News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb. 2

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    WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2 
    

    • YEREVAN - The Austrian Minister for European and International Affairs Alexander Schallenberg to visit Armenia (to Feb. 3)
    • BRUSSELS - The NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Milos Vystrcil and Marketa Pekarova Adamova, at NATO Headquarters.
    • LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin by telephone about Ukraine.
    • LJUBLJANA - UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on visit in Ljubljana, meets Slovenian counterpart. - 0800 GMT

    BEIJING - Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso to visit China on an official visit (to Feb.6)

    WASHINGTON DC – Cyprus Foreign minister Ioannis Casoulides working visit Washington, & will meet US counterpart Anthony Blinken (To Feb 03).

    KYIV – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will visit Kyiv for a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine. (Final Day).

    MUSCAT/ ABU DHABI/ DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - King Philippe Leopold Louis Marie of Belgium with Queen Mathilde will travel to Oman, Abu Dhabi and Dubai (To Feb. 5)

    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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    THURSDAY, FEB. 3 
    

    • HELSINKI - President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin will meet in Helsinki.

    BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets the prime minister of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovacevski in Brussels, holds a news conference. - 0830 GMT

    KYIV - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a visit to Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

    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)

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    FRIDAY, FEB. 4 
    
    • BEIJING - Russian President Vladamir Putin meets for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Putin is visiting China to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

    WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau at the State Department.

    OSLO - Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere meets Estonian President Alar Karis in Oslo - 1400 GMT.

    GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.

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    SATURDAY, FEB. 5 
    

    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).

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    SUNDAY, FEB. 6 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.

    COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Election.

    COSTA RICA – Presidential Election.

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    MONDAY, FEB. 7 
    

    KYIV - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock will pay a joint visit to Ukraine (to Feb.8)

    WASHINGTON 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)

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    TUESDAY, FEB. 8 
    

    GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2022

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    WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9 
    

    GRENOBLE, France - Informal meeting of EU health ministers (to Feb. 10)

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    THURSDAY, FEB. 10 
    

    DUBAI - 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).

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    FRIDAY, FEB. 11 
    

    DUBLIN - Vera Jourova, EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency, speaks at Ireland's Institute of International and European Affairs think tank - 1300 GMT.

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    SATURDAY, FEB. 12 
    

    VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1).

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    SUNDAY, FEB. 13 
    
    • SWITZERLAND - Referendum election.

    MARSEILLE, 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.

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    MONDAY, FEB. 14 
    
    • ABU DHABI - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits the United Arab Emirates as part of efforts to boost coopertion between the two countries, mending ties strained by years of animosity. (To Feb 15).

    GLOBAL - Valentine's Day.

    BEIRUT - 17th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

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    TUESDAY, FEB. 15 
    

    RIGA, Latvia - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender travel to Latvia to meet with President Egils Levits and his wife Andra Levite in Riga.

    MOSCOW - Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau is set to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16 
    

    BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels for a two-day summit chaired by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. (To Feb 17).

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    THURSDAY, FEB. 17 
    

    JAKARTA - 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)

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    FRIDAY, FEB. 18 
    

    SINGAPORE - Singapore's finance minister Lawrence Wong to deliver the 2022 fiscal year budget – 0600 GMT

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    SUNDAY, FEB. 20 
    
    • DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Senegal - (To Feb. 23).
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    MONDAY, FEB. 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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    TUESDAY, FEB. 22 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 
    

    CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will present the 2022 budget in parliament. - 1200 GMT

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    FRIDAY, FEB. 25 
    

    PARIS – Eurogroup meeting. PARIS – EU Informal meeting of ministers for the economy and finance (to Feb. 26).

    RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2022. (to Mar. 5).

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    SUNDAY, Feb 27 
    
    • BELARUS - Referendum election.

    MALI - Mali Presidential Election.

    MALI - Malian National Assembly election.

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    MONDAY, FEB.28 
    

    • GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to April 1). - - - - - - - - -

    TUESDAY, MARCH 1 WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 3 
    

    ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to March 4)

    BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4)

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 
    

    SOUTH KOREA - South Korea holds Presidential election.

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    SUNDAY, MARCH 13 
    

    COLOMBIA - Colombian House of Representatives election.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 14 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 15 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 
    

    AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands holds municipal elections.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 21 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 22 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 24 
    

    BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts summit of European Union leaders (To Mar 25)

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 25).

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