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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 9  
    

    • MONTREAL, Canada - Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne meets British counterpart Dominic Raab for talks on Iran plane crash.
    • TUNIS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visits Tunisia where he is set to meet Tunisian President Kais Saied and officials including Prime Minister Habib Jemli.
    • BAGHDAD - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Iraq.
    • BRUSSELS - Head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and new Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban meet in Brussels to give joint statements - 0800 GMT.

    CAIRO/DJIBOUTI/ASMARA/GITEGA/HARARE - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay official visits to Egypt, Djibouti, Eritrea, Burundi and Zimbabwe (to Jan. 13). PALM SPRINGS, Ca – 31st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (to Jan. 13). BEIJING - Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will pay an official visit to China (final day).

    ZAGREB - Joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenkovic, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel - 1215 GMT.

    NEW DELHI – Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena will visit India (to Jan. 10).

    MANILA - Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu meets with Philippine counterpart Teodoro Locsin for bilateral talks during his visit to the Philippines - 0300 GMT. LAUSANNE, Switzerland - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics (to Jan 22). NEW YORK – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to visit New York. ZAGREB - European Commission visits Croatia as the nation starts its Presidency of the Council of the EU (to Jan. 10).

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    BRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers hold an emergency meeting in Brussels to discuss ways to save the Iran nuclear deal - 1400 GMT.

    TALLINN - Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin to visit Estonia. PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets the President of the European Council Charles Michel and Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel at the Elysee palace - 1200 GMT. JAKARTA - Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu visits Indonesia. BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2020 (to Jan. 19).

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    SATURDAY, JANUARY 11 
    

    • ISTANBUL, Turkey - European Council President Charles Michel will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. CAIRO - President of the European Council Charles Michel travels to Cairo to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. MOSCOW - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to make a working visit to Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin. WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 9th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement. TAIWAN - Taiwanese Legislative Yuan election. TAIWAN – Referendum election.
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    SUNDAY, JANUARY 12 
    

    • HARARE - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will hold a press conference during a two-day trip to Zimbabwe - 1700 GMT. RIYADH/MUSCAT/ABU DHABI - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Saudi Arabia, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates - (to Jan. 15)

    BRUSSELS - President of the European Council Charles Michel meets with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz - 1630 GMT. MOSCOW - Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, will visit Uzbekistan (to Jan. 13). HAITI - 10th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 13 
    

    WASHINGTON D.C.- The Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan plan to meet in Washington to resolve their dispute over a massive dam project on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia - 1900 GMT. ABU DHABI - International Water Summit 2020 (to Jan. 16). ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2020 (to Jan. 16).

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 
    

    COLOMBO - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena - 0530 GMT. MOSCOW - Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves on his first-ever visit to Russia (to Jan. 17). STRASBOURG, France - European Commission's vice-presidents, Vera Jourova and Dubravka Suica, present the bloc's executive plan for its Conference on the Future of Europe. TUNISIA – 9th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

    BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis will present the EU's Sustainable Investment Plan in Brussels.

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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 
    

    MOSCOW - The Gaidar Forum 2020 (to Jan. 16).

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    FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 
    

    Paris - OECD ministerial meeting on migration.

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 20 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting DAVOS, Switzerland - 2020 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. (to Jan. 24)

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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis will present the "Review of the Stability and Growth Pact."

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    THURSDAY, January 23 
    

    ZAGREB — EU informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers (to Jan. 24).

    JERUSALEM – Charles, Prince of Wales, to visit Israel and attend the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem at the invitation of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.

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    FRIDAY, January 24 
    

    BETHLEHEM - Britain's Prince Charles visits Bethlehem, meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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    SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 
    

    EGYPT – 9th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, which marked a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

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    SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 
    

    LOS ANGELES - 2020 Grammy Awards

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

    TUESDAY - Costa Book of the Year will be announced.

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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 
    

    GREECE - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets French President Emmanuel Macron.

    BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Vice-President Sefcovic present the executive's 2020 work programme in Brussels. BRUSSELS - Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell presents the EU's enlargement methodology.

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 
    

    NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES - 2020 Writers Guild Awards

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 
    

    GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 
    

    GLOBAL - World Cancer Day. SAPPORO, Japan – 2020 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 5)

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager holds debate with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell on the European Defence in Brussels.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 2020

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 
    

    VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2020 (to Feb. 25).

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 
    

    GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2020

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 
    

    BEIRUT - 12th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day.

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 
    

    GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 15th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. LONDON - London Fashion Week February 2020 (to Feb. 18).

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 
    

    PRISTINA - 12th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 
    

    LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2020 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 
    

    BERLIN – 70th Berlin International Film Festival (to Mar. 1). VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2020

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 
    

    RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2020 (to Feb. 26).

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY  22 
    

    RIYADH - G20 finance ministers, central bank governors meeting in Riyadh (to Feb. 23). TOGO - Referendum.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 
    

    NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2020

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 5 
    

    VIENNA - 178th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference.

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 6 
    

    VIENNA - 8th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 12  
    

    • BRUSSELS - European foreign affairs ministers meet for talks in Brussels.
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