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Today in Washington ——————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————————————– MONDAY, DECEMBER 5

** SINGAPORE – Foreign minister of the Sultanate of Oman, Sayyid Badr Bin Hamid Bin Hamood Al Busaidi, and National Security Council secretary-general of the Sultanate of Oman, Major General Idris Bin Abdulrahman Bin Hamoud Al Kindi, will make an official visit to Singapore. (To Dec. 6)

** DOHA – UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan commences official visit to Qatar.

** TOKYO – Belgium’s Princess Astrid meets Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo.

** ABU DHABI – The UAE holds Abu Dhabi Space Debate, hosting representatives from the world’s space industry with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in its inaugural event.

** NEW DELHI – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold a news conference following a meeting in New Delhi – 0830 GMT.

** BRATISLAVA – Slovak Foreign Minister Rastislav Kacer meets Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto in Bratislava. The ministers will host a news conference after their meeting – 1100 GMT.

** BRUSSELS – Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calviño takes part in Eurogroup meeting in Brussels – 1500 GMT. MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with his Azeri counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in Moscow – 0900 GMT. SEOUL – President of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking delegation will pay a state visit to the Republic of Korea. (To Dec. 6) ABU DHABI – Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during an official visit to the UAE. NEW DELH – Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, will pay an official visit to India. (To Dec. 6) BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6

** ANKARA – Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu will pay a visit to Turkey to meet his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.

** NEW DELHI – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock takes part in a panel discussion at the trilateral India forum “Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific” during her visit to India – 0330 GMT.

** STOCKHOLM – Swedish Minister for EU Affairs Jessika Roswall meets her Austrian counterpart Karoline Edtstadler – 0830 GMT.

** MONTREAL – Chinese Minister of Ecology and Environment and COP 15 President, Huang Runqiu, speaks at the two-week U.N. Biodiversity Summit opening news conference – 1400 GMT. TIRANA – EU-Western Balkans summit. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7

** OSLO – Defence ministers of 13 European countries, that make up a collaboration called European Intervention Initiative, meet in Oslo, Norway to discuss the security situation in Europe after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Ministers from Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Great Britain and Sweden will attend.

** BRUSSELS – The Friends of Europe think tank hosts an EU-Western Balkans Summit and media briefing at its Brussels offices. Speakers include Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, Montenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazović and EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues Miroslav Lajcak – 1200 GMT.

** MILAN – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Milan. RIYADH – Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive in Riyadh. MONTREAL – UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-15) held in Montreal Canada. (To Dec. 19) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8

** DUBLIN – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visits Ireland. BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Dec. 9) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9

** BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economics Minister Robert Habeck and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas attend Digital Summit in Berlin – 1330 GMT.

** BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas in Berlin – 1500 GMT. TOKYO – Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and defense minister Yasukazu Hamada meet their Australian counterparts, Penny Wong and Richard Marles at a 2+2 meeting in Tokyo. RIYADH – Saudi Arabia plans to host a Chinese-Arab summit, attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping. MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the virtual Eurasian Economic Union summit. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13

** LISBON – Portugese Prime Minister Antonio Costa debates with lawmakers in preparation for the European Council – 1100 GMT. WASHINGTON DC – Washington hosts U.S.-Africa summit. (To Dec. 15) BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 BRUSSELS – EU-ASEAN Summit. SUVA – Fijian House of Representatives Election. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15 BRUSSELS – European Council meeting (To Dec. 16) – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 TUNIS – Tunisian Assembly of People’s Representatives Election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, DECEMBER 19 GENEVA, Switzerland – World Trade Organization General Council meeting (To Dec. 20). – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 SAUDI ARABIA – Stage of Dakar Rally 2022 (To Jan. 15) – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 TALLINN – 13th anniversary of adoption of the euro by Estonia. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 MANILA – Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos starts his multi-day state visit to China upon invitation by Chinese President Xi Jinping. (To Jan. 5) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4 BURMA – 75th anniversary of Burma’s independence. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JANUARY 8 PORTO-NOVO – Beninese National Assembly Election. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 PALM SPRINGS, Ca – 33rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. (To Jan. 16) – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, JANUARY 7 PHNOM PENH – The ruling Cambodian People’s Party celebrates the 44th anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 12th Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 HAITI – 13th anniversary of Haiti’s magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 PRAGUE – Czech Republic holds presidential elections. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 TUNISIA – 13th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. BRUSSELS – European Motor Show Brussels 2023. (To Jan. 22) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JANUARY 16 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. ABU DHABI – World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2023. (To Jan. 18) DAVOS, Switzerland – World Economic Forum holds 2023 annual meeting in Davos. (To Jan. 20) – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JANUARY 23 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JANUARY 24 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25 EGYPT – 12th Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 KINSHASA/JUBA – Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. (To Feb. 5) – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5 LOS ANGELES – 65th Annual Grammy Awards. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 VENICE, Italy – Venice Carnival 2023 (to Feb. 21). – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx