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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18
- TUNIS - Senegalese President Macky Sall will be on official visit to Tunisia (to Dec. 19).
- TUNIS - Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Lee Nak-yeon visits Tunisia (to Dec. 20)
- RIGA - Slovakia President Andrej Kiska on a state visit to Latvia.
- PARIS - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire chairs meeting of 21 European countries on the future of the European industry. German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, Spanish Minister for Industry and Trade Maria Reyes Maroto, and Polish Minister for Entrepreneurship Jadwiga Emilewicz to attend final presser - 1600 GMT
- VIENNA - Austria hosts a summit on economic ties between the European Union and Africa. Political leaders including European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are due to attend, as are the chief executives of BMW, Vodafone, and Siemens - 0700 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). ALGIERS - Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Lee Nak-yeon visits Algeria (Final Day).
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.
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- ANKARA - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pays a two-day visit to Turkey to meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (to Dec. 20).
- ABIDJAN - Rwandan President Paul Kagame visits Ivory Coast and meets with President Alassane Ouattara (to Dec. 20).
MADAGASCAR – President's election.
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- LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May holds bilateral meeting with Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki in Downing Street - 1030 GMT.
BRUSSELS - 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.
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- MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow.
- - - - - - - - - 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 7NEW 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.
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- BRUSSELS - EU Ministers of EU Affairs meet for General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - 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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- 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 26NEW 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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