News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Nov. 21

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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 
    

    • SYDNEY, Australia - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind to arrive at Sydney International Airport at the start of their 3-day visit. (to Nov 23)
    • MINSK, Belarus - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Minsk - 0730 GMT
    • PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed at the Elysee palace for a closed-door working lunch - 1200 GMT
    • BRUSSELS, Belgium - Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze visits Brussels and holds news conference with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. - 1230 GMT
    • PARIS, France - Argentina's Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne is to hold a press briefing with OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria at the OECD. - 1230 GMT
    • PARIS, France - Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan meets French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian for signing contracts. - 1300 GMT
    • MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets his South African counterpart Lindiwe Sisulu in Moscow - 1500 GMT
    • SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's President Sebastian Pinera and Brazil's President Michel Temer meet at the government house - 1500 GMT
    • BRUSSELS, Belgium - British Prime Minister Theresa May meets European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to discuss draft agreements on Brexit ahead of an EU summit on Sunday. - 1630 GMT
    • PARIS - Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces, will visit France. TOKYO - Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, will visit Japan (Final Day). AMSTERDAM - Singapore President Halimah Yacob visits Netherlands (to Nov. 23).

    KHARTOUM, Sudan – Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay will be on a three-day long official visit to Sudan (to Nov 22).

    PORT MORESBY/ BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN/ MANILA - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Papua New Guinea, Brunei, and the Philippines, and will attend APEC meeting (Final Day) PRAGUE/ZAGREB - Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan will pay an official visit to the Czech Republic and the Republic of Croatia (to Nov. 25) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be on a state visit to South Africa (Final Day). GENEVA – United Nations Human Rights Council, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, eighty-third session (to Nov. 23).

    VIENNA – United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors, Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (Final Day).

    MINSK, Belarus - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Belarus (Final Day).

    KUALA LUMPUR - Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will pay a two-day official visit to Malaysia (Final Day) MANILA - China President Xi Jinping starts a two-day visit to the Philippines (Final Day). BRUSSELS - Spain's King Felipe VI visits NATO's headquarters, meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and officials - 0700 GMT. HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch Finance minister Wopke Hoekstra meets euro group president Mario Centeno in Hague to discuss measures to strengthen the European monetary union - 1430 GMT. HAGUE, Netherlands – Minister of Finance of Portugal Mário Centeno will travel to The Hague to meet with Minister of Finance Wopke Hoekstra.

    BEIJING – Kazakhstan Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev will pay an official visit to China (to Nov 22). GLOBAL - World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day. MANILA - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Philippines.

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    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 
    
    • LISBON, Portugal - Angolan President Joao Lourenco meets with his Portuguese counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
    • ITALY - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov - 1730 GMT
    • LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May will host Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for talks at her Downing Street Office – 1230 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - EU-Tajikistan Cooperation Council meeting. BRUSSELS - EU-Uzbekistan Cooperation Council meeting. BEIJING - Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev meets Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

    HAVANA - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Official visit to Cuba (to Nov. 23).

    ROME, Italy - Ministers from the Middle East and North Africa due to attend a three-day summit in Rome. Iraqi President Barham Salih is due to address the conference along with foreign ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Russia and the Palestinian Authority (to Nov. 24). BERLIN / FRANCE – Netherlands Minister of Finance Wopke Hoekstra will travel to Berlin and Paris to meet with his German and French counterparts, Olaf Scholz and Bruno Le Maire, respectively. ROME - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov will make a working visit to Italy (to Nov. 23).

    ATHENS - Greece Foreign Minister Alexis Tsipras, Bulgaria Foreign Minister Ekaterina Spasova Gecheva-Zakharieva, Macedonia Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and Albania Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati will gather for a meeting (to Nov. 23).

    MADRID - Launch of OECD Economic Survey: Spain 2018, Madrid, Spain.

    GENEVA – United Nations Human Rights Council, Forum on human rights, democracy and the rule of law, Second session (to Nov. 23).

    VIENNA - United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors (to Nov. 23).

    HAVANA - Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Official visits to Cuba (to Nov. 23).

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 
    

    COPENHAGEN - Hungary Foreign and Trade minister Peter Szijjarto visits Denmark.

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 
    

    BAHRAIN - Bahraini Council of Representatives election.

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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 
    
    • BERLIN - Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will visit Germany (to Nov. 28). GLOBAL - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

    SWITZERLAND - Referendum election.

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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 
    

    MUMBAI, India - Tenth anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on November 26, 2008 and lasted nearly three days, left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen. HAMBURG - Vice President of China, Liu He, to participate Humburg Summit (to Nov. 27) GENEVA – United Nations Human Rights Council, Forum on Business and Human Rights, Seventh session (to Nov. 28).

    GENEVA – United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, Thirty-fifth session (to Nov. 30).

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting

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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 
    

    HANOI - North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho visits Vietnam (to Nov. 29)

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    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 
    

    BUENOS AIRES - Bilateral meeting between Argentina President Mauricio Macri and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte before the beginning of the G20 Summit - 2100 GMT.

    TEHRAN – 7th Anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry over Britain's unilateral sanctions.

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30  
    

    BUENOS AIRES - G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires (to Dec. 1).

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    SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 
    

    BUENOS AIRES - Argentina President Mauricio Macri receives the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at the Government House in Buenos Aires - 2200 GMT.

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    MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. ZURICH - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives speech in Zurich - 1730 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - Euro Zone finance ministers meeting - 1400 GMT.

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    TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Union Finance Ministers meet - 0800 GMT.

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    THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 
    

    VIENNA - 175th (Ordinary) OPEC Meeting.

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    MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. MOSCOW - Sudan's Oil and Gas Minister Azhari Abdalla travels to Russia for a meeting with Russian ministers (to Dec. 12)

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    TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 
    

    BRUSSELS – Euro Summit.

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    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 
    

    TOGO – Referendum election.

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    WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19 
    

    MADAGASCAR – President's election.

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    THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 
    

    TOGO - Togolese National Assembly election.

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    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23 
    

    DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - President election.

    DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congolese National Assembly election.

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