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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, JANUARY 8
** SINGAPORE - Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand is visiting Singapore. (To Jan 11)
** RIYADH - European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud during a visit to Riyadh.
** CAIRO - German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock to visit Egypt. (to Jan 09)
** PARIS - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire speaks during his New Year address to France's economic actors and the press at the French finance ministry in Paris – 1000 GMT
** WARSAW - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa visits Warsaw, meets Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. – 1430 GMT
** ABU DHABI - United States secretary of state, Antony Blinken, visits the UAE and meets President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed as part of a Middle East tour.
** CAIRO - Palestinians President Mahmoud Abbas meets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo for talks concerning the ongoing war in Gaza.
** LONDON - Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence of India, will leave on a two-day visit to the United Kingdom. (to Jan 09)
** SAUDI ARABIA - United States secretary of state, Antony Blinken, visits the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and meets officials as part of a Middle East tour. LISBON/COPENHAGEN - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan will make an official visit to Portugal and Denmark. (To Jan. 9)
PALM SPRINGS, CA – 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. (To Jan. 15)
SAUDI ARABIA - Stage of Dakar Rally 2024. (To Jan 19) 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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** TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz. He will also meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet in Tel Aviv as part of a Middle East tour. (to Jan 10)
** BISHKEK - Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, will visit Kyrgyzstan upon the invitation of Jeenbek Kulubayev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic. 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.
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** HELSINKI - Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot meets with Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen in Finland.
** STOCKHOLM - Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa visits Stockholm and meets with Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström.
** RAMALLAH - United States secretary of state, Antony Blinken, visits West Bank to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas – 1200 GMT BRUSSELS - 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 11
** COLOMBO - Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki to Visit Sri Lanka (To Jan 12) PARIS - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 15BERLIN - 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)
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** DAVOS - Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani speaks at an event at the World Economic Forum held in Davos. – 0845 GMT
** DAVOS - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks at an event about 'Europe in the New Global Economy' at the World Economic Forum held in Davos. – 1200 GMT DAVOS - 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17** DAVOS - Polish President Andrzej Duda, Hungary's President Katalin Novak, Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenovic and Leader of the Democratic Forces of Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, speak at event ‘Defending Europe's United Front' at the World Economic Forum held in Davos. – 0800 GMT
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 18** MADRID - Spain´s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares to participate in economy forum in Madrid – 0800 GMT
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** DAVOS - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, ECB President Christine Lagarde and German Finance Minister Christian Lindner speak in Davos – 1000 GMT
** MADRID – Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares to speak in economy forum in Madrid – 0800 GMT
PARIS - 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.
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** 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 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)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2GLOBAL - 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 5LOS 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 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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