News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb. 14

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 
    

    ** ROME/PARIS/BUDAPEST/MOSCOW - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is to visit Italy, France, Hungary and Russia. (To Feb. 22).

    ** LISBON - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi arrived on a visit to the Portuguese Republic.

    ** BUDAPEST - Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov pays official visit to Hungary. (Final Day)

    ** TIRASPOL, MOLDOVA - The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani will visit the Republic of Moldova. (Final Day)

    ** ANKARA - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold press conference with Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen - 0630 GMT.

    ** STOCKHOLM - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock travels to Sweden, holds talks with her Swedish counterpart Tobias Billstrom - 1450 GMT.

    ** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed at the State Department - 1830 GMT. VIENTIANE - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen visits Laos. (Final Day) VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21) VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21). SINGAPORE - YAB Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi, Menteri Besar of Johor, will make an Official Visit to Singapore (Final Day) HELSINKI - Germany's Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will visit Finland (Final Day) KATHMANDU - Vinay Mohan Kwatra Foreign Secretary of India will be on an official visit to Nepal (Final Day) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai hosts the World Government Summit with a focus on economic resilience, development, healthcare and sustainable cities. (To Feb. 15) SINGAPORE - Singapore announces its Budget 2023 - 0730 GMT. BEIJING - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (To Feb. 16). OSLO - Representatives of international organizations, business and political leaders to discuss energy transition issues at Oslo Energy Forum. (To Feb. 16) TAIPEI CITY - Mario Abdo Benítez, President of Paraguay, visits Taiwan (to Feb 18) BRUSSELS - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo visit Belgian port of Zeebrugge to discuss energy ties – 0900 GMT GEORGETOWN - Guyana hosts the International Energy Conference and Expo 2023 focused on development. NEW YORK CITY - The United Nations Security Council to meet on sea-level rise and its implications for international peace and security – 1500 GMT. PHNOM PENH - The German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Cambodia. (To Feb. 15) BRUSSELS - NATO Defence Ministers meet in Brussels. (To Feb. 15) GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 18th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. NEW YORK CITY – Women's New York Fashion Week 2023 (To Feb. 17) BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 
    

    ** NADI, Fiji - Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Fiji to attend the 12th World Hindi Conference. (To Feb. 17). CAPE TOWN/ATHENS - Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan will visit South Africa and Greece, and hold the third meeting of the China-South Africa high-level people-to-people exchange mechanism. (To Feb. 22) HELSINKI - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner meets his Finnish counterpart Annita Saarikko in Helsinki – 1200 GMT BANGKOK - Thai finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith and Deputy Central Bank Governor Mathee Supapongse speak at a business seminar held by the Economic Reporters Association – 0200 GMT.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 
    

    BRUSSELS - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne travels to Brussels, meets EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. LONDON - Poland's President Andrzej Duda visits London. (To Feb. 17) BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg meets Polish President Andrzej Duda at NATO headquarters in Brussels – 1030 GMT BERLIN - 73rd Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 22)

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 
    

    PRISTINA - 15th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 25)

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    ** SYDNEY - Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Australia.

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 
    

    LONDON - 76th British Academy Film Awards.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 
    

    WARSAW - U.S. President Joe Biden travels to Poland to mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (To Feb. 22) MADRID - Spanish International Renewable Energy Conference (SPIREC) (To Feb 23) MADRID - The Spanish International Renewable Energy Conference (SPIREC) is inaugurated by Spain's energy minister Teresa Ribera, which is attended by European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson, IRENA Director General Francesco La Camera, and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner, among others. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 
    

    ** ATHENS - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Athens. STOCKHOLM - EU energy ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union. (To Feb. 22) NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 
    

    ** JAKARTA - Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang visits Indonesia in first official trip to Southeast Asia. NEW YORK CITY - The United Nations Security Council to meet on Somalia – 1500 GMT. BENGALURU, India - Finance ministers of G20 countries and their central bank chiefs to meet in Bengaluru in southern India. (To Feb. 25) CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana presents the 2023 budget in parliament – 1200 GMT.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 
    

    MADRID - Spain's Energy Minister Teresa Ribera to speak at economy forum in Madrid - 0800 GMT. NEW YORK CITY - UN Security Council to meet on cooperation between the United Nations and European union – 1500 GMT

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 
    

    NEW YORK CITY - UN Security Council ministerial meeting to mark one year since Russia invaded Ukraine – 1500 GMT NEW YORK CITY - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit New York to address the high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly. KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim presents the nation's budget for 2023.

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 
    

    PALM SPRINGS, United States - 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting (To Feb 26) ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Presidential Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 
    

    WARSAW - OECD Economic Surveys: Poland 2023 GENEVA,Switzerland - Human Rights Council meeting (To April 4)

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1   
    

    NEW DELHI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be taking part in the G2O Foreign Ministers meeting in New Delhi. (To March 2) LONDON – The Norway Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit to visit United Kingdom (To March 2) NEW DELHI - The G20 foreign ministers will meet in New Delhi, India (To March 2) STOCKHOLM - EU defence ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 2   
    

    STOCKHOLM - EU defence and foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 3	 
    

    STOCKHOLM - EU foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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    SUNDAY, MARCH 5 
    

    TALLINN - Estonian Parliament Election.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 6 
    

    BERLIN - Germany's association of local utilities VKU hosts a conference in Berlin with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner, among others, speaking at the event. (To March 7)

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 7 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To March 8) PALIKIR - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 9 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To March 10) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To March 10)

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 10 
    

    PARIS - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit France for British-French summit.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 13 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 14 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 
    

    LONDON - British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt presents the UK government's budget and has commissioned the Office for Budget Responsibility to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast to go with it.

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 17 
    

    VIENNA - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) foreign ministers will meet in Vienna, Austria.

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    SUNDAY, MARCH 19 
    

    ASTANA - Kazakh House of Representatives Election. PODGORICA – Montenegro Referendum Election.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 20 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 23 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting. (To March 24)

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    SUNDAY, APRIL 2 
    

    SOFIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election. HELSINKI - Finnish Parliament Election.

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