DIARY-Political and General News Events from Dec. 4

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Euro zone finance ministers meet on draft budget plans for 2024 - 1400 GMT - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet to discuss changes to the EU's fiscal rules on debt and deficit reduction - 0800 GMT - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 EGYPT - Egyptian Presidency Election.

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4 ** KUALA LUMPUR - Timor-Leste's Vice Prime Minister Francisco Kalbuadi Lay has arrived in Malaysia for a four-day working visit. (To Dec. 6)

** ABU DHABI - Morrocan King Mohammed VI will pay an official visit to the State of the United Arab Emirates at the invitation of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, President of the State of the United Arab Emirates. ** NEW DELHI - Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto to pay state visit to India. (To Dec.6)

** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hold news conference – 1440 GMT. ** TEHRAN - Cuba's President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, will meet with his Iranian ally in the Caribbean state's first visit to Iran since 2001.

** BEIJING - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko holds talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. ** VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala issue statements to the media after meeting in Vienna – 0945 GMT. ABU DHABI - Malaysian King and Queen Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah arrive in UAE for special visit in conjunction with COP28 (Final day) NEW YORK - Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam will hold a working visit to New York (Final day) DUBAI - The United nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) takes place in Dubai (to Dec. 12)

DOHA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan pays an official visit to Qatar, with talks likely to focus on the situation in Gaza (To Dec. 5) BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with military honors in Berlin - 0715 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (Dec. 5) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5 ** LJUBLJANA - German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock meets Slovenian counterpart Tanja Fajon in Ljubljana.

** BEIJING - Foreign minister of Angola Tete Antonio to visit China. (To Dec. 8) PARIS - French finance and economy minister Bruno Le Maire hosts a summit on climate and growth, bringing together scientific and economic experts, to speak of challenges to keeping commitments to the Paris climate deal - 1000 GMT. BERLIN - Belgium's royal couple visit Germany (To Dec. 7) TOKYO - Japan's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda speaks with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Asian Development Bank President Masatsugu Asakawa at a session during the ASEAN+3 Economic Cooperation and Financial Stability Forum (AMRO Forum 2023) - 0130 GMT. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6

** LONDON - Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley gives a lecture at the London School of Economics about global inequality – 1800 GMT. ** TOKYO - Deputies of ASEAN+3 finance ministers and central bank governors hold two-day meetings. (To Dec. 7)

** BEIJING - Foreign minister of Mali Abdoulaye Diop to visit China. (To Dec. 11) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7

** BEIJING - The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, hold a joint press conference on the sidelines of the 24th EU-China Summit in Beijing. PRAGUE - Visegrad defence ministers start two-day meeting. (To Dec. 8) ATHENS - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Greece for talks with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as part of efforts to maintain the positive momentum achieved in ties in recent months. BEIJING - EU-China summit. (To Dec 8)

Brussels - Eurogroup Meeting. BRUSSELS, Belgium - Euro zone finance ministers meet on draft budget plans for 2024 - 1400 GMT - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet to discuss changes to the EU's fiscal rules on debt and deficit reduction - 0800 GMT - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 EGYPT - Egyptian Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11 TALLINN - Baltic Presidents meet in Tallinn.

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 AMSTERDAM - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol pays state visit to Netherlands. (To Dec 13) BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13

Brussels - EU-Western Balkans summit. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14

BRUSSELS - European Council (To Nov. 15) GENEVA - WTO general council meets in Geneva - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15

BRUSSELS - EU leaders attend a summit in Brussels. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17 CHAD - Chad Referendum Election.

SERBIA - Serbian National Assembly Election. CHILE - Chile Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC National Assembly Election. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC Presidency Election.

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TALLIN - 14th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 4

BURMA - 76th anniversary of Burma's independence. PALM SPRINGS, CA – 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. (To Jan. 15) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 5

SAUDI ARABIA - Stage of Dakar Rally 2024. (To Jan 19) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 7

BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi National Parliament Election. PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 45th anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JANUARY 9 BHUTAN - Bhutanese National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JANUARY 11 SINT MAARTEN - Election for Staten (Sint Maarten Parliament).

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 13th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 12

HAITI - 14th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital. BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2023. (To Jan. 21) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 TAIWAN - Election for Taiwanese Presidency. TAIWAN - Taiwanese Election for Taiwanese Legislative Yuan. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 COMOROS - Election for Comoran Presidency. TUNISIA - 14th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JANUARY 15 BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.

DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds 2024 annual meeting in Davos. (To Jan. 19) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 22 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24 CAPE TOWN - World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 25

EGYPT - 13th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 FINLAND - Finland holds presidential election.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 29 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)

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