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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21** RIYADH - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, YB Dato' Seri Diraja Zambry Abd Kadir, will pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (To Feb. 23)
** CAIRO - Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay an official visit to Egypt (Final day).
** KYIV - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
** JAKARTA - Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang visits Indonesia (to Feb. 23).
** BANGKOK - 18th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus Experts' Working Group on Maritime Security (To Feb. 24)
** GAZIANTEP, Turkey - German foreign minister Baerbock and interior minister Faeser to visit earthquake site. They are expected to join in talks about easing visa requirements for victims to come to Germany for a certain period of time.
** BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang delivers a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the "Lanting Forum - Global Security Initiative: China’s Solution to Security Dilemmas". - 0100 GMT
** ATHENS - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds talks with Greek foreign minister Nikos Dendias to launch the fourth round of the U.S.-Greece strategic dialogue. - 0645 GMT
** BENGALURU, India - India's Economic Affairs Secretary will kick off the G20 Finance Track meeting on Tuesday. - 0830 GMT
** WARSAW - U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda for talks at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw. Biden is visiting Poland to mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On Monday, he visited Kyiv and met Ukrainian President Zelenskiy. - 1130 GMT
** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. The three will hold a joint news conference. - 1145 GMT BERLIN/ANKARA/ATHENS U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Germany, Turkey and Greece to attend the Munich Security Conference and observe U.S. response efforts to the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria (to February 22). VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2023 (final day) 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) BERLIN - 73rd Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 22) RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 25) BEIJING - Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan will visit China. (final day). WARSAW - 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) BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck statement to press on industrial production capacity for switch to renewable energy after roundtable with industry - 1400 GMT. ATHENS - 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 22** HONG KONG - Hong Kong's Finance Secretary Paul Chan meets media after unveiling the budget for the 2023/24 fiscal year.
** MANILA - Australia Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles meets with Philippine Defence Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., followed by a joint news conference, during his visit to the Philippines. - 0300 GMT
** WINDHOEK - Namibia's finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi presents the 2023/24 national budget. - 1230 GMT
** NEW YORK - UN Security Council to meet on Ukraine - 2000 GMT 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 23** BENGALURU, India - Japan will chair the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the G7 nations.
** BANGKOK - Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia, will pay an official visit to Thailand at the invitation of Don Pramudwinai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand. (To Feb. 24) BENGALURU, India - U.S Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to India next week to attend Group of 20 finance minister meetings in Bengaluru and will address the global economic impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. LUSAKA - Zambia's finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane speaks at the launch of the country's 'Capital Markets Master Plan' - 0730 GMT. MADRID - 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** TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs G7 leaders online meeting.
** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a news conference after a video conference meeting with other G7 leaders on the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. - 1530 GMT 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 25** NEW DELHI - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits India. (To Feb. 26).
** BENGALURU, India - Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds a news conference at the end of G20 Finance Ministers' and Central Bank governors' meeting. - 1245 GMT PALM 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 27** STOCKHOLM - EU informal meeting of telecommunications, transport, energy ministers. (To Feb. 28) WARSAW - OECD Economic Surveys: Poland 2023 GENEVA,Switzerland - Human Rights Council meeting (To April 4)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28GENEVA - Palestinian foreign minister, Riyad Al-Maliki, briefs media in Geneva - 1145 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1** LONDON - Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit travel to London on a two-day visit (to March 2). PRAGUE - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen will visit the Czech Republic (to March 2). NEW 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 3WASHINGTON - 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 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 16** PRAGUE - New Czech President Petr Pavel will visit Poland, soon after taking office on March 9. (to March 17).
- - - - - - - - - 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)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 28** BALI, Indonesia - 1st ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting. (To Mar. 29)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 31** BALI, 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 Apr. 12)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 24** LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 28** STOCKHOLM – Eurogroup Meeting.
** BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Apr. 29)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 30** ASUNCIÓN - Presidency of Paraguay Election.
** ASUNCIÓN - Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies Election.
** ASUNCIÓN - Paraguayan Chamber of Senators Election.
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