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---------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events---------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, NOV. 13
- MOSCOW - Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and Asdrubal Chavez, PDVSA President visit Moscow.
- RIYADH - Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of the G20 countries on Friday.
- WASHINGTON DC - Finance officials from China, the United States and other Group of 20 major economies will hold an extraordinary meeting on Friday to work on a common framework for dealing with debt issues of the world's poorest countries amid increasing warnings that debt reductions will be needed. - 1030 GMT
- WASHINGTON DC - Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller hosts Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis at Pentagon. - 1430 GMT GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) resumes its annual ministerial assembly, focusing on pandemic (to Nov.14)
HANOI - 37th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits (to Nov. 15)
HANOI - Vietnam host ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) in Hanoi (to November 15). CAPE TOWN - Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera to visit South Africa amid Bushiri problems (Final Day) RIGA - Latvian President meets with the Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya - 1330 GMT ANKARA - Russian delegation will visit Turkey to discuss the creation of a joint monitoring center in Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a news conference in Baku. HANOI - Leaders from Mekong countries (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam) and Japan meet via video link on the sidelines of the 37th ASEAN Summit. PARIS/TBILSI/Jerusalem/Doha/Abu Dhabi/Riyadh - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a briefing at the State Department that he would leave Friday for France and would then visit Turkey, Georgia, Israel, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia (to Nov. 23). YANGON, Myanmar – 9th Anniversary of release of Myanmar's Detained Opposition Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest. BERLIN - German Health Minister Jens Spahn speaks alongside the labour minister and family minister - 1200 GMT.
BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meet on a contentious new pact on migration in the EU.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOV. 14HANOI - Leaders from ASEAN countries and Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, U.S and South Korea meet via video link on the sidelines of the 37th ASEAN Summit.
HANOI - Leaders of East Asia Summit meet via video link on the sidelines of the 37th ASEAN Summit. GLOBAL - World Diabetes Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOV. 15BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Prince Charles at Berlin's Schloss Bellevue castle before the British royal and his wife Camilla attend an official Remembrance Day ceremony. - 1030 GMT HANOI - Leaders from ASEAN countries and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres meet via video link on the sidelines of the 37th ASEAN Summit.
HANOI - Vietnam wraps up the 37th ASEAN Summit with leaders from Southeast Asian countries attending via video link. Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan is expected to deliver a speech at the closing ceremony and make a statement afterwards. GLOBAL - World day of remembrance for road traffic victims. BOSNIA - Bosnia holds local elections
BRAZIL - Brazilian municipal elections (first round).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOV. 16
- TAIPEI CITY - Taiwanese economic and trade officials brief ahead of the APEC virtual summit in Malaysia. - 0130 GMT
- PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron will meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Paris. GENEVA - UN and WTO officials discuss with ministers ideas for a sustainable recovery from COVID-19 in virtual meeting. - 1500 GMT GLOBAL - International day for tolerance. BERLIN - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier speaks at the opening of the 2020 SME Assembly for the German presidency - 0900 GMT. KUALA LUMPUR - Foreign and trade ministers belonging to the APEC economies meet virtually to discuss policies relating to trade and international affairs during the APEC-Ministerial Meeting in Malaysia.
BERLIN - European leaders and heads of state meet in Berlin for an informal summit to discuss China.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOV. 17
- OTTAWA - Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne and Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar meet to Discuss Canada-India Relations in the Era of COVID-19 - 1330 GMT. BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meets with Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian Riad al-Maliki in Berlin - 0900 GMT. TBILISI - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will pay a two-day visit to Georgia (To Nov. 18) BRUSSELS - European affairs ministers of the 27-nation bloc meet via videoconference on the mid-November deadline for sealing a new Brexit trade deal. GLOBAL - World Prematurity Day. JOHANNESBURG - South Africa holds its annual investment conference, with this year's gathering focused on helping drive an economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic (to Nov. 18). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18 GLOBAL - World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day.
VUKOVAR, Croatia – 29th anniversary of Vukovar massacre. On Nov. 18, 1991, Serb militia and Yugoslav army troops who refused to accept Croatia's Independence captured the once prosperous, ethnically mixed town on the banks of the Danube, after reducing it to rubble in a brutal three-month siege. BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president and climate chief Frans Timmermans presents the bloc's offshore renewable energy strategy.
