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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16
** TOKYO - Prime Minister of Jordan Bisher Khasawneh meets with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo. – 0930 GMT
** BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Berlin. – 1000 GMT
** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin. – 1130 GMT
** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Jordan's King Abdullah II at the Elysee Palace in Paris. – 1200 GMT
** PARIS - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Paris to sign a bilateral security deal with French President Emmanuel Macron. – 1830 GMT
** ISTANBUL - Istanbul to host ministers at Turkey-Saudi investment and business forum. – 0630 GMT
** GDANSK, Poland - Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament on an official visit to Gdansk, Poland.
TOKYO - Prime Minister of Jordan Bisher Khasawneh, will pay an official visit to Japan. (To Feb 19)
BANGKOK - Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and spouse, along with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Jakkapong Sangmanee welcome Governor-General of Australia David Hurley and his spouse during official visit to Thailand. (To Feb 17)
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2024 (To Feb. 17) MOSCOW - Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera will visit Moscow. (Final Day)
MUNICH, Germany - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Munich, Germany to attend the 2024 Munich Security Conference. (To Feb 17) BERLIN – 74th Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 25)
PARIS/ BERLIN - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to France and Germany. (To Feb 17)
MUNICH, Germany - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the 60th Munich Security Conference. (to Feb 21) MUNICH, Germany - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a news conference at Munich Security Conference. – 1020 GMT
ADDIS ABABA - Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on an official visit to Ethiopia. (To Feb 18) WARSAW - Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo meets Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw to discuss a range of topics including the European defence industry, the current security situation and support to Ukraine. LONDON - London Fashion Week 2024 (to Feb. 20)
SINGAPORE - Minister of Finance of Singapore Lawrence Wong announces Singapore's 2024 budget statement. – 0700 GMT
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** TOKYO - Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato' Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Minister of Higher Education of Malaysia Zambry Abdul Kadir to visit Japan. (To Feb 21) PRISTINA - 16th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18LONDON - 77th British Academy Film Awards.
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** WARSAW - Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer visit Poland.
** DOHA - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres holds press conference in Doha. HAVANA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Cuba. LA HULPE, Belgium - EU informal meeting of tourism ministers. (To Feb. 20)
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
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** TOKYO - Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan during a visit to Tokyo. – 0045 GMT
CARACAS - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Venezuela and hold meeting with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and other officials. BRUSSELS - New Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has named Brussels as the destination of his first foreign visit as prime minister. (To Feb. 21)
BRUSSELS – EU-Georgia Association Council. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21NEW DELHI - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits India. (To Feb 23) 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)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU economic and financial affairs ministers (To Feb. 24)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25LIECHTENSTEIN – 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.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) (To Feb. 29)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26GENEVA, Switzerland - Geneva International Motor Show (to Mar. 3) GENEVA, Switzerland - 55th session of the Human Rights Council. (To Apr. 5)
ABU DHABI - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting in UAE.
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CALGARY, Canada - Special Olympics Canada 2024 Winter Games (to Mar. 2)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28SAO PAULO - G20 finance ministers meet in Sao Paulo to prepare for the annual presidential summit in November in Rio de Janeiro. (To Feb. 29)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 1IRAN - Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 3GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 4BRUSSELS - 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)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 5MOSCOW – 71st death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. 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)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 06LONDON - British finance minister Jeremy Hunt delivers his annual budget to parliament. – 1230 GMT
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 7LUANG PRABANG, Laos - The 30th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Retreat Meeting. (To Mar. 8)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 8GLOBAL - International Women's Day.
IRELAND - Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 10TIBET – 65th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.
PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 11SENDAI, Japan – 13th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
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** WASHINGTON DC - Polish president Andrzej Duda and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden at White House. 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 15DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 18). GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.
DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 13th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Russian Presidency Election. (To Mar. 17)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 16HALABJA, Iraq – 36th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 17ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy. MALDIVES - Maldivian People's Council Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 18BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 19EGYPT – 13th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.
BERLIN - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discusses the topic "Is Europe being left behind?" at the EUROPE 2024 media summit – 0910 GMT.
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck discusses European competitiveness at a German media summit called EUROPE 2024. – 1630 GMT BRUSSELS – EU Tripartite Social Summit.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 22)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 22GLOBAL - World Water Day.
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** SLOVAKIA - Slovakian Presidency election. GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 24GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 29DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2024 Dubai World Cup.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10SOUTH KOREA - South Korean National Assembly Election. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 11LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup Meeting.
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** LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
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** BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of energy ministers. (To Apr. 16)
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** BRUSSELS - Special European Council. (to Apr. 18)
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** WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting.
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