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---------------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 ** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds a meeting with Nickolay Mladenov, U.N. special coordinator for Middle East peace.

** KYIV - OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Miroslav Lajcak will make a working visit to Ukraine (final day) HELSINKI - Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid to travel to Finland on an official visit (final day) TASHKENT - Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow to visit Uzbekistan.(final day). BEIJING - Suriname's President Desi Bouterse will pay a state visit to China (to Nov. 30)

RIGA - Prime Minister of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini visits Latvia and meets with the highest government officials, including the Latvian President Egils Levits and Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins. - 1155 GMT TASHKENT - Kyrgyzstan's President Sooronbay Jeenbekov will visit Uzbekistan to participate in the second consultative meeting between the leaders of the Central Asian countries.

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Prince Albert of Monaco for a working lunch - 1130 GMT BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a news conference ahead of a NATO leaders' Summit - 1100 GMT

COPENHAGEN - EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager holds press briefing in Copenhagen - 1130 GMT ROME - Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada Julie Payette will travel to Italy (to Dec. 4).

DELHI – Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa visits India(to Nov. 30). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY DECEMBER 1 ** BEIJING - El Salvador's President Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez will pay a state visit to China (to Dec. 6) ** DELHI - King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia will pay a six-day state visit to India (to Dec. 6)

KUWAIT CITY, MUSCAT - The Duke of Cambridge is to make a solo visit to Kuwait and Oman (to Dec. 4). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY DECEMBER 2 ** BELGRADE - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will pay an official visit to Serbia (to Dec.3) ** BAKU - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Azerbaijan (to Dec 3). ** BRUSSELS - EU transport and telecommunications ministers meet in Brussels to discussproposals on rail passengers' rights, trans-European transport network, EU road charging rules,digital transport services for people and the future of the Single European Sky. - 0800 GMT

LONDON – US President Donald Trump will visit Britain for NATO's 70th anniversary summit. BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council (to Dec. 3). TIRANA – The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, will travel to Tirana, Albania (to Dec. 3).

MADRID - World leaders meet in Madrid for the 2019 UN climate change conference (COP25) (to Nov. 13). TIRANA – President of the European Parliament David Sassoli to travel to Tirana, Albania (to Dec. 3). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3

** BRUSSELS - EU telecommunications ministers meet in Brussels to discuss 5G, the need to mitigate related security risks and to develop the digital economy as well as privacy rules for electronic communications. LONDON/RABAT/LISBON - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to the UK, Morocco and Portugal (to Dec. 6)

MOSCOW - Mongolia Prime Minister Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh will visit Russia. LONDON - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan to meet EU leaders for Syria talks at NATO summit (to Dec. 4).

LONDON - NATO Heads of State and Government will meet in London (to Dec. 4). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4 ** SEOUL - Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councillor Wang Yi visits South Korea (to Dec 5).

** BRUSSELS - EU energy ministers meet in Brussels to discuss smart sector integration, future of energy systems, draft national energy and climate plans and the new Commission's energy policy priorities. - 1100 GMT BENTO GONZALVES, Brazil - The presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay meet in Bento Gonzalves in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul for their semiannual Mercosur summit (to Dec 5).

SOCHI, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic. BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 ** ROME - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Italy (to Dec. 7). New Delhi - OECD Economic Surveys: India 2019

UTTARAKHAND, India - King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia will visit Uttarakhand (to Dec. 6) BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. BRATISLAVA - OSCE holds Council of Ministers meeting in Bratislava (to Dec. 6).

VIENNA - 177th Meeting of the OPEC Conference. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 ** LISBON - The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa and Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva during a visit in Lisbon to discuss the U.S.-Portuguese cooperation. DOMINICA – Dominican House of Assembly Election.

VIENNA - 7th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting. BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Foreign ministers of members of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe meet for their annual Council of Ministers meeting in Bratislava (to Nov. 6). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 9

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron hosts the Normandy summit, where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, to discuss steps to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 ALGERIA - President's election. BRUSSELS - European Union leaders gather in Brussels for a summit (to Nov. 13). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22 CROATIA – Referendum election. UZBEKISTAN - Uzbekistani Legislative Chamber election. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 ** TALLINN – 9th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 ** PALM SPRINGS, Ca – 31st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (to Jan. 13). - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JANUARY 4 ** BURMA – 72nd anniversary of Burma's independence. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 6

** LONDON - Costa Book Category Awards Winners to be announced. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 7

** PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 41st anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime. - - - - - - - - - Friday, JANUARY 10

** BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2020 (to Jan. 19). - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, January 11 ** WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 9th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.

TAIWAN - Taiwanese Legislative Yuan election. TAIWAN – Referendum election. - - - - - - - - - Sunday, JANUARY 12

** HAITI - 10th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 13

** ABU DHABI - International Water Summit 2020 (to Jan. 16). ** ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2020 (to Jan. 16). - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 ** TUNISIA – 9th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 ** MOSCOW - The Gaidar Forum 2020 (to Jan. 16). - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, January 21 DAVOS, Switzerland - 2020 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. (to Jan. 24) - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 ** EGYPT – 9th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, which marked a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JANUARY 28 ** TUESDAY - Costa Book of the Year will be announced.

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