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---------------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, January 24 ** TIRANA, Albania - European Council President Charles Michel visits Albania to meet with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. Michel will hold a news conference after the meeting.

** SKOPJE, North Macedonia - European Council President Charles Michel visits North Macedonia to meet with caretaker Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski and President Stevo Pendarovski. Michel will hold a news conference after the meetings. ** JERUSALEM, Israel - Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, meets Ukrain's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in Jerusalem - 0800 GMT

** JERUSALEM, Israel - Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, meets Argentina's president, Alberto Fernandez, in Jerusalem - 0900 GMT ** ROME - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence meets Italian President Sergio Mattarella - 1545 GMT

** ROME - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence meets Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte - 1600 GMT DAVOS, Switzerland - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Davos, Switzerland to attend the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting (Final Day). DAVOS, Switzerland - 2020 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. (Final Day)

BERLIN - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic will travel to Germany for a two-day working visit during which he will hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel (Final Day) JERUSALEM - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make a working visit to Israel (Final Day) ZAGREB — EU informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers (Final Day). NEW DELHI - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will vist India (to Jan. 27)

JERUSALEM, Israel - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will meet Israeli President Reuven Rivlin a day after attending the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Remembrance Day. - 0715 GMT JERUSALEM, Israel - Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen meets his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin a day after attending the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Remembrance Day. - 1045 GMT

ISTANBUL, Turkey - German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit the Turkish city of Istanbul. PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Ramallah, meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis meets Iraqi President Barham Salih at the Vatican. - 0800 GMT EGYPT – 9th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, which marked a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 26

LOS ANGELES - 2020 Grammy Awards - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 27 BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Edi Rama, president of Albania, for talks in Berlin. - 0930 GMT

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Macky Sall, president of the Republic of Senegal, in Berlin. - 1300 GMT BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission's vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis and economics commissioner Paolo Gentiloni will speak at the economic committee of the European Parliament. - 1500 GMT

PORTUGAL - Portugal's Finance Minister and Eurogroup chief Mario Centeno will speak at a parliamentary committee in Lisbon about the 2020 budget. - 0900 GMT - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 ** WASHINGTON, D.C. - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House to discuss regional issues.

BERLIN, Germany - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speak to students of Jewish school Moses Mendelssohn - 0930 GMT BERLIN - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin ahead of the ceremonies to commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz 75 years ago. Rivlin will also visit a Jewish school in Germany’s capital. - 1730 GMT

BRUSSELS - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko hold EU-Ukraine association council. BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. TUESDAY - Costa Book of the Year will be announced. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 BRUSSELS - EU lawmakers will vote on the Brexit deal – 1600 GMT.

BERLIN - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will speaks in Germany’s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, to commemorate the victims of the Nazi dictatorship. - 1000 GMT BRUSSELS - European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager will speak to EU lawmakers on artificial intelligence in Europe. - 1715 GMT

GREECE - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets French President Emmanuel Macron. BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Vice-President Sefcovic present the executive's 2020 work programme in Brussels. BRUSSELS - Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell presents the EU's enlargement methodology. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1

MINSK - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Minsk. NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES - 2020 Writers Guild Awards

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

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WARSAW - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Poland (to Feb. 4) - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4

GLOBAL - World Cancer Day. SAPPORO, Japan – 2020 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11).

BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 5) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5

BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager holds debate with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell on the European Defence in Brussels. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 2020

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 ** Ireland - Irish House of Representatives election. VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2020 (to Feb. 25). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11

GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2020 - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 BEIRUT - 12th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah.

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

GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 15th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

LONDON - London Fashion Week February 2020 (to Feb. 18). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 PRISTINA - 12th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2020

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

BERLIN – 70th Berlin International Film Festival (to Mar. 1). VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2020 - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2020 (to Feb. 26). - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 RIYADH - G20 finance ministers, central bank governors meeting in Riyadh (to Feb. 23). TOGO - Referendum. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2020 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - South Africa's Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will unveil 2020 budget - 1200 GMT

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HAMBURG, Germany - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to hold speeches at the Matthiae Mahl event in Hamburg, a festive dinner first held in the year 1356. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

HANOI - Vietnam to host ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in Da Nang (to Mar. 7). - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MARCH 5 ZAGREB - EU foreign ministers to hold informal meeting in Zagreb. LUXEMBOURG - EU environment ministers will meet in Brussels for talks.

VIENNA - 178th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 6 VIENNA - 8th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting.

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BRUSSELS - European foreign affairs ministers meet for talks in Brussels. BRUSSELS - European justice and home affairs ministers meet in Brussels (to Mar. 13) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MARCH 19 KUALA LUMPUR - Finance ministers, central bank governors and heads of other institutions will meet to discuss current economic trends and crisis-related issues during the APEC-Finance and Central Banks Deputies’ Meeting in Malaysia

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