DIARY-Political and General News Events from Dec. 19

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19 BEIJING - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit China (To Dec. 20). ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron hold news conference in Rome after attending the 16th Conference of Italian Ambassadors in the world - 1600 GMT. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20 ** BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers hold teleconference to clinch deal on EU fiscal and debt rules - 1600 GMT.

** KATHMANDU - The Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry will visit Nepal to attend the Nepal-Sri Lanka Joint Commission meeting. WELLINGTON - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon travels to Australia to meet his counterpart in his first trip overseas in the role as PM. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC National Assembly Election. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC Presidency Election.

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** BARCELONA - Spain´s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the Catalonia´s President Pere Aragonès hold a meeting in Barcelona. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JANUARY 1 TALLIN - 14th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JANUARY 4 BURMA - 76th anniversary of Burma's independence. PALM SPRINGS, CA – 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. (To Jan. 15) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JANUARY 5 SAUDI ARABIA - Stage of Dakar Rally 2024. (To Jan 19) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JANUARY 7 BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi National Parliament Election.

PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 45th anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 9

BHUTAN - Bhutanese National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10

SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE - Princess Anne, the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, will visit Sri Lanka. (To Jan. 13) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 11

SINT MAARTEN - Election for Staten (Sint Maarten Parliament). WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 13th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 HAITI - 14th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital. BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2023. (To Jan. 21)

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TAIWAN - Election for Taiwanese Presidency. TAIWAN - Taiwanese Election for Taiwanese Legislative Yuan. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 14

COMOROS - Election for Comoran Presidency. TUNISIA - 14th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 15

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds 2024 annual meeting in Davos. (To Jan. 19)

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BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JANUARY 22 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24

CAPE TOWN - World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 25 EGYPT - 13th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

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FINLAND - Finland holds presidential election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JANUARY 29 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To Jan. 31) GYMNICH, BELGIUM - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (To Jan. 31) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2

BRUSSELS - EU-Indo-Pacific Forum and EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Legislative Assembly Election. EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8

PAKISTAN - Pakistani National Assembly Election. CANBERRA - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape visits Canberra and will address a joint sitting of Australian parliament. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council Election. INDONESIA - Indonesian Presidency Election. INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - G20 foreign ministers meet to prepare for November summit. (To Feb. 22) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22 BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU economic and financial affairs ministers (To Feb. 24) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25

GEORGETOWN - Leaders of Caribbean nations will meet in Guyanese capital Georgetown for a CARICOM summit. (To Feb. 28) BELARUS - Belarusian Chamber of Representatives Election. SENEGAL - Senegalese Presidency Election. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) (To Feb. 29) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26

ABU DHABI - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting in UAE. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

SAO PAULO - G20 finance ministers meet in Sao Paulo to prepare for the annual presidential summit in November in Rio de Janeiro. (To Feb. 29) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Technical Issues Please Contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx

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