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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15** ABU DHABI - Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov visits United Arab Emirates for a working visit to participate in the World Government Summit. (Final Day)
** ANKARA - Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will pay a visit to Turkey and meet with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.
** ANKARA/ DAMASCUS - Ayman Safadi, deputy prime minister, minister of foreign affairs and expatriates of Jordan, will pay a visit to Turkey and Syria. (To Feb. 16)
** ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets Malaysian Prime Minister Enver Ibrahim at the presidential palace - 1030 GMT.
** MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calviño accompanies King Felipe VI to plenary session of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Madrid - 1100 GMT.
** WARSAW - Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen visits Poland for talks with his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau - 1430 GMT.
** PARIS - French Foreign Affairs Minister Catherine Colonna meets Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi in Paris - 1830 GMT.
** TAIPEI CITY - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and visiting Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez attend a women empowerment forum in Taipei.
** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg meets Polish President Andrzej Duda at NATO HQ in Brussels - 1500 GMT.
** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President of Poland Andrzej Duda attend a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels - 1600 GMT.
** GENEVA - World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and other experts brief media on global health issues and health emergencies, with focus likely on Turkey and Syria and on the COVID-19 pandemic - 1400 GMT. VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21) VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 21). DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai hosts the World Government Summit with a focus on economic resilience, development, healthcare and sustainable cities. (Final Day) 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) PHNOM PENH - The German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Cambodia. (Final Day) BRUSSELS - NATO Defence Ministers meet in Brussels. (Final Day) NEW YORK CITY – Women's New York Fashion Week 2023 (To Feb. 17) 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16** 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)
** TALLINN - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Tallinn, meets with Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur - 1400 GMT.
** ATHENS - Bulgaria and Greece will sign energy agreements during a meeting between Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens - 0900 GMT. 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)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17PRISTINA - 15th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 25)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18SYDNEY - Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Australia.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19LONDON - 76th British Academy Film Awards.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20WARSAW - 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 21ATHENS - 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 23MADRID - 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 24** TALLINN - 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)
- - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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 11** AMSTERDAM - 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 Feb. 12)
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