DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan. 25

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25 ** BAGHDAD - Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein meets with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares and holds press conference.

** BRASILIA - The foreign ministers of Guyana Hugh Hilton Todd and Venezuela’s Yván Gil Pinto meet in Brasilia to continue talks on a peaceful resolution to the dispute created by the Venezuelan claim to the Esequibo. BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam is making a state visit to Brunei. (To Jan. 26) NEW DELHI – President of UN General Assembly Dennis Francis will kick start a five-day visit to India. (To Jan. 26) VIENTIANE - The 27th ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting. (To Jan. 27) VIENTIANE - ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting Plus Three (MATM+3). (To Jan. 27) VIENTIANE – ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting Plus India. (To Jan. 27) VIENTIANE - ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting Plus Russia. (To Jan. 27) BEIJING - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Final day)

NEW YORK CITY, United States - Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong will make a working visit to New York City. (To Jan. 27) BEIJING - Kenya's foreign minister, Musalia Mudavadi will visit China. (To Jan. 26) DJIBOUTI/NAIROBI/JUBA - German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock will travel to Djibouti, Kenya and South Sudan. (To Jan. 26) BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers. (To Jan. 26) BANGKOK – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to visit Thailand, at the invitation of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. (To Jan 26)

NEW DELHI - French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in India's capital for the country's Republic Day on Jan. 26 LUANDA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be in Angola's capital Luanda. He will meet with Angolan President João Lourenço before holding a press conference with Foreign Minister Téte António. BANGKOK - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to meet with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in Bangkok followed by joint statements – 0300 GMT. MADRID - Spain's finance minister Maria Jesus Montero to speak in economy forum in Madrid. – 0800 GMT

EGYPT - 13th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 26

** VIENTIANE - Minister for foreign affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan will make an official visit to Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). (To Jan. 29) ** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg receives the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milojko Spajic, at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels. There will be a news conference – 0930 GMT.

** BANGKOK - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi embarks on a four-day visit to Thailand. (To Jan. 29) MADRID - Spain´s foreign affairs minister Jose Manuel Albares meets the tourism and environment minister of Albania Mirela Kumbaro – 1000 GMT. JAKARTA - East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to meet with the Indonesian President Joko Widodo. TUVALU - Tuvalu holds general election. MADRID - Spain´s economy minister Carlos Cuerpo to speak in economy forum in Madrid – 0800 GMT - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 ** LUANG PRABANG - Foreign ministers from Southeast Asian nations arrives in Luang Prabang, Laos, for a retreat session as ASEAN meetings kick off with Laos as this year's chair. (To Jan. 29) FINLAND - Finland holds presidential election.

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** OTTAWA - Zuzana Caputova, President of the Slovak Republic, will undertake a state visit to Canada. (To Feb. 1) ** HANOI - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visits Vietnam for talks with its top leaders over coastguard cooperation, food security. (To Jan. 30)

ISLAMABAD - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will visit Pakistan. UZHHOROD, Ukraine - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will meet Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto in Uzhhorod. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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STOCKHOLM - France President Emmanuel Macron will visit Sweden. (To Jan 31) BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To Jan. 31) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31

WARSAW - King of Denmark Frederik X visits Poland. (To Feb. 2) BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 1) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 BRUSSELS - Special European Council. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 3)

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

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HOKKAIDO, Japan - 2024 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). GLOBAL - World Cancer Day. EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Legislative Assembly Election. EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5

MELBOURNE, Australia - 36th ASEAN-Australia Forum. (To Feb. 6) LOS ANGELES - 66th Annual Grammy Awards. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 GLOBAL - International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation.

GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2024. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8 VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2024. PAKISTAN - Pakistani National Assembly Election. CANBERRA - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape visits Canberra and will address a joint sitting of Australian parliament.

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RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2024 (To Feb. 17) - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

** OSLO - President of the Liaison Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan will visit Norway. (To Feb. 14) NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras. BEIRUT - 16th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah.

GLOBAL - World Radio Day. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14

BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels. (To Feb. 15) GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 19th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council Election. INDONESIA - Indonesian Presidency Election. INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives Election. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 BERLIN – 74th Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 25) - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 PRISTINA - 16th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18 LONDON - 77th British Academy Film Awards. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 LA HULPE, Belgium - EU informal meeting of tourism ministers. (To Feb. 20) 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

LIECHTENSTEIN – Liechtenstein referendum election. 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)

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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)

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 1 IRAN - Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 4 BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (To Mar. 5) MELBOURNE, Australia - ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN-Australia Dialogue Relations. (To Mar. 6)

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SUNDAY, MARCH 10 PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 11

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 12 BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 15 RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Russian Presidency Election. (To Mar. 17) - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 18 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MARCH 19 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 BRUSSELS – EU Tripartite Social Summit. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 21 BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 22) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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