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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17** MUNICH, GERMANY - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the Munich Security Conference - 1645 GMT.
** MUNICH, GERMANY - French President Emmanuel Macron meets with U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference - 1600 GMT.
** BERLIN – Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is embarking on a five-day official visit to Germany to attend Munich Security Conference-2023. (To Feb. 20)
** BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday started an official visit to Brunei.
** PRISTINA – Bulgaria Vice-President Iliana Iotova will visit Kosovo at the invitation of Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu for the 15th anniversary of Kosovo's independence. (To Feb. 18)
** BERLIN - The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has embarked on a visit to the Federal Republic of Germany to attend the 59th Munich Security Conference. BERLIN/ANKARA/ATHENS U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Germany, Turkey and Greece to attend the Munich Security Conference and observe U.S. response efforts to the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria (to February 22). MANAMA - Hungarian President Katalin Novak visits Bahrain (to February 18). VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21) VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21). TAIPEI CITY - Mario Abdo Benítez, President of Paraguay, visits Taiwan (to Feb 18) NEW YORK CITY – Women's New York Fashion Week 2023 (Final Day) NADI, Fiji - Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Fiji to attend the 12th World Hindi Conference. (Final Day). 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) KUALA LUMPUR - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Malaysia in a state trip and is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. (To Feb. 18) LONDON - Poland's President Andrzej Duda visits London. (Final Day) BERLIN - 73rd Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 22) MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calviño takes part in a presentation at the Hub X Digital Talent - 0830 GMT. KUALA LUMPUR - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds a joint news conference with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim as part of a three-day state visit to Malaysia - 1000 GMT. MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calviño chairs digital transformation council meeting; at the end she participates in presser - 1000 GMT. NOVO-OGARYOVO, RUSSIA - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in his residence outside Moscow - 1000 GMT. VIENNA - The economy ministers of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein hold a news conference at the start of a meeting in Vienna - 0900 GMT. PRISTINA - 15th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 25)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18** MUNICH, GERMANY - United States Secretary Antony Blinken meets with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly - 0945 GMT.
** MUNICH, GERMANY - U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris speaks with Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the Munich Security Conference - 1500 GMT.
** MUNICH, GERMANY - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks with U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris at the Munich Security Conference - 1355 GMT.
** MUNICH, GERMANY - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a panel discussion about Ukraine together with the Foreign Minister of Germany Annalena Baerbock and the Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba at the Munich Security Conference - 1515 GMT.
** MUNICH, GERMANY - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba at the Munich Security Conference - 1630 GMT. MUNICH - The foreign ministers of G7 member countries are set to meet on Saturday in Munich for its annual security conference, aiming to reaffirm their support to Ukraine. MUNICH, GERMANY - President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin and Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni discuss Europe’s geopolitical position with moderator and journalist Christiane Amanpour - 0900 GMT. MUNICH, GERMANY - US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to MSC chairman Christoph Heusgen at Munich Security Conference - 1130 GMT. MUNICH, GERMANY - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to moderator Maria Tadeo at Munich Security Conference - 1200 GMT. SYDNEY - Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Australia.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19** BEIJING - Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan will visit China. (To Feb. 21). LONDON - 76th British Academy Film Awards.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20** BRUSSELS - EU foreign ministers gather for a meeting in Brussels, also attended by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, where they will discuss the war in Ukraine. They will also meet with Moldovan foreign minister Nicu Popescu and discuss Afghanistan - 0830 GMT. 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck statement to press on industrial production capacity for switch to renewable energy after roundtable with industry - 1400 GMT. 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22JAKARTA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23** BENGALURU, India - U.S Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to India next week to attend Group of 20 finance minister meetings in Bengaluru and will address the global economic impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
** LUSAKA - Zambia's finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane speaks at the launch of the country's 'Capital Markets Master Plan' - 0730 GMT. 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
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24TALLINN - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen visits Estonia. 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25PALM 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27WARSAW - OECD Economic Surveys: Poland 2023 GENEVA,Switzerland - Human Rights Council meeting (To April 4)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28** GENEVA - Palestinian foreign minister, Riyad Al-Maliki, briefs media in Geneva - 1145 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1PRAGUE - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen will visit the Czech Republic (to March 2). 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 2STOCKHOLM - EU defence and foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 3** WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden is to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House. STOCKHOLM - EU foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 5TALLINN - Estonian Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 6BERLIN - 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)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 7BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To March 8) PALIKIR - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 9BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To March 10) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To March 10)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 10PARIS - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit France for British-French summit.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 13BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 14BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15LONDON - 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 17VIENNA - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) foreign ministers will meet in Vienna, Austria.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 19ASTANA - Kazakh House of Representatives Election. PODGORICA – Montenegro Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 20BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 23BRUSSELS - European Council meeting. (To March 24)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 2SOFIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election. HELSINKI - Finnish Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 11AMSTERDAM - French President Emmanuel Macron makes a state visit to the Netherlands, accompanied by first lady Brigitte Macron, where he will meet King Willem-Alexander. (To Apr. 12)
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