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** AMMAN - The Vatican's foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, visits Jordan and meets his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi, in Amman.
** PARIS - French President Macron meets Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in Paris, to reaffirm their partnership in defense and security, economic development, sustainability, culture and education. France's Indopacific strategy aims to contribute to peace and stability in the region - 1300 GMT.
** NEW YORK - U.N. Security Council to meet on Israel-Hamas war, discuss sexual violence. Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz to attend meeting - 1900 GMT.
** TOKYO - Brunei's Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah meets with Japan"s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo - 1100 GMT.
** LUANDA - The International Monetary Fund is scheduled to hold a press conference on Angola's annual report. It will be attended by the IMF's representative in Angola, Victor Duarte Lledo, and economist Marco Miguel - 1000 GMT.
** BERLIN - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on official visit to Germany. (To March 15)
** DHAKA - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Evgeny Shestakov, paying a visit to the People`s Republic of Bangladesh. (To March 12)
** WELLINGTON - Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh begins official visit to New Zealand. (Final day)
** STOCKHOLM - Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering of Finland Anders Adlercreutz will travel to Stockholm.
** CAPE TOWN - U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo will visit South Africa. (To March 15)
** BAKU - President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay a state visit to Azerbaijan. (To March 12) TOKYO - His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office of Brunei Darussalam, and Her Royal Highness Paduka Seri Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Sarah, Crown Princess of Brunei Darussalam will pay an official visit to Japan. (Final day) PARIS - Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on an official visit to France. (To Mar. 12)
ADDIS ABABA - The United States special envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Mike Hammer will be in Addis Ababa (To Mar. 13) NEW DELHI - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters to visit India (To Mar. 13) BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet to discuss the macroeconomic situation and the creation of a capital markets union - 1400 GMT.
PORT LOUIS - President of India, Droupadi Murmu, will undertake a State Visit to the Republic of Mauritius to attend the National Day celebrations of Mauritius. (To Mar. 13)
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim with military honors at Berlin's chancellery, followed by a news conference - 1700 GMT. SENDAI, Japan – 13th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
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** NEW DELHI - Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik to visit India. (To March 13)
** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks at SPD conference in Berlin - 1200 GMT.
** BERLIN - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Labour Minister HubertusHeil speak at Mittelstand conference - 1200 GMT.
** PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron talks to senior civil servants about his plans to reform the role of the State - 0905 GMT. JOHANNESBURG - Angola and Kenya's ministers of finance speak alongside the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Africa department head at the African Fiscal Forum, about fiscal strategies amid rising debt levels - 1300 GMT. MEXICO CITY - Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia to visit Mexico. (To March 14) WASHINGTON 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.
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** HELSINKI - Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will meet the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili, in Helsinki. PHNOM PENH - European Union Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen holds a news conference in Phnom Penh after concluding her trip to Cambodia - 0900 GMT.
BANGKOK - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo visits Thailand with economic relations strong on the agenda, according to her department's announcement. (To Mar. 14)
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin with military honours at Berlin's chancellery, followed by a news conference - 1700 GMT.
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** TÓRSHAVN, DENMARK - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits the Faroe Islands where she will meet Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Faroe Islands' Lagman.
** BRUSSELS - Polish President Andrzej Duda visits NATO headquarters in Brussels and meets NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg - 1400 GMT. BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte in Berlin - 1300 GMT. JAKARTA - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters to visit Indonesia (To Mar. 15) TOKYO - Japan's Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Masato Kanda joins a panel discussion during the "Tokyo Roundtable on Capital Market and Financial Reform in Asia" hosted by OECD and Asian Development Bank Institute. – 0100 GMT
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** NUUK, DENMARK - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Greenland where she will meet Greenland's government chairman Mute Bourup Eged and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen as well as open the EU Commission's new office in Nuuk. WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden will host Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.
SINGAPORE - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters to visit Singapore. DUBLIN, 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 17CAIRO - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen travels to Egypt with Belgian, Greek and Italian Prime Ministers. They will meet with Egypt President El Sisi. ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy.
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** ACCRA - International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva will brief journalists in Ghana on its loan programme - 1130 GMT.
SEOUL - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in South Korea to meet South Korean officials and attend the third Summit for Democracy. (To Mar. 19) BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
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** HANOI - The King and Queen of the Netherlands meet Vietnam's leaders during a state visit. ULAANBAATAR - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Ulaanbaatar to meet Mongolian officials. EGYPT – 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 22BRUSSELS - Euro Summit. GLOBAL - World Water Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 23SLOVAKIA - Slovakian Presidency election. GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 24SENEGAL - Senegal holds presidential election. GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 28SOUTH KOREA - South Korean National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 29DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2024 Dubai World Cup.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 2GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 42nd anniversary of start of Falklands war. LUANG PRABANG, Laos - 11th ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (11th AFMGM) (To Apr. 5)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 4GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. KUWAIT - Kuwaiti National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 7GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 8WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 13th anniversary of signing a bilateral treaty between Russia and the United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty).
GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 14th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 11FRANCE – 13th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab.
ABIDJAN – 13th anniversary of the arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with the help of French forces, thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war.
AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2024 (to Apr. 14).
LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 12GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight. SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to Apr 22). LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 15BOSTON - 2024 Boston Marathon. BELFAST/NEW YORK – 111th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of energy ministers. (To Apr. 16)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17SOLOMON ISLANDS - Solomon Islander National Parliament Election. AMSTERDAM - Queen Letizia and King Felipe VI of Spain will make a state visit to the Netherlands, at the invitation of the King of the Netherlands. (To Apr. 18)
ROME - G7 foreign ministers meet on Italian island of Capri. (To Apr. 19)
BRUSSELS - 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)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 20UNITED STATES - 14th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. TOGO - Togolese National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 21MALDIVES - Maldivian People's Council Election. LONDON - 2024 London Marathon.
PARIS – 63rd anniversary of the first manned mission to space. ECUADOR – Ecuador Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 22GLOBAL - Earth Day. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council. NEW 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)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 23BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of health ministers. (To April 24) STOCKHOLM - Finnish President Alexander Stubb visits Sweden on his first state trip since taking office on March 1. GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24NORTH MACEDONIA - North Macedonian Presidency Election.
GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2024 (to April 30).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 25GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 28PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 26th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. VENICE, Italy - Pope Francis visits Venice.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 29BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council. (To April 30)
LONDON – 13th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
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