BRUSSELS - The president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and EU Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis present the Commission's opinions on the draft budgetary plans.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOV. 19
- BRUSSELS - European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen gives keynote speech at the EU Parliament's "High-level interparliamentary conference on migration and asylum in Europe." BRUSSELS - Leaders of the 27 countries forming the European Union will hold their second videoconference to discuss the EU's response to the COVID-19 pandemic - 1700 GMT KUALA LUMPUR - Business pioneers in the Asia-Pacific interact virtually with economic leaders, policymakers and academia on current issues during the APEC-CEO Summit in Malaysia. (To Nov. 20)
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOV. 20KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia will convene the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting (AELM) virtually.
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOV. 21RIYADH - Saudi Arabia hosts the 15th annual G20 Leaders Summit in Riyadh (to Nov. 22)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOV. 22BURKINA FASO – Referendum election. BURKINA FASO - Burkinabe National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOV. 23BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOV. 24BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas presents the bloc's pharmaceutical strategy. He will also speak on the EU's preparedness and resilience in health emergency situations. BRUSSELS - European Commissioner vice-president Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on the EU's action plan on intellectual property.
BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic speaks to press regarding better regulation in the EU.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25GLOBAL - International day for the elimination of violence against women. LONDON - British finance minister Rishi Sunak will announce a one-year plan for government spending which, he says, will focus on tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and delivering on the government's plans to protect jobs.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOV. 26MUMBAI, India - 12th anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on Nov. 26, 2008 lasted nearly three days and left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOV. 29TEHRAN, Iran – 9th Anniversary of an Attack on the British Embassy by Dozens of Iranian Students and Protesters Angry over Britain's Unilateral Sanctions. BRAZIL - Brazilian municipal elections (second round).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOV. 30ATHENS - Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Athens following a recent online meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias. BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet to discuss IMF Article IV review mission to the euro area, economic performance of Cyprus, Portugal, Ireland, Spain, Greece, the preparation of the December Euro Summit - 1400 GMT. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DEC. 1
- BRUSSELS - Video conference of EU-ASEAN Foreign Ministers. TOKYO - Japan's economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura speaks at Nikkei-hosted seminar on making Japan a global financial hub - 2330 GMT. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2
- BRUSSELS - Video conference of EU Health Ministers. BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Vera Jourova presents the European democracy action plan, a new strategy for the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and a communication on the digitalization of the justice systems.
BRUSSELS - European Commissioner vice-president Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on the EU's digital services act.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DEC. 3BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Dec. 04)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DEC. 6Romania - Romanian Senate election.
Romania - Romanian Chamber of Deputies election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DEC. 7ACCRA - Ghana holds presidential and parliamentary elections.
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DEC. 8LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9HANOI - 14th ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) (to Dec. 11) HANOI - 7th ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMMPlus) (to Dec. 11) BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager speaks on Horizon Europe research and innovation missions.
BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas presents the bloc's action plan for beating cancer.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DEC. 10BRUSSELS - European Council arrives for a two-day summit.( to December 11)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DEC. 14
- BRUSSELS - Video conference of EU Energy Ministers. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DEC. 15 BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-presidents Margrethe Vestager, Margaritis Schinas and Josep Borrell give a news conference on the EU's cybersecurity strategy.
BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas presents the EU's proposal for additional measures on critical infrastructure protection and on the strengthening of Europol’s mandate.
BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis gives a news conference on strengthening Europe's economic and financial sovereignty as well as fair minimum wages for workers in the EU.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet to assess euro area member states' Draft Budgetary Plans, euro area budgetary situation and prospects and euro area recommendations for 2021.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DEC. 17BRUSSELS - Economic and Financial Affairs Council
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DEC. 27CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Presidential election.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Central African National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DEC. 31ITALY - Presidential election.
LIBERIA - Liberian Senate election.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JAN. 1TALLINN – 10th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JAN. 4BURMA – 73rd anniversary of Burma's independence.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JAN. 11WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 10th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JAN. 12HAITI - 11th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.
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