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- BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg takes part in an online discussion about 'NATO's response to renewed tensions in Europe.' - 1330 GMT
- WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Ecuador's Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguin at the State Department. - 1500 GMT
- PARIS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his Dutch counterpart Wopke Hoekstra hold presser after meeting in Paris - 1700 GMT
STOCKHOLM - Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway pay an official visit to Sweden (to Jan. 28).
BERLIN - EU Financial Services Commissioner Mairead McGuinness meets German Finance Minister Christian Lindner in Berlin
PARIS - OECD Economic Survey: Romania
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JAN. 30DUBAI - Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit the United Arab Emirates, where he will meet with de facto ruler Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He will also open Israel's "national day" at the Expo 2020 Dubai world fair on Jan 31. (To Jan 31)
MAPUTO – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visits Mozambique.
LISBON - Portugal holds general election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JAN. 31WASHINGTON DC - Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will visit the United States and meet President Joe Biden on Jan. 31 to discuss issues including how to ensure the stability of global energy supplies.
PARIS - OECD Economic Survey: New Zealand
LOS ANGELES - 64th Annual Grammy Awards
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEB. 1NEW DELHI - India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her third annual budget in parliament – 0530 GMT
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during his visit to Moscow.
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- WASHINGTON DC - Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will pay a four-day visit to the United States (to Feb. 6)
VIENNA - 25th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference.
GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.
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- KYIV - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a visit to Ukraine.
- MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Argentina's President Fernandez in Moscow.
BEIJING - Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan will pay a three-day visit to China to attend the opening ceremony of Winter Olympics Games, Beijing 2022 at the invitation of Chinese leadership (to Feb. 5).
LILLE, France – EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers (to Feb. 4)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEB. 4GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.
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- WASHINGTON DC - Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau is scheduled to meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss "the Ukraine crisis and Poland’s role as chair of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)" in 2022.
SAPPORO, Japan – 2022 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 12).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEB. 6GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.
COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Election.
COSTA RICA – Presidential Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEB. 7WASHINGTON DC - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet U.S. President Joe Biden. KYIV - Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg plans to visit Ukraine (to Feb. 8)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEB. 8GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2022
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9GRENOBLE, France - Informal meeting of EU health ministers (to Feb. 10)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEB. 10DUBAI - Queen Elizabeth's grandson Prince William visits the United Arab Emirates on a trip that coincides with UK National Day being held at Expo 2020 Dubai.
BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEB. 12VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEB. 13MARSEILLE, France - EU trade ministers meet in Marseille (to Feb 14) BERLIN - German presidential election at the Reichstag in Berlin BEIRUT - 14th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah.
GLOBAL - World Radio Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEB. 14GLOBAL - Valentine's Day.
BEIRUT - 17th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
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- MOSCOW - Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau is set to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEB. 17JAKARTA - Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from G20 countries meeting in Indonesia (to Feb. 18) PRISTINA - 14th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.
BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts the European Union - African Union summit. (To Feb. 18)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEB. 18SINGAPORE - Singapore's finance minister Lawrence Wong to deliver the 2022 fiscal year budget – 0600 GMT
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEB. 21BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEB. 22BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEB. 25PARIS – EU Informal meeting of ministers for the economy and finance (to Feb. 26).
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2022. (to Mar. 5).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, Feb 27MALI - Mali Presidential Election.
MALI - Malian National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 1WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 3ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to March 4)
BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9SOUTH KOREA - South Korea holds Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 13COLOMBIA - Colombian House of Representatives election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 14BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 15BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands holds municipal elections.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 22BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 24BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts summit of European Union leaders (To Mar 25)
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 25).
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