News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb. 1

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 
    

    ** ANKARA - Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance of Niger, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, will pay a working visit to Türkiye. (To Feb. 3)

    ** ALMATY, Kazakhstan - - Kyrgyz Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov will take part in a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and have negotiations with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov in Almaty. (To Feb. 2)

    ** WARSAW - Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Vice-prime minister and minister of defence of Poland meets with Danish defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen.

    ** TAMPA, Florida - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visits the headquarters of the US Special Operations Command in Tampa, Florida.

    ** RIYADH - British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, who is on his fourth visit to the Middle East, made a stop in Saudi where he met with the country's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.

    ** WELLINGTON - New Zealand and Australian Foreign and Defence Minister Meeting. (Final Day)

    OTTAWA - Zuzana Caputova, President of the Slovak Republic, will undertake a state visit to Canada. (Final Day) WARSAW - King of Denmark Frederik X visits Poland. (To Feb. 2)

    BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (Final Day)

    BEIJING - China's Vice Finance Minister Wang Dongwei, holds a news conference on 2023 fiscal revenue and expenditure. – 0200 GMT

    NEW DELHI - Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present 2024/25 budget – 0500 GMT

    WASHINGTON DC - Suriname’s Foreign Affairs minister Albert Ramdin, Natural Resources minister David Abiamofo, and Justice minister Kenneth Amoksi will speak at an event in Washington about the country's policies, organized by the Atlantic Council. – 1200 GMT SARAJEVO - The North Atlantic Council (NAC), chaired by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană, visits Sarajevo. (To Feb. 2)

    BRUSSELS - Special European Council.

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 3) GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

    BRUSSELS - EU-Indo-Pacific Forum and EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting.

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 
    

    ** DOHA/CAIRO/AMMAN/JERUSALEM/BEIRUT - French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné, begins three-day trip to Middle East. Trip includes Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Palestinian Territories and Lebanon. (To Feb 6) SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE - Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, Srettha Thavisin will undertake a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka. (To Feb. 4) VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 
    

    HOKKAIDO, Japan - 2024 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11).

    GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.

    EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Legislative Assembly Election.

    EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Presidency Election.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5 
    

    BEIJING - Norwegian foreign minister Espen Barth Eide will visit China. (To Feb. 7) MELBOURNE, Australia - 36th ASEAN-Australia Forum. (To Feb. 6) LOS ANGELES - 66th Annual Grammy Awards.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 
    

    NEW DELHI - Bangladesh's new foreign minister Hasan Mahmud will make his first bilateral visit to India. (To Feb. 7) TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida welcomes Kenya's President William Ruto during Ruto's official visit to Japan. (To Feb. 9)

    GLOBAL - International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation. GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2024.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 
    

    ** ULAANBAATAR - President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier will pay a state visit to Mongolia. (To Feb. 8) AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani Presidency Election.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8 
    

    VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2024.

    PAKISTAN - Pakistani National Assembly Election.

    CANBERRA - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape visits Canberra and will address a joint sitting of Australian parliament.

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 
    

    WASHINGTON DC - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to United States for a two-day visit. (To Feb 10) RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2024 (To Feb. 17)

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 
    

    ** FINLAND - Second round in Finnish presidential election.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12	 
    

    ** ANKARA - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit NATO-member Turkey to meet with President Tayyip Erdogan.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 
    

    ** BRUSSELS – EU-Armenia Partnership Council. OSLO - President of the Liaison Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan will visit Norway. (To Feb. 14)

    NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras. BEIRUT - 16th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 
    

    BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels. (To Feb. 15)

    GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 19th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

    INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council Election.

    INDONESIA - Indonesian Presidency Election.

    INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives Election.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 
    

    CAIRO/ADDIS ABABA - Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will travel to Egypt and Ethiopia. (To Feb. 18) BERLIN – 74th Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 25)

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 
    

    SINGAPORE - Minister of Finance of Singapore Lawrence Wong announces Singapore's 2024 budget statement. – 0700 GMT

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 
    

    PRISTINA - 16th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18 
    

    LONDON - 77th British Academy Film Awards.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 
    

    LA HULPE, Belgium - EU informal meeting of tourism ministers. (To Feb. 20)

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 
    

    ** BRUSSELS – EU-Georgia Association Council. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 
    

    CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana presents 2024 budget in parliament. – 1200 GMT RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - G20 foreign ministers meet to prepare for November summit. (To Feb. 22)

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22 
    

    BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU economic and financial affairs ministers (To Feb. 24)

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 
    

    BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 
    

    LIECHTENSTEIN – Liechtenstein referendum election. GEORGETOWN - Leaders of Caribbean nations will meet in Guyanese capital Georgetown for a CARICOM summit. (To Feb. 28)

    BELARUS - Belarusian Chamber of Representatives Election.

    SENEGAL - Senegalese Presidency Election.

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) (To Feb. 29)

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26 
    

    ABU DHABI - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting in UAE.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 
    

    SAO PAULO - G20 finance ministers meet in Sao Paulo to prepare for the annual presidential summit in November in Rio de Janeiro. (To Feb. 29)

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 1 
    

    IRAN - Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly Election.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 4 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (To Mar. 5)

    MELBOURNE, Australia - ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN-Australia Dialogue Relations. (To Mar. 6)

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 5 
    

    TOKYO - Japan's Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Masato Kanda speaks at a panel discussion at an international symposium in Tokyo hosted by the Institute for International Monetary Affairs – 0500 GMT

    LUANG PRABANG, Laos - ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting +1 Informal Meeting. (To Mar. 7)

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 7	 
    

    ** LUANG PRABANG, Laos - The 30th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Retreat Meeting. (To Mar. 8)

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 8 
    

    IRELAND - Referendum Election.

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    SUNDAY, MARCH 10 
    

    PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 11 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 12 
    

    TOKYO - Japan's Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Masato Kanda gives opening remarks and appears a panel discussion at an international symposium in Tokyo hosted by Genron NPO - 0400 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 15 
    

    RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Russian Presidency Election. (To Mar. 17)

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    MONDAY, MARCH 18 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 19 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Tripartite Social Summit.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 22)

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