DIARY-Political and General News Events from Dec. 13

Dec 13 (Reuters) -

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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 ** Mogadishu - Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki visits Somalia.

** BRUSSELS - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar will hold a bilateral meeting with his British counterpart, Theresa May.

** BRUSSELS - Italy's Finance Minister Giovanni Tria to hold talks with EU Commission over Italian 2019 budget to avoid EU disciplinary procedure.

** BERLIN - Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz meets with his German counterpart Heiko Maas to discuss bilateral relations, membership in UN Security Council in 2019, as well as European and security issues. The two will give a joint news conference - 1200 GMT.

** BRUSSELS - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko visits Brussels and holds a joint news conference with European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis - 1200 GMT.

TOKYO - Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaagiin Khürelsukh will make official visit to Japan (to Dec. 15). NAYPYIDAW - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind will pay a State Visit to Myanmar (to Dec. 14).

BEIJING - Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno will pay a state visit to China (Final Day).

NAYPYIDAW - Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne visits Myanmar (Final Day). BEIJING - Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo will pay a formal visit to China (to Dec. 15).

BERLIN - Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz pays a visit to Germany. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hold joint news conference - 1030 GMT

BEIJING - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. - 0800 GMT BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Dec. 14).

MINSK - Russian Prime Minister Medvedev visits Belarus.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 ** Mumbai - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visits India. ** VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis meets Slovakia President Andrej Kiska at the Vatican - 0930 GMT.

BRUSSELS – Euro Summit. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 KABUL - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi visits Afghanistan.

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 ** ALGIERS - Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Lee Nak-yeon visits Algeria (to Dec. 18).

TOGO – Referendum election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 BRUSSELS - EU-Kosovo Stabilization and Association Council meeting. BRUSSELS - EU-Ukraine Association Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18 BRUSSELS - EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19 MADAGASCAR – President's election. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 BRUSSELS - EU-Egypt Association Council meeting.

TOGO - Togolese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21 ** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki to discuss Middle Eastern peace settlement.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22 N'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).

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - President election. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congolese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 1

TALLINN – 8th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia.

MALTA - Malta takes over the presidency of the EU from Luxembourg. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 3

PALM SPRINGS, Ca - 30th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (to Jan. 14).

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BURMA – 71st anniversary of Burma's independence. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 7

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 11

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 8th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement. - - - - - - - - - Saturday, JANUARY 12

HAITI - 9th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 14 ABU 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.

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BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2019 (to Jan. 27). - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22

DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2014 Annual Meeting (to Jan 25). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 21 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25

EGYPT – Eighth Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, which marked a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JANUARY 29

LONDON - Costa Book of the Year will be announced.

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