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- MOSCOW - Turkish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Faruk Kaymakci will pay a visit to Moscow.
- BRUSSELS - North Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski meeting with EU institutions leaders - 0830 GMT.
- PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron attends a video conference call with Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliye and European Council President Charles Miche - 1230 GMT
LILLE, France – EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers (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)
BEIJING - Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso to visit China on an official visit (to Feb.6)
WASHINGTON DC - Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will pay a four-day visit to the United States (to Feb. 6)
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). 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEB. 5WASHINGTON 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. 6
- NEW DELHI - Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister G.L.Peiris to visit India (to Feb.8)
GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.
COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Election.
COSTA RICA – Presidential Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEB. 7
- BRUSSELS - Polish President Andrzej Duda to meet European Commission president to discuss situation in Ukraine.
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)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEB. 8VILNIUS - NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana speaks in Vilnius at a conference. - 1100 GMT
GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2022
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9GRENOBLE, France - Informal meeting of EU health ministers (to Feb. 10)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEB. 10PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Colombia
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).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEB. 11DUBLIN - Vera Jourova, EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency, speaks at Ireland's Institute of International and European Affairs think tank - 1300 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEB. 12VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEB. 13SWITZERLAND - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEB. 14
- MOSCOW - Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil, to visit Russia (to Feb.17)
- KYIV - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to pay visit to Ukraine.
ABU DHABI - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits the United Arab Emirates as part of efforts to boost cooperation 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEB. 15
- MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold talks in Moscow.
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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet to discuss humanitarian aid for Myanmar. (To Feb 17).
BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels for a two-day summit chaired by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. (To Feb 17).
- - - - - - - - - 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
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEB. 20DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Senegal - (To Feb. 23).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEB. 21BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEB. 22BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will present the 2022 budget in parliament. - 1200 GMT
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEB. 25PARIS – 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).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, Feb 27BELARUS - Referendum election.
MALI - Mali Presidential Election.
MALI - Malian National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEB.28GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to April 1).
- - - - - - - - - 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 Senate election.
COLOMBIA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 19DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - 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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