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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1** WASHINGTON DC - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru Ana Cecilia Gervasi to begin working visit to the United States. (Final day)
** SEOUL - South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin to visit United States for talks on strengthening their alliance and seek international support in dealing with North Korea's provocations.
** BANGKOK - Thai Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow speaks at a seminar about the future of Thailand 2023 under PM Prayuth Chan-ocha – 0300 GMT.
** BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to lay out EU green industry plan as response to U.S. subsidies – 1100 GMT.
** TALLINN - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu to discuss bilateral relations, Russian aggression in Ukraine, NATO, relations between the European Union and Turkey, and regional relations – 0840 GMT.
** TALLINN - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will hold a joint press conference with his Estonian counterpart Urmas Reinsalu following discussions. HARARE - Belarus' president Alexander Lukashenko will conduct a state visit to Zimbabwe and meet with the country's leader Emmerson Mnangagwa. (Final day) CAIRO/JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds talks with Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Libya and Sudan on the agenda. Blinken is on a three-day trip to the Middle East during which he will also make stops in Jerusalem and Ramallah. (Final day) TOKYO - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to visit Japan and meet with the Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida. (Final day) TOKYO - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visits Japan, during which he will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other senior officials. (Final day) KINSHASA - Pope Francis makes first papal visit to Democratic Republic of Congo in 37 years. (To Feb. 3) COLOMBO - U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland holds a news conference during her visit in Sri Lankan – 0930 GMT. BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, the President of the United Nations General Assembly Csaba Korosi will visit China. (To Feb. 4) LONDON - Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles take part in Australia-United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations in London and Portsmouth during a two-day visit. (To Feb. 2) ATHENS - Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou meets with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades in Athens – 0730 GMT. MADRID - Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez meets president of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embaló – 1130 GMT. VILNIUS - Lithuania holds municipal elections. RIGA - Polish president Andrzej Duda in Riga on official visit, meets with Latvian president Egils Levits and prime minister Krisjanis Karins to discuss support to Ukraine, the security and energy situation in Europe and other issues – 1030 GMT. NEW DELHI - Indian government to present its 2023/24 federal budget on Feb. 1. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government will unveil its last full budget before the next general elections - 0430 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2** BANGKOK – Thai Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith gives a speech at a Government Housing Bank's event – 0630 GMT.
** MANILA - U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin holds a joint news conference with Filipino counterpart Carlito Galvez during his visit to the Philippines.
** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden and Jordan's King Abdullah II conduct talks at White House. STOCKHOLM - Finland's prime minister Sanna Marin to visit Stockholm for talks with her Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson to discuss the security policy situation amid the two nations' stalled NATO membership bids – 1345 GMT. RIGA - Polish president Andrzej Duda will participate in a discussion with the Latvian president Egils Levits on "Latvia and Poland: Countering Today's Challenges Together" – 0915 GMT. KINSHASA - Pope Francis addresses young people at a Kinshasa stadium during the first papal visit to Democratic Republic of Congo in over 37 years - 0930 GMT. STOCKHOLM - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck heads to Stockholm, where he will hold bilateral talks with counterparts on economic, energy and trade policy, as well as meet with the business community. (To Feb. 3). GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3** COLOMBO - At the invitation of Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Ali Sabry, Bimala Rai Paudyal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal will visit Sri Lanka to participate in the 75th Independence Day functions as an honored guest in Colombo. (To Feb 4) MADRID - Spain´s foreign affairs minister Jose Manuel Albares speaks at Forum Europe in Madrid – 0800 GMT. TALLINN - Baltic Prime Ministers will discuss assisting Ukraine and European security in Tallinn – 1000 GMT. BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Berlin for discussions on bilateral, international and European topics before they speak to reporters – 1330 GMT. JAKARTA - The ASEAN foreign ministers retreat is scheduled to be held in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. (To Feb. 4) TORONTO, Canada - Canada Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will meet with provincial and territorial finance ministers in Toronto. LISBON - Portugal's Economy Minister Antonio Costa Silva to hold a news conference with the country's foreign press association AIEP - 1000 GMT. HELSINKI - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck meets with his Finnish counterparts to discuss economic, energy and trade policy issues as well as meet with the business community. LISBON - Antonio Costa Silva, Portugal's economy minister, to hold a news conference with the country's foreign press association AIEP - 1000 GMT. JUBA - Pope Francis will visit South Sudan. (To Feb. 5) BRUSSELS - EU-Ukraine summit.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4SAPPORO, Japan - 2023 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21) GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5BEIJING - Antony Blinken, United States secretary of state, meet with Qin Gang, foreign minister of the People's Republic of China. (To Feb. 6) QUITO – Ecuador Referendum Election. MONACO - Monacan National Council Election. NICOSIA - Presidency of Cyprus Election. LOS ANGELES - 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. GLOBAL - International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7CANBERRA- Chris Hipkins, New Zealand new Prime Minister, will make his first international visit to Australia and meet with Australia Prime minister Anthony Albanese. GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2023 with all proceedings and celebrations to be based around the theme "Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online".
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8** TOKYO - Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr departs for a four-day working visit in Japan. (To Feb. 11)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9** BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes his Slovenian counterpart Natasa Pirc Musar with military honors in Berlin. BRUSSELS - Special European Council meeting (To Feb 10). BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will give a speech at an energy dialogue organized by the BEE association for renewable energy - 1500 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU leaders to meet on migration, competitiveness vs U.S. and China. (To Feb. 10) NEW YORK CITY – Men's New York Fashion Week 2023 (To Feb. 12)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10WASHINGTON D.C. - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in Washington, D.C.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13BEIRUT - 15th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day. GENEVA, Switzerland - Human Rights Council - Organizational meeting on the 52nd session. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14PHNOM 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16BERLIN - 73rd Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 22)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17PRISTINA - 15th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 25)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19LONDON - 76th British Academy Film Awards.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21STOCKHOLM - 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24NEW 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 25ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Presidential Election. ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27GENEVA,Switzerland - Human Rights Council meeting (To March 31)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1NEW 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 3STOCKHOLM - EU foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 5TALLINN - Estonian Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 7PALIKIR - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 9BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To Mar. 10) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 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 Mar. 24)
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