Political and General News Events from Jan. 18

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—————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————– TUESDAY, JAN. 18 ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will give a speech at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda virtual conference. – 1000 GMT

** DAVOS, Switzerland – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda online event. – 1100 GMT

** BERLIN – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speak to reporters after their talks, likely to focus on the Ukraine crisis. – 1245 GMT

** ANKARA – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hosts Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at the presidential palace. After talks, they will sign agreements and hold a joint news conference – 1300 GMT

** KYIV – Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly meets with her Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv – 1700 GMT

** NAIROBI – The President of the Republic of Hungary, Janos Ader on 4-day State Visit to Kenya (to Jan. 19).

PALM SPRINGS, Ca – 32th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (final day). BRUSSELS – European Motor Show Brussels 2022 (to Jan. 23).

AMMAN/ BAKU – Deputy Foreign Minister of Malaysia Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to Jordan and Azerbaijan (to Jan. 23). ABU DHABI/ RIYADH/ CAIRO – President of South Korea Moon Jae-in will visit three countries in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. (To Jan. 22) ABU DHABI – World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2022 (to Jan. 19). DAVOS, Switzerland – World Economic Forum 2022 Annual Meeting (to Jan 21).

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – South Korean President Moon Jae-in visits Saudi Arabia (to Jan. 19).

MOSCOW – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visits Moscow.

SKOPJE – Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kiril Petkov will visit Skopje. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19 ** KYIV – US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. ** MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will meet to discuss complex issues of bilateral cooperation, as well as topical international and regional issues. ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Saudi energy minister, IAE head address panel discussion at WEF Davos Agenda conference – 1200 GMT

** BERLIN – German President Steinmeier meets Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Stoere at bellevue Castle – 1300 GMT

BERLIN – German Chancellor Scholz and Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Stoere hold joint news conference following their talks in Berlin – 1830 GMT.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi hosts virtual forum to promote sustainable finance and investments. BRIDGETOWN – Barbados holds general election. STRASBOURG, France – French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg France’s presidency of the Council of the European Union. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JAN. 20

BERLIN – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Berlin to discuss the Ukraine crisis with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock.

** DAVOS, Switzerland – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda online event. – 0800 GMT

** DAVOS, Switzerland – Indonesian President Joko Widodo addresses World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda online event. – 0800 GMT

** PARIS – OECD Economic Surveys: Switzerland

** BERLIN – German President Steinmeier meets with Swiss President Ignazio Cassis in Berlin – 1400 GMT

** DAVOS, Switzerland – WTO head, U.S. trade represenative addresses World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda online event – 1530 GMT

FRIDAY, JAN. 21 ** TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden meet virtually to discuss the two nations’ economies, security matters, climate change and other bilateral issues.

DAVOS, Switzerland – World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JAN. 24 PARIS – OECD Economic Surveys: Mexico LIBYA – President election. TRIPOLI – Election for Libyan house of representatives. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. LOME, Togo – World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JAN. 25 BRUSSELS – 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. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26 STOCKHOLM – Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway pay an official visit to Sweden (to Jan. 28). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JAN. 27 KUALA LUMPUR – The Defence Ministers of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines will meet to discuss efforts to strengthen the Trilateral Cooperative Arrangement to boost security in the Sulu Sea, Sulawesi and Sabah’s east coast. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, JAN. 28 PARIS – OECD Economic Survey: Romania – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JAN. 30 LISBON – Portugal holds general election. – – – – – – – – –

MONDAY, JAN. 31 PARIS – OECD Economic Survey: New Zealand LOS ANGELES – 64th Annual Grammy Awards – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2 GLOBAL – World Wetlands Day. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, FEB. 3 BEIJING – Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan will pay a three-day visit to China to attend the opening ceremony of Winter Olympics Games, Beijing 2022 at the invitation of Chinese leadership (to Feb. 5). LILLE, France – EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers (to Feb. 4)

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FRIDAY, FEB. 4 GLOBAL – World Cancer Day. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, FEB. 5 SAPPORO, Japan – 2022 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 12). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, FEB. 6 GLOBAL – International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. COSTA RICA – Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Election. COSTA RICA – Presidential Election. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 8 GLOBAL – Safer Internet Day 2022 – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, FEB. 10 BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20). – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, FEB. 12 VENICE, Italy – Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, FEB. 13 MARSEILLE, France – EU trade ministers meet in Marseille (to Feb 14)

BERLIN – German presidential election at the Reichstag in Berlin

BEIRUT – 14th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL – World Radio Day. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB. 14 GLOBAL – Valentine’s Day. BEIRUT – 17th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, FEB. 17 PRISTINA – 14th anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia. BRUSSELS – Brussels hosts the European Union – African Union summit. (To Feb. 18) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 18 SINGAPORE – Singapore’s finance minister Lawrence Wong to deliver the 2022 fiscal year budget – 0600 GMT – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB. 21 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 22 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 25

PARIS – EU Informal meeting of ministers for the economy and finance (to Feb. 26). RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio Carnival 2022. (to Mar. 5). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, Feb 27 MALI – Mali Presidential Election. MALI – Malian National Assembly election. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 1

WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress. – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, MARCH 3 ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to March 4) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 SOUTH KOREA – South Korea holds Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MARCH 13 COLOMBIA – Colombian House of Representatives election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 14 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 15 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16

AMSTERDAM – Netherlands holds municipal elections. – – – – – – – – –

MONDAY, MARCH 21 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 22 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 24 BRUSSELS – European Council meeting (to March 25).

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