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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, MARCH 2**NEW DELHI - Saudi Arabia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Albares Bueno, and Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman arrived in India to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting. (final day)
** NEW DELHI - Canadian foreign minister Melanie Joly visits India for G20 meet. (To March 3)
** BAKU - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Azerbaijan at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev. (final day)
** NEW DELHI - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to deliver the keynote address at one of India's leading think-tank's annual convention in New Delhi.
** TARTU, ESTONIA - Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson holds keynote speech at a conference in Tartu, Estonia arranged by the Baltic Defence College, and meets with Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur – 1010 GMT.
** JOHANNESBURG - Malawi finance minister Sosten Gwengwe presents 2023/24 budget in Parliament – 1200 GMT.
** BERN – Chile's Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola is in Switzerland for an official visit.
** DUSHANBE - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin begins a two-day working visit to Tajikistan. (To March 3)
** NEW DELHI - Catherine Colonna, minister for Europe and foreign affairs of France, will visit India to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting, the Raisina Dialogue, and bilateral engagements. (To March 3) NEW DELHI - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrives in India to attend G20 foreign ministers meeting and Raisina Dialogue. (To March 4)
NEW DELHI - Vivian Balakrishnan, minister for foreign affairs of Singapore, will make a working visit to New Delhi, India to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting. (To March 3)
LIBREVILLE - Emmanuel Macron, president of France, visits Gabon. (final Day)
QUITO/BOGOTA - EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson visits Ecuador and Colombia. (to Mar 4)
NEW DELHI - At the invitation of the Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Frederik André Henrik Christian, and Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, Mary Elizabeth, of the Kingdom of Denmark are paying an official visit to India. (final Day)
GENEVA, Switzerland - Human Rights Council meeting (To April 4)
BEIJING - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will visit China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (final Day)
ASTANA / TASHKENT / NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and India. (To March 3)
MANILA - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on an official visit to the Philippines and holds a bilateral meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to discuss areas of mutual concern such as political, security, and economic cooperation. (final Day)
NEW DELHI - Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit India for the G20 foreign ministers' meeting. (final Day)
RABAT - European Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi visits Morocco. (final Day)
NEW DELHI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be on a three-day visit to India to participate in the G2O foreign ministers' meeting and will also meet External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during the trip. (To March 3)
LONDON - Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit travel to London on a two-day visit. (final Day)
PRAGUE - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen will visit the Czech Republic. (final Day) NEW DELHI - The G20 foreign ministers will meet in New Delhi, India. (final Day)
NEW DELHI - G20 Foreign Ministers meeting begins with a session on strengthening multilateralism and need for reforms; food and energy security; development cooperation, followed by second session on counterterrorism; new and emerging threats; global skill mapping and talent pool; humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
STOCKHOLM - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Stockholm for a working dinner with Ulf Kristersson, prime minister of Sweden.
GENEVA, Switzerland - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov to address the Conference on Disarmament – 0900 GMT.
GENEVA, Switzerland - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov holds a briefing on the sidelines of the U.N. Human Rights Council – 1130 GMT.
WASHINGTON DC - Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commissioner, meets Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative, in Washington.
NEW DELHI - Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, will meet S. Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs of India and Droupadi Murmu, President of India.
DUBLIN/ COPENHAGEN/ HELSINKI - Spain's Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, conducts a tour of Ireland, Denmark and Finland (To March 3)
GENEVA, Switzerland - Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, to speak at UN rights council in Geneva.
NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, participates in G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in the Indian capital New Delhi being held under the shadow of Russia-Ukraine conflict.
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan holds news conference in Berlin – 1430 GMT
WASHINGTON DC - Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commissioner for Trade, meets U.S Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen in Washington.
NEW DELHI - Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, will pay a state visit to India. She will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H.E. Antonio Tajan and a high-powered business delegation (To March 3)
STOCKHOLM - EU defence and foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 3
** MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calvino meets Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Tran Luu Quang – 1100 GMT.
** HELSINKI - Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez visits Helsinki to meet with Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin – 1110 GMT.
NEW DELHI - Foreign ministers of the Quad countries — the United States, Japan, Australia and India — to meet in New Delhi – 0230 GMT.
NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in Quad Foreign Ministers meeting in the Indian capital New Delhi and delivers a lecture at an event organised by India's leading think-tank.
LUANDA/ BRAZZAVILLE - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Angola and Congo Republic during his four-nation tour of Central Africa.
BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Berlin - 0930 GMT.
GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.
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 5MOSCOW – 70th death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
TALLINN - Estonian Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 6OTTAWA - OECD Economic Surveys: Canada 2023
MOSUL, Iraq - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Audrey Azoulay visits northern Iraq.
WASHINGTON DC - Finland's President Sauli Niinisto travels to United States. The president's meetings will focus on Finland's membership of NATO, the transatlantic partnership and European security. (To March 10)
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)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 7GENEVA, Switzerland - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk to give a speech to Human Rights Council to share an update on the human rights situation around the world – 1030 GMT
BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To March 8)
PALIKIR - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8STOCKHOLM - EU ministers for defence, development and trade hold informal meetings in Stockholm (To Mar 10)
GLOBAL - International Women's Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 9BRUSSELS - A trilateral meeting between the delegations of Turkey, Finland and Sweden on the NATO accession of the latter two will take place in Brussels.
BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To March 10)
BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To March 10)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 10TIBET – 64th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.
PARIS - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit France for British-French summit.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 11SENDAI, Japan – 12th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 13BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with Bhutan's Prime Minister Lotay Tshering in Berlin – 0900 GMT
BERN, Switzerland- Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change meet in Switzerland (to Mar 17).
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 14BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.
DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 12th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 16BRUSSELS - EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Council meeting.
HALABJA, Iraq – 35th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.
DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 19).
PRAGUE - New Czech President Petr Pavel will visit Poland, soon after taking office on March 9. (to March 17).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 17BRUSSELS - EU-Republic of North Macedonia Stabilisation and Association Council meeting.
ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy
VIENNA - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) foreign ministers will meet in Vienna, Austria.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 19PODGORICA - Montenegro holds presidential elections
EGYPT – 12th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.
ASTANA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22GLOBAL - World Water Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 23GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting. (To March 24)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 24GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 27PHNOM PENH - Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim visits Cambodia.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 28BEIJING - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping
BALI, Indonesia - 1st ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting. (To March 29)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29BALI, Indonesia - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Finance Deputies Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 30BALI, Indonesia - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 31BALI, Indonesia - ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - 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 April 12)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 22LISBON - Portugal to host bilateral summit with Brazil. (To April 25)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 24LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26DELPHI, Greece - Greece hosts annual economic conference in Delphi. (To April 29)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 28BUDAPEST - Pope Francis to visit Hungary (To Apr 30)
STOCKHOLM – Eurogroup Meeting.
BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To April 29)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 30ASUNCIÓN - Presidency of Paraguay Election.
ASUNCIÓN - Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies Election.
ASUNCIÓN - Paraguayan Chamber of Senators Election.
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