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DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan 17

Published 17/01/2019, 10:39 pm
Updated 17/01/2019, 10:40 pm
DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan 17

DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan 17

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 ** LONDON - Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad visits United Kingdom (to Jan. 20).

** CAIRO - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir arrived in Cairo.

** GANDHINAGAR, India - Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attends an investment conference in Gujarat and to meet the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ** MINSK, Belarus - Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa visits Minsk on Thursday, holds talks with Belorussian President Alexander Lukashenko. - 0800 GMT ABU DHABI - International Water Summit 2019 (Final Day). ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2019 (Final Day). BERLIN - German Finance Minister Scholz visits China (to Jan. 18).

BANGKOK - First Meeting of the Senior Economic Officials for the Fiftieth ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (SEOM1/50) (to Jan. 18).

SUVA, Fiji - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison begins his visit to Fiji. SEOUL - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is about to hold high-level talks in Washington D.C. with North Korean senior official Kim Yong Chol (to Jan 18).

CHIANG MAI, Thailand - ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat (to Jan. 18).

BELGRADE - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Serbia and meets Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic to discuss resolution of the Kosovo crisis, economic cooperation and regional issues. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 18

** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, and a news conference will be held after the talks. - 1400 GMT BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Chancellery in Berlin - 1230 GMT.

GUJARAT, India - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the International Investment Summit in India. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 19

JERUSALEM - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko will visit Israel.

BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2019 (to Jan. 27). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 BERLIN - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Germany (to Jan. 22).

BEIJING - Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen will pay an official visit to China (to Jan. 23).

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MONDAY, JANUARY 21 ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev are due to give statements before a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin - 1115 GMT BERLIN - Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev with military honours at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin - 0930 GMT. DAVOS, Switzerland - U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Davos, ahead of his address to the World Economic Forum. BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet in Brussels. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Ministers meet in Brussels. MOSCOW - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Moscow to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. BUCHAREST - European Affairs Ministers meet in Romania (to Jan. 23). BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22

MOSCOW - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for peace talks. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. FRANKFURT - Handelsblatt Annual German Energy Conference, speakers include Vattenfall CEO Magnus Hall, EnBW CEO Frank Mastiaux, Germany's Economy Minister Peter Altmaier (to Jan. 24)

DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2014 Annual Meeting (to Jan. 25). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 ** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold talks in Moscow.

PANAMA CITY, Florida - Pope Francis celebrates his third World Youth Day in Panama (to Jan. 27)

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25

DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. EGYPT – Eighth Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, which marked a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 NEW DELHI - India celebrates its Republic Day with a grand parade exhibiting its military might and national culture with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as the chief guest - 0230 GMT. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 27 ** CAIRO - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Egypt (to Jan. 29).

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29 MOSCOW - Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali Al-Hakim will pay a visit to Russia (to Jan. 30).

SOFIA - Bulgaria will host an economic forum on its bid to join the euro zone. EU Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov to attend.

LONDON - Costa Book of the Year will be announced.

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GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3

SAN SALVADOR - EI Salvador Presidential Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4 GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.

ABU DHABI - Pope Francis will visit Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates to attend an interfaith meeting - 0800 GMT.

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BRATISLAVA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet the prime ministers of the Visegrad group - Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - at a summit in Bratislava. PARIS - Environment ministers of France, Portugal, Spain and Britain as well as EU Energy Chief Maros Sefcovic will speak at Paris SER renewable energy conference - 0800 GMT. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. BRUSSELS - Euro Zone finance ministers meet in Brussels. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16

ABUJA - Nigerian Presidential Election. ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives election. ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20

CAIRO - The first summit between EU Member States and the Arab League to be held. European and Arab state leaders to discuss migration and other issues at the summit to be hosted by Egypt. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24

HAVANA - Referendum election. CAIRO - EU-League of Arab States summit (to Feb. 25). CHISINAU - Moldovan Parliament election. BANGKOK - Thailand Senate election. BANGKOK - Thailand House of Representatives election.

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