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----------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, FEB. 18
- BERLIN/ PARIS - External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will pay a six-day visit to Germany and France. (To Feb. 23)
- MALAWI - Malawi finance minister Sosten Gwengwe presents maiden budget. - 1200 GMT CARACAS/ MANAGUA/ HAVANA - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov will visit Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba to continue with the intergovernmental exchanges with these countries on trade and economic cooperation. (final day)
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).
JAKARTA - Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from G20 countries meeting in Indonesia (final day)
BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts the European Union - African Union summit. (final day) MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow as Russia-Ukraine tensions stay high. - 1100 GMT 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. 19MUNICH, Germany - G7 foreign ministers meet on sidelines of Munich Security Conference 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. 20
- RABAT - Israel's Minister of Economy and Industry, Orna Barbivai, will pay a four-day working visit to Morocco. (To Feb. 23)
DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Senegal - (To Feb. 23).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEB. 21
- LJUBLJANA - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is to make an official visit to Slovenia as part of which he is to meet his counterpart Janez Janša in Lendava.
- PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Mexico.
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. 22
- MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Azerbaijan counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Kremlin
- STOCKHOLM - Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store hold a joint news conference in Stockholm after they discuss border issues, the security policy situation in the immediate area and co-operation in areas such as green industry. - 1215 GMT PRAGUE - Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne visits Prague (to Feb. 23). TAIPEI CITY - Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks virtually at the US think-tank the McCain Institute on the Indo-Pacific. (to Feb. 23). 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.28
- GENEVA - China's foreign minister Wang Yi addresses the U.N. Human Rights Council by video amid concerns over treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in its XInjiang province. - 1030 GMT GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to April 1).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 1
- GENEVA - Vladimir Makei, minister for foreign affairs of Belarus, addresses the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva by video message - 1525 GMT NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2022
WASHINGTON 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 3GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.
ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to March 4)
BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 5MOSCOW – 69th death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 6
- KINSHASA, Congo (DRC) - Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde pay an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (to Mar. 10).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 8GLOBAL - International Women's Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9ANKARA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 10TIBET – 63rd anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 11SENDAI, Japan – 11th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.
- - - - - - - - - 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 15GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting. DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 11th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16HALABJA, Iraq – 34th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack. DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 20).
AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands holds municipal elections.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 17ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 19EGYPT – 11th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.
DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 22GLOBAL - World Water Day.
BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 24GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
BRUSSELS - 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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