - World Radio Day.
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** 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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** BERLIN – 74th Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 25)
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** PRISTINA - 16th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.
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** LONDON - 77th British Academy Film Awards.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19BRUSSELS - 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 25GEORGETOWN - 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)
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