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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18

** CUBA - Concluding day of visit by Namibia's interim president Nangolo Mbumba to Cuba

** SEOUL - South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok and Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul hold a joint press conference for the foreign media on post-impeachment policy responses. - 0100 GMT.

** HANOI - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Cambodia, Tea Seiha, will be on a four-day visit to Vietnam to attend the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2024 and celebrate the 80th anniversary of the birth of the Vietnam People's Army (To Dec. 21)

** HANOI - Laos Defense Minister Khamliang Outhakaysoneis visits Vietnam.

** KUALA LUMPUR - Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedow will visit Malaysia (To Dec. 19)

** CAIRO - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Cairo to attend the 11th Summit of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (To Dec. 19)

** ATHENS - Greek foreign minister George Gerapetritis meets Serbian counterpart Marko Đurić in Athens – 1030 GMT.

** CAIRO - Egypt hosts 21st meeting of D-8 Council of Foreign Ministers. The summit, with delegations from Bangladesh, Turkey, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Malaysia, will focus on "Investing in Youth and Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises: Shaping Tomorrow’s Economy."

** STOCKHOLM - Sweden's finance minister Elisabeth Svantesson presents economic forecasts - 1015 GMT.

ABUJA - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu will present the 2025 national budget to the National Assembly.

CAIRO - Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will pay an official visit to Egypt to attend the 11th D-8 Summit (To Dec. 20)

WARSAW - Canada's Minister of National Defence Bill Blair arrives in Warsaw, meets Polish counterpart Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.

BEIJING - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet with India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

ANKARA - Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati travels to Turkey to meet President Tayyip Erdogan.

BRUSSELS - EU-Western Balkans summit.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19

** BANGKOK - Thai finance minister Pichai Chunhavajira gives an opening speech at a business event - 0300 GMT.

** CAIRO - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will take part in the D-8 summit in Egypt.

** BRUSSELS - EU leaders meet to discuss help for Ukraine and the EU's relations with the US, China and the Middle East - 0800 GMT.

BEIJING - Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Djuric will pay an official visit to China. (To Dec. 21)

CAIRO - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Cairo to attend gathering of D8 developing nations summit.

NEW DELHI - Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba visits India.

SOFIA - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visits Bulgaria.

BRUSSELS – European Council (To Dec. 20).

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20

** SOFIA - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visits Bulgaria and will meet with the country's president Rumen Radev.

BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a news conference with Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal in Berlin - 1100 GMT.

BANGKOK - ASEAN ministers to discuss Myanmar at Thailand meeting.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21

** KUWAIT CITY - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Kuwait (To Dec. 22)

SAARISELKA, Finland - Finland's prime minister Petteri Orpo will host EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, Italian premier Giorgia Meloni, Greece PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson at "North-South Summit", a two-day security gathering in Saariselka, Finnish Lapland. (To De. 22)

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29

CHAD - Chadian National Assembly Election.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1

TALLIN – 15th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 2

PALM SPRINGS, Ca - 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (to Jan. 13).

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 4

BURMA - 77th anniversary of Burma’s independence.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 7

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8

LONDON - London Boat Show 2017 (to Jan. 12).

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10

DETROIT - North American International Auto Show 2025 (to Jan. 20).

BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2025 (to Jan. 19).

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 11

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 14th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 12

HAITI - 15th Anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14

TUNISIA – 15th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2025 (to Jan. 16).

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MONDAY, JANUARY 20

DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2025 Annual Meeting (to Jan 24).

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 21

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 24

LOME, Togo – World Day of the African Culture

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 25

EGYPT – 14th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 26

BELARUS - Belarus holds presidential election.

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MONDAY, JANUARY 27

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28

BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council Meeting.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3

WARSAW - EU trade ministers hold informal meeting in Warsaw (to Feb. 4)

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9

LIECHTENSTEIN - Liechtenstein scheduled to hold parliamentary election.

KOSOVO - Kosovo holds parliamentary elections.

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