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- BRASILIA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and newly-appointed Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo hold a joint news conference in Brasilia a day after the inauguration of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro - 0630 GMT.
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a speech on the 40th anniversary of a key policy statement about self-ruled Taiwan that eventually lead to a rapprochement after decades of hostility - 0200 GMT
CARTAGENA, Colombia - U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo in official visit to Colombia. Pompeo to meet Colombia's President Ivan Duque during the visit. ADDIS ABABA/ OUAGADOUGOU/ BANJUL/ DAKAR - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Ethiopia and the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Burkina Faso, Gambia and Senegal. (to Jan. 06).
SINGAPORE - United Kingdom's Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt will speak about Britain's global role after Brexit at a speech in Singapore - 1000 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 3LISBON - Portugal ministers, including Foreign Affairs Minister Augusto Santos Silva and Finance Minister Mario Centeno, are joined by Antonio Vitorino, director general of the International Organisation for Migration, at the annual diplomatic seminar in Lisbon to discuss the country's foreign policy (to Jan.4) ANKARA - Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will pay a two-day official visit to Turkey on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's invitation.(to Jan.4)
PALM 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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- SINGAPORE - Malaysia Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah and Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan to meet over Pasir Gudang Restricted Area in Singapore.
BRUSSELS - EU Ministers of EU Affairs meet for General Affairs Council.
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- DAMASCUS - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz will visit his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 11BAGHDAD - United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Iraq's Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi in Baghdad. WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – Eighth 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 15OSLO - Norwegian Finance Minister Siv Jensen delivers speech on the "state of the nation" at a breakfast seminar - 0800 GMT
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 17BELGRADE - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Serbia and meets Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic to discuss resolution of the Kosovo crisis, economic cooperation and regional issues.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 19BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2019 (to Jan. 27).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 21BRUSSELS - 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 22FRANKFURT - 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 23PANAMA CITY, Florida - Pope Francis celebrates his third World Youth Day in Panama (to Jan. 27)
- - - - - - - - - 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 29SOFIA - 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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- ABU DHABI - Pope Francis will visit Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates to attend an interfaith meeting - 0800 GMT. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11
- BRUSSELS - Euro Zone finance ministers meet in Brussels.
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