DIARY-Political and General News Events from January 6

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 6

FRANCE - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends the "Coalition of the Willing" leaders summit on Ukraine in Paris.

WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot. - 1600 GMT

HARGEISA - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar visits Somaliland.

PARIS/LUXEMBOURG - External Affairs Minister of India S Jaishankar embarks on a six-day visit to France and Luxembourg as India looks to deepen strategic, economic and diplomatic engagement with key European partners (To Jan. 10)

BEIJING - Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin to visit China amid strained EU-China relations (to Jan 8).

BEIJING - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will begin a four-day state visit to China for summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping (To Jan. 7)

ANKARA – Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will undertake an official visit to Turkey (To Jan. 8)

ANKARA - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will pay an official visit to Turkey.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7

LISBON - The NATO Deputy Secretary General, Radmila Shekerinska, will travel to Porto and Lisbon, Portugal (to Jan 8)

SHANGHAI, China - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung attends South Korea-China startup summit.

BAVARIA, Germany - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen will visit the German state of Bavaria, where she will attend a meeting of the parliamentary group of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) in Seeon Abbey. (To Jan. 8)

PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 47th anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime.

NICOSIA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed he will travel to Nicosia to attend the official opening ceremony of the Cyprus Presidency.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 8

AMMAN - EU-Jordan summit.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 9

DAMASCUS - The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is scheduled to visit Syria.

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 11

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 15th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.

MYANMAR - Second phase of Myanmar general election

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 12

LONDON - Polish President Karol Nawrocki pays a two-day visit to Britain. (To Jan. 13)

AHMEDABAD, India - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrives in India. He meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad.

HAITI - 16th Anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.

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MONDAY, JANUARY 13

BENGALURU, India - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meets with German companies in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru on the second day of his official visit.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14

TUNISIA – 16th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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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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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21

BRUSSELS - A meeting of NATO chiefs of defence takes place at alliance headquarters in Brussels. (To Jan. 22)

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 24

LOME, Togo – World Day of the African Culture

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 25

EGYPT – 15th Anniversary of beginning of the Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

MYANMAR - Myanmar to hold third phase of election voting

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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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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31

VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2026 (to Feb. 17).

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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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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8

TOKYO - President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, will visit Japan. (To Feb. 10)

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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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