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—————————————————————– This newspaper is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ————————————————————– THURSDAY, JAN. 13 ** WASHINGTON DC – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi at the State Department – ​​6:00 p.m. GMT. **PARIS – French Defense Minister Florence Parly and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell give a press conference following an informal meeting of the bloc’s defense ministers – 11:30 a.m. GMT. ** VIENNA – OSCE Chairman-in-Office (IOC) and Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau holds a press conference with OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid after the official inauguration of the Polish Chairmanship of the OSCE – 11.30 GMT. ** PRAGUE – European Council President Charles Michel travels to Prague, meets new Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Europe Minister Mikulas Bek to discuss the Czech EU Presidency, the upcoming Council of EU, Fit for 55, energy prices, rule of law, etc. – 11:00 GMT. BEIJING — Foreign ministers from four Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and the head of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will visit China. (Through Jan. 14) PALM SPRINGS, CA – 32nd Palm Springs International Film Festival (Through Jan. 18). BREST, France – Informal Meeting of EU Defense Ministers (Last day). BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets Estonian President Alar Karis in Brussels and holds a press conference – 09:00 GMT. BOGOTA – Colombian President Ivan Duque and Peruvian President Pedro Castilla will meet in the Colombian town of Villa de Leyva to sign cooperation agreements regarding security, trade and communications. BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a joint press conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte after their talks in Berlin. Rutte will be received beforehand with military honors – 15:30 GMT. VIENNA — Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau is chairing a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with security concerns in Europe and Russia due to be discussed at the meeting. LONDON — UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is hosting the first in-person talks of 2022 with European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic on Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol. (Till Jan 14) PARIS – OECD Economic Survey: Slovakia BREST – EU foreign ministers gather in Brest for an informal meeting on international affairs. The meeting is chaired by the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell (until 14 January). MADRID – Spain’s Economy Minister Nadia Calvino speaks at the Forum Europe meeting organized by Nueva Economia – 0800 GMT. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JAN. 14

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** KYIV – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visits Ukraine and meets his counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv. ** PARIS – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell give a press conference at the end of an informal meeting of foreign ministers of the block – 14:30 GMT. BEIJING – At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will pay a visit to China. BRUSSELS – European Motor Show Brussels 2022 (until January 23). TUNISIA – 12th anniversary of the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. – – – – – – – – –

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ABU DHABI/ RIYADH/ CAIRO — South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit three Middle Eastern countries, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. (Until January 22) – – – – – – – – –

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SUNDAY, JAN. 16 BELGRADE – Serbia Referendum election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY JAN. 17

** KYIV – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock holds talks with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv. TIRANA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Albania. BRUSSELS – Eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. ABU DHABI – World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2022 (till 19 January). DAVOS, Switzerland – Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum 2022 (till January 21). – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JAN. 18 SKOPJE – Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov will visit Skopje. BRUSSELS – Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the EU. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi is hosting a virtual forum to promote sustainable finance and investment. BRIDGETOWN – Barbados is holding general elections. PARIS – OECD Economic Studies: Switzerland STRASBOURG, France – French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg French Presidency of the Council of the European Union. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JAN. 21 DAVOS, Switzerland – World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY JAN. 24 LIBYA – Election of the President. TRIPOLI – Election for the Libyan House of Representatives. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. LOME, Togo – World Day for African and Afro-descendant Culture. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JAN. 25 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. EGYPT – 11th anniversary of the start of the 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 are on an official visit to Sweden (until January 28). – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JAN. 28 PARIS – OECD Economic Survey: Romania – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JAN. 30 LISBON – Portugal is holding legislative elections. – – – – – – – – –

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MONDAY, JAN. 31 PARIS – OECD Economic Survey: New Zealand LOS ANGELES – 64th Annual Grammy Awards – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY 2 FEB. 2 GLOBAL – World Wetlands Day. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 4 WORLD – World Cancer Day. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, FEB. 5 SAPPORO, Japan – Sapporo Snow Festival 2022 (until February 12). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, FEB. 6 GLOBAL – International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. COSTA RICA – Election to the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica. COSTA RICA – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY FEB. 8 WORLDWIDE – Safer Internet Day 2022 – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY 2 FEB. 10 BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (until February 20). – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, FEB. 12 VENICE, Italy – Carnival of Venice 2022 (until March 1). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, FEB. 13 MARSEILLE, France – EU trade ministers meet in Marseille (until February 14)

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BERLIN – German presidential election at the Reichstag in Berlin

BEIRUT – 14th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. WORLD – World Radio Day. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY FEB. 14 WORLD – 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. (Until February 18) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 18 SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Finance Minister Lawrence Wong to present the budget for the financial year 2022 – 0600 GMT – – – – – – – – – MONDAY FEB. 21 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY FEB. 22 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 25

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PARIS – Eurozone finance ministers meet to discuss inflation, banking union, macroeconomic imbalances – 0800 GMT. RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio Carnival 2022. (until March 5). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY February 27 MALI – Presidential election in Mali. MALI – Malian National Assembly. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY 3 MARCH BRUSSELS – Meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the EU. (Until March 4) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY MARCH 9 SOUTH KOREA – South Korea is holding a presidential election. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY MARCH 13 COLOMBIA – Election to the Colombian House of Representatives. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY 14 MARCH BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY 15 MARCH BRUSSELS – Meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the EU.

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