News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Nov. 23

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 
    
    • WARSAW - European Commission Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis will be in Warsaw to discuss financial matters with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Finance Minister Teresa Czerwinska and social partners, including representatives of unions and employers.
    • PRAGUE - Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas visits Czech Republic to discuss digital cooperation, security and EU affairs.- 0700 GMT
    • STOCKHOLM - Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven meets the EU Parliamentary Committee before the upcoming EU Council meeting. - 0800 GMT
    • ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov followed by a joint news conference. - 1230 GMT.
    • BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Belgian counterpart Didier Reynders speak to reporters ahead of their meeting in Berlin. - 1400 GMT. 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. (Final Day) AMSTERDAM - Singapore President Halimah Yacob visits Netherlands (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) GENEVA – United Nations Human Rights Council, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, eighty-third session (Final Day).

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

    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). ROME - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov will make a working visit to Italy (Final Day).

    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 (Final Day).

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

    VIENNA - United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors (Final Day).

    HAVANA - Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Official visits to Cuba (Final Day).

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

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 
    
    • BRUSSELS - Meeting of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and British Prime Minister Theresa May - 1700 GMT.
    • BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte meet for a working dinner. 1830 GMT. BAHRAIN - Bahraini Council of Representatives election.
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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 
    
    • BRUSSELS - EU Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker hold a joint news conference after EU leaders meet to endorse the divorce agreement with Britain and declarations on the future relationship, fisheries, environmental standards and Gibraltar. - 1100 GMT. 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 
    
    • JERUSALEM, Israel/Palestinian Territories - Czech President Milos Zeman to hold a four-day visit to Israel. (to Nov 29)
    • TOKYO - Jordan's King Abdullah meets Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito during his four-day visit to Japan.(to Nov 29)
    • VIETNAM – Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn will pay an official visit to Vietnam. (to Nov 27) 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 
    
    • MADRID/ BUENOS AIRES/ PANAMA CITY/ LISBON – Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Spain, Argentina, Panama and Portugal (to Dec. 5) 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  
    
    • MEXICO – Governor General of Canada Julie Payette will visit Mexico (to Dec 1).

    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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    SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 
    
    • WELLINGTON – South Korean President Moon Jae-in visits New Zealand (to 4 Dec).
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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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