DIARY-Political and General News Events from December 2

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 CHILE - Chilean Presidency Election (Second round) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 15 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16 HELSINKI - Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has invited the leaders of seven EU Member States to the Eastern Flank Summit.

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Political and General News Top Economic Events Emerging Markets Economic Events Government Debt Auctions U.S. Federal Reserve Today in Washington ---------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events --------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2

** ALGIERS - Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko to pay an official visit to Algeria, hold talks with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (to Dec 3). ** MAPUTO - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa visits neighbouring Mozambique for a working visit, with energy cooperation between the two countries in focus. (to Dec 3)

** BERLIN, Germany - German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty speak to reporters - 0945 GMT ** BRATISLAVA - EU Budget Commissioner Piotr Serafin meets Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava - 1030 GMT

** DUBLIN - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will make his first official visit to Ireland to meet Ireland's senior leaders and the Ukrainian community. ** HANOI - Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah's last day of visiting Vietnam at the invitation of State President Luong Cuong. MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam meets Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace in Mexico City(To Dec. 3)

PARAMARIBO, Suriname - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima pay a state visit to Suriname, at the invitation of President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons (to Dec 3) ROME - At the invitation of President of the Republic of Italy Sergio Mattarella, President of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa will pay a state visit to Italy. (To Dec. 3) MOSCOW - Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi to visit Russia. (Final Day) ANKARA/Beirut - Pope Leo XIV to visit Turkey and Lebanon on first foreign trip. (Final Day) BEIRUT - Pope Leo will visit Lebanon. (Final Day)

HELSINKI, Finland - Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson visits his Finnish counterpart Petteri Orpo. (Final Day) LEBANON - Pope Leo XIV visits Lebanon. (Final Day).

BRUSSELS - EU-Armenia Partnership Council. BERN – Kazakhstan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yermek Kosherbayev, makes an official visit to Switzerland and engages in discussions with Guy Parmelin, Vice President of Switzerland and Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, as well as Ignazio Cassis, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds a press conference on the eve of a NATO Foreign Ministers in Brussels

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** BRUSSELS - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends the NATO foreign ministers' meeting at the bloc's headquarters in Brussels. Foreign ministry sources said the meeting was in one respect an opportunity to discuss preparations for the NATO summit that Turkey will host on July 7-8 next year. ** MANAMA, BAHRAIN, Oman Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of Oman is set to visit the Kingdom of Bahrain to take part in the 46th Session of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. EGYPT - Egyptian House of Representatives Election.

BEIJING - French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron visit China where they will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping (to Dec 5) WINDSOR, United Kingdom - Britain's King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla welcome German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender to Windsor Castle for a three day trip, the first state visit by a German president for 27 years. (To Dec. 5) BRUSSELS - NATO Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels

WINDSOR CASTLE, UK – President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, accompanied by the First Lady of Germany, Elke Büdenbender, will be greeted by His Majesty and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle. (To Dec. 5). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4

** RIGA - Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics hosts Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nausėda and Estonian President Alar Karin to discuss issues related to regional security, further steps in strengthening energy security, current issues of the European Union, as well as support for Ukraine. VATICAN CITY - At the invitation of His Holiness, Sovereign of the Holy See Pope Leo XIV, President of Mongolia Ukhnaa Khurelsukh will pay a state visit to the Holy See. VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker and Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan speak to reporters following their closed-door talks. - 1215 GMT NEW DELHI- Russian President Vladimir Putin visits India at the invitation of Indian PM Narendra Modi (to Dec 5)

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5 OSLO - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on official visit to Norway,Topics of discussion will include defence, security and Ukraine.

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JERUSALEM- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meets Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (to Dec 7) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7 ** TOKYO - Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles holds bilateral talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi in Tokyo. HONG KONG - Hong Kong Legislative Council election.

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BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (To Dec. 9) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11 AMSTERDAM - Finland's President Alexander Stubb visits the Netherlands. (to Dec. 12)

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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CHILE - Chilean Presidency Election (Second round) - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, DECEMBER 15 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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HELSINKI - Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has invited the leaders of seven EU Member States to the Eastern Flank Summit. Prime Ministers Ulf Kristersson (Sweden), Kristen Michal (Estonia), Evika Siliņa (Latvia), Donald Tusk (Poland) and Rossen Jeliazkov (Bulgaria) and Presidents Nicușor Dan (Romania) and Gitanas Nausėda (Lithuania) participate in the summit. BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18 BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to December 19).

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MYANMAR - First phase of Myanmar general election. CONAKRY, Guinea - Guinea will hold its first presidential election since a coup in 2021, which allowed coup leader Mamady Doumbouya to seize power.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Central African Presidency election. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Central African National Assembly election.

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BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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