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** ABU DHABI - Malaysian King and Queen Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah arrive in UAE for special visit in conjunction with COP28 (To Dec. 4)
** KUALA LUMPUR - India's Minister of State for External Affairs and Education Rajkumar Ranjan Singh will visit Malaysia.
** MUSCAT - Switzerland President Alain Berset to visit Oman prior to UN Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai.
** ABU DHABI - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Dubai to attend the UN Climate Change Conference (To Dec. 2)
** BRUSSELS - The European Defence Agency holds its annual conference with speeches by EU figures including the head of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen. The theme of the conference is "Powering up European Defence" and will address strengthening EU defence capabilities - 0900 GMT. BUDAPEST/ SOFIA - Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture (MoS) Meenakashi Lekhi to visit Hungary and Republic of Bulgaria (To Dec. 1)
NEW YORK - Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam will hold a working visit to New York (To Dec. 4) ASTANA / ASHGABAT - Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang to visit Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. (Final day) TOKYO - President of Vietnam Vo Van Thuong will pay an official visit to Japan. (Final day)
HANOI - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Vietnam.
ABU DHABI - Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov will make a working visit to the United Arab Emirates. (To Dec. 2) PRAGUE - Czech Defence Minister Jana Cernochova hosts new Slovak counterpart Robert Kalinak in Prague - 1345 GMT.
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden meets with President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço of Angola at the White House. LONDON - Britain's Prince of Wales William and Princess Catherine along with Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attend the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. – 1800 GMT VIENNA - OPEC+, which groups the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies led by Russia, meet on Nov. 30 in Vienna to agree on their production policy amid heightened tension in the Middle East. BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck takes part in "tech for a sustainable future" being organized by Infineon - 1800 GMT. SKOPJE - 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 Dec. 12) BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1** HANOI - China's top diplomat Wang Yi will travel to Vietnam from Dec. 1-2 for a meeting on bilateral cooperation (To Dec. 2)
** ABU DHABI - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet on the sidelines of the COP28 climate conference in Dubai to discuss the conclusion of negotiations on the trade accord between the European Union and Mercosur.
** MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin holds a joint press briefing with Australia's Minister of Defence Richard Marles and British Minister of Defence Grant Shapps in Mountain View, California to provide an update on the Australia-United Kingdom-United States Security Partnership (AUKUS) - 0100 GMT. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - COP28 world climate action summit. (To Dec 2)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3HANOI – Malaysian Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan on a working visit to Vietnam. VENEZUELA - Venezuela Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 4DOHA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan pays an official visit to Qatar, with talks likely to focus on the situation in Gaza (To Dec. 5) BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with military honors in Berlin - 0815 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (Dec. 5)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5PARIS - French finance and economy minister Bruno Le Maire hosts a summit on climate and growth, bringing together scientific and economic experts, to speak of challenges to keeping commitments to the Paris climate deal - 1000 GMT.
BERLIN - Belgium's royal couple visit Germany (To Dec. 7) TOKYO - Japan's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda speaks with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Asian Development Bank President Masatsugu Asakawa at a session during the ASEAN+3 Economic Cooperation and Financial Stability Forum (AMRO Forum 2023) - 0130 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - 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 11TALLINN - Baltic Presidents meet in Tallinn. BRUSSELS - 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 17CHAD - Chad Referendum Election. SERBIA - 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 7BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi National Parliament Election. PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 45th anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 9BHUTAN - Bhutanese National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 11SINT MAARTEN - Election for Staten (Sint Maarten Parliament). WASHINGTON/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)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 13TAIWAN - Election for Taiwanese Presidency.
TAIWAN - Taiwanese Election for Taiwanese Legislative Yuan.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 14COMOROS - Election for Comoran Presidency. TUNISIA - 14th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 15BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds 2024 annual meeting in Davos. (To Jan. 19)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 16BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 22BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 28FINLAND - Finland holds presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 29BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)
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