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Today in Washington ——————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————————————– WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23

** ANKARA – Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of Cuba, will pay an official visit to Turkey (To Nov 24)

** PORT VILA – UK Minister of State for Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan will arrive in Vanuatu to strengthen ties across the Pacific.

** YEREVAN – President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will take part in a regular session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Collective Security Council in Yerevan, Armenia.

** LONDON – President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa to meet with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

** BRUSSELS – Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Besnik Bislimi and Petar Petkovic, the head of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo, hold meeting with Miroslav Lajcak, EU Special Representative of Europe.

** KUWAIT CITY – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia’ Al-Sudani and his accompanying delegation visit Kuwait.

** PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron meets French Mayors at the Elysee Palace in Paris – 1900 GMT TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS – Roman Alexandrovich Golovchenko, Prime Minister of Belarus will visit Tehran, Iran, and Damascus, Syria (To Nov 24) OTTAWA – Nigeria Vice President Yemi Osinbajo visits Canada (final day). KINSHASA/SEOUL – Kenya President William Ruto began his four-day state visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and to the Republic of South Korea (to November 24). LISBON – Brazilian Vice-President Hamilton Mourao on a four-day visit to Lisbon (To Nov 24) KRONG SIEM REAP, Cambodia – 9th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers’ Meeting (final day) PHNOM PENH – Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will pay an official visit to Cambodia and will be attending the ASEAN Defence Ministers Plus (ADMM Plus) meeting. (final day). MOROCCO – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits the Moroccan city of Fes to attend a meeting of the U.N. “Alliance of Civilizations,” a forum co-sponsored by Turkey and Spain. (final day) REYKJAVIK – Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin to visit Iceland and meet Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir in Reykjavik (final day) YEREVAN – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Yerevan, Armenia (final day) PARIS – Members of the 22-nation European Space Agency hold a two-day ministerial meeting in Paris (final day). LONDON – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will make a state visit to Britain, Buckingham Palace. (final day) BELGRADE – Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliev visits Serbia and is scheduled to meet his counterpart Aleksandar Vucic. MEXICO CITY – Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, meets with his Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric at the National Palace in Mexico City – 0730 GMT RIGA – Romanian President Klaus Iohannis meets Latvian counterpart Egils Levits in Riga to discuss security and energy situation in Europe in connection with Russia’s war in Ukraine, as well as other current issues. – 1310 GMT YEREVAN – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. BERLIN – Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, will meet with the German Chancellor, Οlaf Scholz, the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier (To Nov 24) YEREVAN – Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate in a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in person in Yerevan HANOI – The President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, will pay an official visit to Vietnam (to November 25). BERLIN – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner speaks at SZ economic summit. – 1400 GMT LONDON – UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt answers budget questions from House of Commons’ Treasury Committee – 1500 GMT LONDON – South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a speech after attending a banquet at the Guildhall given by London Mayor Sadiq Khan. BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiadis with military honors outside Berlin’s chancellery before they speak to repoters. – 1600 GMT BERLIN – German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks at the SZ economic summit. – 1615 GMT BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiadis speak to reporters after their meeting in Berlin. – 1715 GMT CASTELLON, Spain – Spanish-Romanian summit to take place in Castellon. BRUSSELS – Ignazio Cassis, president of the Swiss Confederation, will be received on a state visit by King Philippe of the Belgians (To Nov 25) BERLIN – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets counterpart Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus in Berlin – 0900 GMT. DAMASCUS – Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko visits Syria and sign different agreements with Syrian government. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 VILNIUS – Romanian President Klaus Iohannis meets Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nauseda in Vilnius to discuss security situation in the region, increasing deterrence and defense capabilities on NATO’s eastern flank, and support for Ukraine. – 1125 GMT BEIJING – Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel will visit China (to November 26). KAUNAS, Lithuania – Polish President Andrzej Duda arrives in Lithuania to meet President Gitanas Nauseda, Latvian President Egils Levits and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis (To Nov 25) MADRID – Spain Economy Minister Nadia Calvino and Mairead McGuinness, commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union of the European Commission, take part in a conference on “Key topics for financial stability in Europe,” organized by Real Instituto Elcano – 1045 GMT OSLO – Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis to visit Norway (to Nov. 26) ACCRA – Ghana’s Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, will present the 2023 budget to parliament. MEXICO CITY – Mexico hosts Pacific Alliance leaders’ summit (To Nov. 25) BARCELONA, Spain – The 7th Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) gathers the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the UfM member states. BARCELONA, Spain – EU Commission vice-president Josep Borrell and Spain’s Foreign Affairs minister, José Manuel Albares, to take part in Mediterranean forum in Barcelona. GENEVA, Switzerland – UN to hold special session on Iran at Human Rights Council – 0900 GMT – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a news conference ahead of a meeting of alliance foreign ministers in Bucharest on November 29-30. – 0900 GMT NEW DELHI – Finance Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman will meet with state finance ministers in New Delhi for a pre-budget meeting. BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne with military honors outside Berlin’s chancellery before they speak to reporters. – 1400 GMT GLOBAL – International day for elimination of violence against women. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 BAKU – Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov to visit Azerbaijan (To Nov. 30) TAIPEI CITY – Taiwan holds key mayoral elections. MUMBAI, India – 14th anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on Nov. 26, 2008 lasted nearly three days and left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27 BEIJING – President of Mongolia Ukhnaa Khurelsukh will pay a state visit to China (To Nov 28) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 LONDON – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech at the annual Lord Mayor’s Banquet in London. – 1830 GMT BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

** WELLINGTON/ SYDNEY – Finland’s Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, will visit New Zealand and Australia and will meet the Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern in Auckland and the Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese in Sydney (To Dec 3)

** BRUSSELS – EU and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) ministers meeting. ZURICH – Italian President Sergio Mattarella will visit Switzerland (to November 30). BUCHAREST – NATO foreign ministers meet in Bucharest with discussions focusing on Russia’s war on Ukraine. The meeting will be chaired by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (To Nov 30) TOKYO – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Japan (to Nov. 30). TEHRAN, Iran – 11th anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry over Britain’s unilateral sanctions. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1

** TIRANA – President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Albania (To Dec 2) BERLIN – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks at the Berlin Security Conference LODZ, Poland – The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) holds its 29th Ministerial Council in Lodz, Poland, with foreign ministers from 57 participating states set to discuss the security situation on the continent (To Dec 2) GLOBAL – World AIDS Day. WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden hosts French President Emmanuel Macron at White house for state visit. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 VIENNA – OPEC oil ministers and their allies, known as OPEC+ meet at the organization’s headquarters in Vienna. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 TIRANA – EU-Western Balkans summit. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 MONTREAL – UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-15) held in Montreal Canada (to Dec. 19) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 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 December 20). – – – – – – – – – 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) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 PRAGUE – Czech Republic holds presidential elections. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JANUARY 16 DAVOS, Switzerland – World Economic Forum holds 2023 annual meeting in Davos (to January 20). – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 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