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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, DECEMBER 17
- ACCRA - The International Monetary Fund (IMF)Head Christine Lagarde visits Ghana.
- NEW DELHI - Maldivian new President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih visits India.
- PARIS - French Defence Minister Florence Parly meets Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore in Paris – 1200 GMT.
- VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz holds news conference with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi - 1315 GMT
ALGIERS - Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Lee Nak-yeon official visit to Algeria (to Jan.18)
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets his Burkina counterpart Roch Marc Kabore at the Elysee Palace - 1400 GMT
BEIJING - Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Emir's special envoy, first deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister, will visit China (to Dec. 20).
VIENTIANE - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Laos (Final Day). ALGIERS - Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Lee Nak-yeon visits Algeria (to Dec. 18).
BRUSSELS - EU-Kosovo Stabilization and Association Council meeting.
BRUSSELS - EU-Ukraine Association Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18
- BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the Great Hall of the People to mark the 40th anniversary of China's reform - 0200 GMT
- OSH, KYRGYZSTAN - Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov will visit Kyrgyzstan and meet with its Prime Minister Muhamedkaliy Abilgaziev in Osh city.
BRUSSELS - EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19MADAGASCAR – President's election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20BRUSSELS - EU-Egypt Association Council meeting. TOGO - Togolese National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21NEW DELHI - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India (to Dec. 24). MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki to discuss Middle Eastern peace settlement.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22N'DJAMENA - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Chad to meet French troops stationed there as part of the 3,000-strong Barkhane contingent fighting insurgents in the Sahel (to Dec. 23).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - President election.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congolese National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30BANGALADESH - Bangladeshi National Parliament election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 1TALLINN – 8th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia. MALTA - Malta takes over the presidency of the EU from Luxembourg.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 3PALM SPRINGS, Ca - 30th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (to Jan. 14).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 4BURMA – 71st anniversary of Burma's independence.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 7
- NEW DELHI - Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on a two-day visit to India (to Jan. 8) LONDON - Costa Book Category Awards winners to be announced. PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 40th anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 11WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 8th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.
- - - - - - - - - Saturday, JANUARY 12HAITI - 9th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 14ABU DHABI - International Water Summit 2019 (to Jan. 17).
ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2019 (to Jan. 17).
TUNISIA – 8th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 19BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2019 (to Jan. 27).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 22DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2014 Annual Meeting (to Jan 25).
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- MOSCOW - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Moscow to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- BUCHAREST - European Affairs Ministers meet in Romania.
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 25EGYPT – Eighth Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, which marked a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
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- 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
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 29LONDON - Costa Book of the Year will be announced.
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