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- BUCHAREST - President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu will pay an official visit to Romania.
- LONDON - Final day of Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to UK. On Tuesday, he holds official meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Downing Street. TOKYO - Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh left Hanoi for Tokyo for an official visit of four days to boost bilateral ties (to Nov. 25).
SEOUL - Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada will make a state visit to South Korea next week to discuss a range of bilateral and global issues with President Moon Jae-in (to Nov. 24) DUBAI - UAE and Israeli energy ministers meet in Dubai to discuss opportunities for UAE, Israeli and American companies.
TOKYO - Vietnam's Defence Minister General Phan Van Giang meets with Japanese counterpart Nobuo Kishi, holds a signing ceremony in Tokyo - 0600 GMT.
BRUSSELS - European affairs ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the December leaders' summit, the response to the COVID crisis and relations with Britain - 0730 GMT.
SOCHI - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Sochi.
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to host Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on an official state visit to explore new areas of economic, trade and investment cooperation - 0700 GMT.
STRASBOURG - European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address EU parliament on the conclusions of the October leaders' summit - 1400 GMT.
MOSCOW – President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas will pay an official visit to Russia.
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
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- ACCRA - Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen to visit Ghana (to Nov.25).
- ANKARA - Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will pay an official visit to Turkey.
- ZAGREB - French President Emmanuel Macron heads to Croatia to ink strategic partnership, Rafale deal (to Nov. 25).
- BRUSSELS - EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager delivers a keynote speech at the European Innovation Council Summit, in Brussels.
- RABAT - Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz visits Morocco (to Nov. 25).
- SARAJEVO - EU Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi visits Bosnia (to Nov. 25). TOKYO - Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visiting Japan meets with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The two will hold a joint news conference following their meeting.
TOKYO - Denmark's Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod meets with Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi in Tokyo - 0230 GMT.
BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen takes part in a EU parliament debate on the outcomes of the COP26 climate conference - 0800 GMT.
BOGOTA - U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Colombia's President Ivan Duque will hold a press conference at the close of Guterres' visit to mark five years since the signing of a peace deal between the FARC rebels and the government - 2100 GMT.
RABAT - Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz will visit Morocco and sign an agreement with his counterpart on enhancing security cooperation (to Nov. 25).
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- ROME - Italian and French leaders Mario Draghi and Emmanuel Macron will sign an accord to try to tilt the balance of power in Europe after the departure of German Chancellor Angela Merkel (to Nov. 26).
- BERN/MOSCOW - Vietnam's president, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, visits Switzerland, Russia.
- ROME - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace - 1605 GMT.
BRUSSELS - Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) via video conference. (Nov. 26)
GLOBAL – International day for the elimination of violence against women.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOV. 26VATICAN CITY - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Pope Francis at Vatican - 0930 GMT.
MUMBAI, India - 13th 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. 28TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Presidential election.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduran National Congress election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOV. 29LONDON - Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo travels to the UK on Monday where he visits the Oxford University and the Oxford Science Enterprises. He will give a speech on EU-UK relations on Monday night at the Oxford Union Society. On Tuesday he meets with Boris Johnson in a bilateral meeting in London. (To Nov. 30)
GENEVA - WHO holds special assembly of health ministers on reform, potential pandemic treaty (to Dec.1).
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.
TEHRAN, Iran – 10th anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters over Britain's unilateral sanctions.
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- MADRID - Spain's economy minister, Nadia Calvino, closes annual financial conference - 1240 GMT. RIGA - Latvia will be hosting a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers for the first time. To address current security challenges. (To Dec. 1)
GENEVA, Switzerland - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting (to Dec 3)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1GLOBAL - World AIDS Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DEC. 2LONDON - OPEC+ holds ministerial meeting to set production policy.
NICOSIA/ATHENS - Pope Francis will visit Cyprus and Greece (to Dec. 6)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DEC. 3PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Denmark 2021.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, DEC. 4BANJUL, Gambia - Presidential elections.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DEC. 6BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers to discuss 2022 draft budgets, euro summit – 1400 GMT
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DEC.7BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8MOSCOW - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled to make a visit to Moscow.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DEC. 9MADRID – President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades will visit Spain.
BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Dec 10).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DEC. 10LONDON - UK hosts G7 summit of foreign and development ministers in Liverpool (to Dec. 12).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, DEC. 11PALESTINE - Palestinians to hold local election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DEC. 13BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DEC. 14BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15BRUSSELS - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan meet in Brussels to discuss tensions that led to border clashes with several troops killed in November.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DEC. 16DHAKA - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Dhaka to attend Bangladesh’s Victory Day celebrations.
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Dec 17).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DEC. 24TRIPOLI, Libya - Presidential elections.
TRIPOLI, Libya - Referendum election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JAN. 1TALLINN – 12th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JAN. 2SAUDI ARABIA – Stage of Dakar Rally 2022 (To. Jan. 14)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JAN. 4BURMA – 74th anniversary of Burma's independence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JAN. 7PALM 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JAN. 11WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 11th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12HAITI - 12th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.
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- MADRID - Spain's economy minister, Nadia Calvino, speaks at Forum Europe meeting organized by Nueva Economia - 0800 GMT. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, JAN. 14
BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2022 (to Jan. 23).
TUNISIA – 12th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JAN. 17BRUSSELS - Eurogroup Meeting.
ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2022 (to Jan. 19).
DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2022 Annual Meeting (to Jan 21).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JAN. 18BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JAN. 21DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JAN. 24BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
LOME, Togo – World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JAN. 25BRUSSELS - 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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