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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21** HELSINKI - Finnish Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen and Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson participate in a panel discussion at the annual Hanating Nordic defense and security policy forum Finland.
** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosts a meeting in Moscow to discuss the situation in Gaza with foreign ministers from members of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation - 1100 GMT.
** GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN - Sweden Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson hold a press conference in Gothenburg in connection with a visit to the customs in the harbour of the western Swedish city - 1500 GMT.
** MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin hosts Tajikistan counterpart Imomali Rakhmon in Moscow for talks - 1100 GMT.
** JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will chair a BRICS extraordinary meeting on Tuesday to discuss the Israel-Palestinian conflict. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will participate in the virtual meeting, at the end of which the leaders of South Africa, Brazil, Russia, India, China, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates are expected to adopt a joint statement - 1300 GMT.
** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara at the Elysee Palace in Paris - 1330 GMT.
** KYIV - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius arrives for visit in Kyiv OTTAWA - Foreign Minister of Mongolia Battsetseg Batmunkh will pay an official visit to Canada at the invitation of Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly (To Nov. 22) BEIJING - Uzbekistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bakhtiyor Saidov will visit China (To Nov. 22) WARSAW - Finnish President Sauli Niinisto makes official two-day visit to Poland, discussions will include bilateral topics and regional security. (Final Day) LONDON - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol pays state visit to Britain. (To Nov 23) LONDON - Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron meets South Korean's Foreign Minister Park Jin during the state visit in London - 0830 GMT
LONDON - Britain's King Charles shows South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol a special exhibition in the picture gallery of items from the Royal Collection relating to the Republic of Korea
SKOPJE - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visits NATO member North Macedonia, where he will meet the country's leaders and address its parliament - 1500 GMT
BELGRADE - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visits Serbia, where he will meet Serbian leaders and give a news conference with President Aleksandar Vucic - 0830 GMT
STRASBOURG - Kenyan President William Ruto addresses EU Parliament - 1030 GMT
SYDNEY - Britain's Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, visits Sydney (To Nov. 22) LONDON - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks in London – 1200 GMT MOSCOW - President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon will pay an official visit to Russia. (To Nov 22) ALGIERS - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pays an official visit to Algeria. BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Montenegrin Prime Minister Jakov Milatovic in Berlin - 0900 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22** MADRID - Spain's foreign affairs minister José Manuel Albares together with his Maltese counterpart Ian Borg, holds a joint press conference after the first meeting of the Med-9 Foreign Affairs ministers - 1615 GMT.
** NEW DELHI - Finland Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio to visit India (To Nov. 23) NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts a virtual conclusion summit of G20 nations to which leaders of all member countries have been invited
MANILA - Philippines Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno and Economic Planning Minister Arsenio Balisacan tackle the country's growth prospects at the annual Pilipinas Conference of Manila-based think tank Stratbase ADR Institute - 0100 GMT SARAJEVO - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg meets with leaders of the alliance's members in the Western Balkans: Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Slovenia - 0830 GMT
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and members of her cabinet for the 32nd German-Italian government consultations before the two leaders participate in a virtual G20 summit at the end of India's presidency and attend a business forum with their respective economy ministers - 1150 GMT LONDON - British finance minister Jeremy Hunt makes his Autumn Statement budget update speech in parliament – 1230 GMT LONDON - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol holds a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street NETHERLANDS - Dutch Second Chamber election
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** JERUSALEM - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his Belgian counterpart Alexander de Croo, representing the current and upcoming rotating presidencies of the Council of the European Union, respectively, meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
** JERUSALEM - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his Belgian counterpart Alexander de Croo, representing the current and upcoming rotating presidencies of the Council of the European Union, respectively, meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. STOCKHOLM - Nordic and Baltic defence ministers meet in Stockholm. – 1100 GMT ST. JOHN'S, Canada - EU-Canada summit. (To Nov 24) PARIS - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol pays state visit to France. (To Nov 26)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24** PRAGUE - Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala will host new Slovak Prime Minister Petr Fiala - 1300 GMT.
** BERLIN - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius meets with his Czech counterpart, Jana Cernochova - 1435 GMT. DUBLIN - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, British ministers attend British-Irish Council Summit - 1215 GMT
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25GLOBAL – International day for Elimination of Violence Against Women.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26MUMBAI, India - Fifteenth 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27
** HELSINKI - Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will meet in Helsinki. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference before a meeting of alliance foreign ministers in Brussels - 1100 GMT. MADRID - Spain's Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero to speak at economy forum in Madrid - Forum Europa – 0800 GMT BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28DUBLIN - British and Irish ministers hold twice annual meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference, with the lack of government in Northern Ireland set to again dominate the agenda - 1500 GMT BRUSSELS - NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels. (To Nov. 29)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TEHRAN, Iran – Twelfth anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry over Britain's unilateral sanctions.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30SKOPJE - North Macedonia chairs a meeting of foreign ministers of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (To Dec. 1) HARARE - Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube presents the 2024 national budget amid concerns over the impact of weak global economic growth, El Nino and depressed metal prices on the country's economy, which is largely driven by agricultural and mineral commodities - 1400 GMT. DUBAI - The United nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) takes place in Dubai (to December 12) BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1DUBAI - Pope Francis arrives in Dubai to take part to the UN COP 28 Climate Summit.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3VENEZUELA - Venezuela Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 4BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (Dec. 5)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7BEIJING - EU-China summit. (To Dec 8) Brussels - Eurogroup Meeting. BRUSSELS, Belgium - Euro zone finance ministers meet on draft budget plans for 2024 - 1400 GMT
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet to discuss changes to the EU's fiscal rules on debt and deficit reduction - 0800 GMT
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10EGYPT - Egyptian Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 11BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12AMSTERDAM - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol pays state visit to Netherlands. (To Dec 13)
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13Brussels - EU-Western Balkans summit.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14BRUSSELS - European Council (To Nov. 15)
GENEVA - WTO general council meets in Geneva
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15BRUSSELS - EU leaders attend a summit in Brussels.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17SERBIA - Serbian National Assembly Election. CHILE - Chile Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC National Assembly Election.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 1TALLIN - 14th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 4BURMA - 76th anniversary of Burma's independence.
PALM SPRINGS, CA – 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. (To Jan 15)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 5SAUDI ARABIA - Stage of Dakar Rally 2024. (To Jan 19)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 7PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 45th anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 11WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 13th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 12HAITI - 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 14TUNISIA - 14th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 15DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds 2024 annual meeting in Davos. (To Jan. 19)
- - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)
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