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    THURSDAY, JAN. 6 
    
    • NAIROBI - Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi is scheduled to meet with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta during his two-day stay in the East African country - – 0700 GMT
    • TOKYO - Japan and Australia hold a signing ceremony to beef up the bilateral cooperation at the Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's official residence in Tokyo – 0400 GMT
    • GENEVA, Switzerland - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), gives news conference on the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic – 1400 GMT
    • PRAGUE - Czech Finance Minister Zbynek Stanjura will present the final 2021 budget deficit result – 0930 GMT

    TOKYO - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin via video link to discuss security and bilateral alliance – 2230 GMT

    VIENNA - South Korea's vice minister of foreign affairs, Choi Jong-Kun, will visit Vienna (to Jan.9)

    KYIV – European Union High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell will visit Ukraine (final day)

    ASMARA/NAIROBI/MORONI - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to visit Eritrea, Kenya and the Comoros (to Jan. 7)

    MOSCOW – Russian Presidential Administration Deputy Head Dmitry Kozak will hold talks with Normandy format German and French counterparts in Moscow.

    KYIV - High Representative of tzzhe European Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell visits Ukraine - 0830 GMT.

    SYDNEY – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida departs for Sydney, Australia to meet his counterpart Prime Minister Scott Morrison to strengthen Japan-Australia cooperation.

    PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes the president of the European Commission Ursula van der Leyen and the European commissioners in Paris, to mark the beginning of the 6-month French presidency of the European Union.

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    FRIDAY, JAN. 7 
    
    • OSLO - Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt to give media briefing following NATO's meeting on Russia-Ukraine situation – 1500 GMT

    BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will brief the media in his capacity as Chair of the NATO-Russia Council - 1230 GMT

    BRUSSELS - NATO foreign ministers hold video meeting to discuss Ukraine – 0900 GMT

    PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at the Elysee Palace – 0830 GMT

    NAYPYIDAW - Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen will visit Myanmar. (To Jan. 8)

    PALM SPRINGS, Ca - 32th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (To Jan. 18).

    PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 43rd anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime.

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    SATURDAY, JAN. 8 
    
    • HANOI - Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh visits Vietnam. (To Jan. 10)

    COLOMBO - China Foreign Minister Wang Yi on an official visit to Sri Lanka (to Jan. 9)

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    SUNDAY, JAN. 9 
    
    • NEW DELHI - Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will embark on a four-day visit to India. (To Jan. 12)
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    MONDAY, JAN. 10 
    
    • BRUSSELS - The head of NATO Jens Stoltenberg meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Brussels – 0930 GMT

    ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock give a joint news conference after meeting in Rome – 1030 GMT

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    TUESDAY, JAN. 11 
    
    • BRATISLAVA - Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala will visit Slovakia and he will meet with his Slovak counterpart Eduard Heger, as well as with the country's President Zuzana Čaputová.

    WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 11th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.

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    WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12 
    

    BRUSSELS - NATO ambassadors and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov will hold talks in Brussels – 1230 GMT

    ABU DHABI - UAE Energy Forum. Speakers at the UAE Energy Forum to include the Emirati energy minister, OPEC's secretary-general and the CEO of Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation.

    BREST, France - Informal meeting of EU defence ministers (to Jan. 13).

    HAITI - 12th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.

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    THURSDAY, JAN. 13 
    

    PARIS - OECD Economic Survey: Slovakia

    BREST - EU Foreign ministers gather in Brest for an informal meeting to discuss international affairs. The meeting is chaired by the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell (to Jan. 14).

    MADRID - Spain's economy minister, Nadia Calvino, speaks at Forum Europe meeting organized by Nueva Economia - 0800 GMT.

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    FRIDAY, JAN. 14 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2022 (to Jan. 23).

    TUNISIA – 12th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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    MONDAY, JAN. 17  
    

    BRUSSELS - Meeting of euro zone finance ministers in Brussels

    BRUSSELS - Eurogroup Meeting.

    ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2022 (to Jan. 19).

    DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2022 Annual Meeting (to Jan 21).

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    TUESDAY, JAN. 18 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19 
    

    BRIDGETOWN - Barbados holds general election.

    PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Switzerland

    STRASBOURG, France - French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg France's presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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    FRIDAY, JAN. 21 
    

    DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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    MONDAY, JAN. 24 
    

    LIBYA – President election.

    TRIPOLI - 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 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

    EGYPT – 11th Anniversary of beginning of 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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    SUNDAY, JAN. 30 
    

    LISBON - Portugal holds general election.

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    MONDAY, JAN. 31 
    

    LOS ANGELES - 64th Annual Grammy Awards

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    WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2 
    

    GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

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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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    TUESDAY, FEB. 8 
    

    GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2022

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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 
    

    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 
    

    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 
    

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

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    Feb 27 
    

    MALI - Mali Presidential Election.

    MALI - Malian National Assembly.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 3 
    

    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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