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** RABAT - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares visit Morocco.
** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze make press statements after meeting in Brussels. – 1330 GMT
MOSCOW - President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will pay a working visit to Russia. (Final Day)
NEW DELHI - Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits India. (To Feb 23)
BERLIN – 74th Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 25)
MUNICH, Germany - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the 60th Munich Security Conference. (to Feb 21) TOKYO - Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato' Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Minister of Higher Education of Malaysia Zambry Abdul Kadir to visit Japan. (Final Day)
BRUSSELS - New Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has named Brussels as the destination of his first foreign visit as prime minister. (Final Day)
BERLIN - German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck presents the Annual Economic Report 2024 in Berlin. – 1345 GMT
BRASÍLIA - Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva receives U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
PARIS - President of France Emmanuel Macron meets Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of the entry ceremony for Missak Manouchian and her resistance comrades into the Pantheon. – 1530 GMT
PARIS - President of France Emmanuel Macron meets Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov. – 1200 GMT
HARARE - Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik to visit Zimbabwe. (To Feb 23)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Minister of State for External Affairs of India, V. Muraleedharan will represent India at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting (FMM) in Rio de Janeiro. (To Feb 22)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Second Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Mohamad Maliki bin Osman will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting. (To Feb 22) NEW DELHI - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits India. (To Feb 23) CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana presents 2024 budget in parliament. – 1200 GMT RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - G20 foreign ministers meet to prepare for November summit. (To Feb. 22)
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** PARIS - French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu meets Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah in Paris. – 0900 GMT
** BLANTYRE, Malawi - Malawi's Finance Minister Simplex Banda will present his budget statement in parliament. – 1200 GMT BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU economic and financial affairs ministers (To Feb. 24)
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** WARSAW - Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Council (EC), will pay a visit to Poland together with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. PARIS - OECD Economic Survey of Egypt. BUENOS AIRES - President of Argentina Javier Milei receives US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Government House.
BUDAPEST - Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will travel to Budapest to meet his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán.
BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25LIECHTENSTEIN – Liechtenstein referendum election. GEORGETOWN - Leaders of Caribbean nations will meet in Guyanese capital Georgetown for a CARICOM summit. (To Feb. 28)
BELARUS - Belarusian Chamber of Representatives Election.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) (To Feb. 29)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26PRAGUE - Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk meet in Prague to discuss Ukraine, defence, EU enlargement, energy, migration. – 1630 GMT GENEVA, Switzerland - Geneva International Motor Show (to Mar. 3) GENEVA, Switzerland - 55th session of the Human Rights Council. (To Apr. 5)
ABU DHABI - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting in UAE.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27PARIS - OECD Economic Survey of Mexico. PRAGUE - Prime Ministers of the Visegrad Group (V4) of Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia meet in Prague to discuss energy security, EU matters, migration. – 1000 GMT CALGARY, Canada - Special Olympics Canada 2024 Winter Games (to Mar. 2)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28SAO PAULO - G20 finance ministers meet in Sao Paulo to prepare for the annual presidential summit in November in Rio de Janeiro. (To Feb. 29)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 1IRAN - Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 2OTTAWA - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will visit Toronto, Canada.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 3GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 4BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (To Mar. 5)
MELBOURNE, Australia - ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN-Australia Dialogue Relations. (To Mar. 6)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 5PRAGUE - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Prague. MOSCOW – 71st death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. TOKYO - Japan's Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Masato Kanda speaks at a panel discussion at an international symposium in Tokyo hosted by the Institute for International Monetary Affairs – 0500 GMT
LUANG PRABANG, Laos - ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting +1 Informal Meeting. (To Mar. 7)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 06LONDON - British finance minister Jeremy Hunt delivers his annual budget to parliament. – 1230 GMT
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 7LUANG PRABANG, Laos - The 30th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Retreat Meeting. (To Mar. 8)
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** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. – 0200 GMT GLOBAL - International Women's Day.
IRELAND - Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 10TIBET – 65th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.
PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 11SENDAI, Japan – 13th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 12WASHINGTON DC - Polish president Andrzej Duda and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden at White House. TOKYO - Japan's Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Masato Kanda gives opening remarks and appears a panel discussion at an international symposium in Tokyo hosted by Genron NPO - 0400 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 15DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 18). GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.
DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 13th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Russian Presidency Election. (To Mar. 17)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 16HALABJA, Iraq – 36th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 17ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy. MALDIVES - Maldivian People's Council Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 18BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 19EGYPT – 13th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.
BERLIN - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discusses the topic "Is Europe being left behind?" at the EUROPE 2024 media summit – 0910 GMT.
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck discusses European competitiveness at a German media summit called EUROPE 2024. – 1630 GMT BRUSSELS – EU Tripartite Social Summit.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 22)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 22GLOBAL - World Water Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 23SLOVAKIA - Slovakian Presidency election. GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 24GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 29DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2024 Dubai World Cup.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 2LUANG PRABANG, Laos - 11th ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (11th AFMGM) (To Apr. 5)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10SOUTH KOREA - South Korean National Assembly Election. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 11LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 12LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 13TOGO - Togolese National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 15BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of energy ministers. (To Apr. 16)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17BRUSSELS - Special European Council. (to Apr. 18)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 18WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 19WASHINGTON DC - Annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Spring meetings. (To Apr. 21)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 21ECUADOR – Ecuador Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 22NEW YORK, United states - Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up, including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (To Apr. 25)
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