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- PHNOM PENH - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan is in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on an official visit at the invitation of Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn. (Final day)
- DUBAI - United Arab Emirates Minister of Economy Abdulla bin Touqi Al Marri and Hungary Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto hold a press conference in Dubai, UAE one the sidelines of the third Joint Economic Committee between the two nations
- MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro in Moscow. - 0700 GMT
- BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock greets Austrian foreign minister in Berlin to talk about international and European issues, the two foreign ministers will speak ahead of the meeting - 1500 GMT
- ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. - 1730 GMT
- PARIS – France President Emmanuel Macron and Senegal President Macky Sall attend a conference on European investment in Africa taking place in Paris. Both presidents are set to deliver concluding remarks at the end of the event. - 1800 GMT ABU DHABI – President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta will begin a three-day working visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), focused on strengthening trade ties between Kenya and the Gulf state. (To Feb. 17)
PRAGUE/ VIENNA/ WARSAW - Deputy Foreign Minister of Malaysia Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to the Czech Republic, Austria and Poland. (To Feb. 21)
BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20).
VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1).
MOSCOW - Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil, to visit Russia (to Feb.17) MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio in Moscow. STRASBOURG, France - European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell appears in European Parliament to give a statement on EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine – 0800 GMT.
BRUSSELS - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks at EU-Africa Business forum alongside European and African business leaders – 0830 GMT.
MOSCOW - The Russian and Brazilian foreign and defense ministers are to meet in Moscow in the 2+2 format.
TOULOUSE, France – Informal meeting of European ministers responsible for space.
RIGA - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds a speech at a conference in Riga – 0830 GMT
SIEM 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. 17
- DOHA – President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi is to visit Qatar in his first trip to a Persian Gulf Arab state.
- MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Italian Foreign Minister L. Di Maio - 0700 GMT
- JAKARTA - COP26 President Alok Sharma attends a virtual public discussion titled "Delivering the Climate Promise of COP26" during a visit to Indonesia, host of this year's G20 meetings. - 0700 GMT
- MUNICH - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference and is welcomed at the airport by Bavarian state premier Markus Soeder. - 2030 GMT BUDAPEST - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro visits Budapest, meets President Janos Ader and then Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Bolsonaro and Orban due to make statement after their meeting.
PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn holds a news conference after meeting his ASEAN counterparts – 0630 GMT.
PHNOM PENH - Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hold a delayed get-together, the first under Cambodia's chairmanship.
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)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEB. 18
- KYIV - UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will visit Ukraine.
- WARSAW - U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Poland MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Greece's counterpart Nikos Dendias in Moscow. MOSCOW - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Dendias will visit Moscow.
SINGAPORE - Singapore's finance minister Lawrence Wong to deliver the 2022 fiscal year budget – 0600 GMT
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEB. 19
- PABRADE MILITARY BASE, Lithuania - US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Lithuania BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell participates in the Munich security Conference 2022.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEB. 20DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Senegal - (To Feb. 23).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEB. 21
- MOSCOW – Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad will pay a visit to Moscow.
BRUSSELS - A meeting of EU-U.K. Joint Committee in Brussels will be attended by British foreign minister Liz Truss and the EU Commissioner in charge of Brexit negotiations Maros Sefcovic, along with representatives of member states.
MADRID - Spain´s energy minister Teresa Ribera to speak at Nueva Economia forum – 0800 GMT
DAKAR - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds talks with Senegal's President Macky Sall.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEB. 22PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Norway
NEW YORK CITY - U.N. Security Council to meet on Central African Republic – 1500 GMT
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23GENEVA - WTO's General Council meets in Geneva (to Feb. 24) COPENHAGEN - Britain's Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, visits Denmark's Queen Margrethe II and Crown Princess Mary in Copenhagen – 1030 GMT
NEW YORK CITY - U.N. General Assembly to hold annual meeting on Ukraine – 1500 GMT
NEW YORK CITY - U.N. Security Council to meet on Israel and the Palestinians – 1500 GMT
CAPE 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2VIENNA - 26th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial meeting via videoconference.
- - - - - - - - - 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)
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- ANKARA - Israeli President Isaac Herzog will pay a visit to Turkey upon the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (To Mar. 10)
SOUTH KOREA - South Korea holds Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 13COLOMBIA - Colombian Senate election.
COLOMBIA - Colombian House of Representatives election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 14BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet on fiscal stance for 2023, banking union – 1400 GMT
BRUSSELS – 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).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 2VALLETTA - Pope Francis to visit Malta (to April 3)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 4BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet on G20, banking union – 1300 GMT
LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 5LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 10PARIS, France - Presidential election (First round)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY APRIL 11LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 12LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 24LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Slovenian National Assembly election.
PARIS, France - Presidential election (Second round)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 25NEW 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. 28)
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