DIARY-Political and General News Events from December 17

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17

BRUSSELS - Patriots leaders including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban meet ahead of the EU summit - 1230 GMT.

JERUSALEM – Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will arrive in Israel to meet President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and discuss bilateral and regional issues. (To Dec 18)

MUSCAT/AMMAN/ADDIS ABABA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Muscat, Oman, is scheduled for December, as part of a three-nation tour that includes Jordan and Ethiopia (To Dec 18).

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, to address Ethiopia's parliament. - 0530 GMT

YEMEN - UN Security Council to meet in Yemen. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to deliver remarks. - 1500 GMT

BRUSSELS - EU-Western Balkans summit.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18

BRUSSELS - EU leaders meet in Brussles for a two-day summit. They are explected to discuss defence, enlargement, long-term budget as well as using the frozen Russian assets for Ukraine.

TOKYO - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay an official visit to Japan. (To Dec. 20)

BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to December 19).

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19

WARSAW - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Poland to meet with President Karol Nawrocki.

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 22

UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Security Council to meet on Sudan - 2000 GMT

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia convenes special ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting to address Thai-Cambodia conflict.

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28

KOSOVO - Kosovar Assembly Election.

MYANMAR - First phase of Myanmar general election.

CONAKRY - 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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MOVDAY, DECEMBER 29

WASHINGTON DC, United States - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet U.S. President Donald Trump on December 29 to discuss the next steps of the Gaza ceasefire, an Israeli government spokesperson said on December 8th.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 8

AMMAN - EU-Jordan summit.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15

UGANDA - Ugandan National Assembly Election.

UGANDA - Ugandan Presidency Election.

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 18

PORTUGAL - Portugal holds presidential election.

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MONDAY, JANUARY 19

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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MONDAY, JANUARY 26

BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29

ATHENS - Greece hosts energy summit in Athens.

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1

COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Presidency Election.

COSTA RICA – Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Election.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2

OSLO - Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt to speak at conference about Arctic affairs. (To Feb. 5)

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence)

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12

BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi National Parliament Election

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22

LAOS - Laotian National Assembly Election.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion).

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