DIARY-Political and General News Events from January 22

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22

BRUSSELS – EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas delivers a speech at the European Defence Agency Annual Conference.

DAVOS – European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera M delivers a keynote speech at the event 'Unlocking Impact at COP 30: Climate Action for Healthier Societies - Public and Private Solutions for Climate and Health Emergencies' at the World Economic Forum; participates in the Green Deal 2.0 event organised by the World Economic Forum.

DAVOS - Libya's Prime Minister Abdulhamid Al Dabiba speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos – 0915 GMT.

DAVOS - Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shibani speaks at the World Economic Forum – 1600 GMT.

HAITI – Colombian President Gustavo Petro is scheduled to visit the southeastern city of Jacmel amid a spike in violence in both countries.

ABU DHABI - President of the United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Shina Ansari, Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Head of the Department of Environment, who is on a working visit to the UAE.

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato'Seri Anwar Ibrahim will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, Switzerland. (Final Day).

WARSAW/PRAGUE/BERN - Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse, and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation are set to make official visits to Poland and the Czech Republic as well as attend the 55th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos and engage in bilateral meetings in Switzerland (To Jan. 23)

DAVOS/AMSTERDAM - Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, and visit Switzerland and the Netherlands (To Jan. 24)

ABU DHABI - Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will be heading to the United Arab Emirates for a three-day vist (Final Day)

DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2025 Annual Meeting (to Jan 24).

STRASBOURG, France - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the European Parliament plenary debate on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 December 2024.

OSLO - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on official visit to Norway – 1600 GMT.

BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius delivers a keynote speech at the European Defence Agency (EDA) Annual Conference.

DAVOS - Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Aljadaan, Egypt Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk and Kuwait Finance Minister Nora Suleiman Al-Fassam, also minister of state for economic and investment affairs, speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos – 1630 GMT.

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosts Kyrgyz counterpart Jeenbek Kulubayev for talks in Moscow – 0830 GMT.

DAVOS - EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis and Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson discuss how Russia will fare in 2025 – 0800 GMT.

WARSAW/VILNIUS - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius travels to Poland and Lithuania.

DAVOS - Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and United Nations senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza, Sigrid Kaag, discuss the Middle East conflict at a seminar at the World Economic Forum – 0800 GMT

DAVOS - Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos – 1230 GMT

PARIS - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to Paris to meet French President Emmanuel Macron to mark the anniversary of the Élysée Treaty between the two countries.

DAVOS - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos – 1445 GMT

DAVOS - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos – 1515 GMT.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23

PARIS - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius travels to France.

BUDAPEST - Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto meets Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar in Budapest, then they hold joint press conference – 0800 GMT.

DAVOS - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte takes part in a panel discussion with the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, the President of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevics, the Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenkovic, the Prime Minister of Belgium, Alexander de Croo, and the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yuliya Svyrydenko at Ukraine House in Davos – 0630 GMT.

SARAJEVO - President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel on an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. (To Jan. 24)

DAVOS - German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies and Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson are on a panel at the World Economic Forum on "Europe: Finding the Money" – 0915 GMT

DAVOS - Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and Qatari Minister of State for International Cooperation Maryam Al Misnad take part in a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum to discuss "How to Lower the Temperature in the Middle East" – 1215 GMT

DAVOS - Argentina's President Javier Milei addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos – 0915 GMT

DAVOS - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte takes part in the panel discussion "Technology in the World" at the World Economic Forum – 0945 GMT

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 24

DAVOS - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, speak at the World Economic Forum session "The Global Economic Outlook" – 1000 GMT

NEW DELHI - Indonesia president Prabowo Subianto visits India to hold bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (To Jan. 26)

GENEVA - Switzerland organises a WTO 'mini ministerial' at the WEF meeting in Davos, Switzerland, to be followed by a press conference.

LOME, Togo – World Day of the African Culture

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 25

EGYPT – 14th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 26

BELARUS - Belarus holds presidential election

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MONDAY, JANUARY 27

KUALA LUMPUR - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto undertakes an official visit to Malaysia.

WARSAW - Britain's King Charles will visit Poland to attend commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28

BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council Meeting

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2

NEW DELHI - Prince Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip of UK, will visit India

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3

WARSAW - EU trade ministers hold informal meeting in Warsaw (to Feb. 4)

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4

KATHMANDU - Duchess Sophie and Prince Edward from the British Royal family will visit Nepal (To Feb. 8)

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7

TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS - Turks and Caicos House of Assembly Election

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9

ECUADOR - Ecuadorian Presidency Election

ECUADOR - Ecuadorian National Assembly

SWITZERLAND - Switzerland Referendum Election

LIECHTENSTEIN - Liechtenstein scheduled to hold parliamentary election

KOSOVO - Kosovo holds parliamentary elections

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11

ABU DHABI - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (To Feb.13)

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18

SINGAPORE - Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong Delivers Budget 2025.

HAMILTON - Bermuda holds general election

BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

GUERTERSLOH, Germany - Moldovan President Maia Sandu receives the 2025 Reinhard Mohn prize for strengthening democracy in Germany – 1000 GMT

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23

GERMANY - German Federal Diet Election

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council

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