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- NICOSIA - European Commission Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas visits Cyprus (final day).
- KINSHASA/DAKAR/BISSAU - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau. (to Feb. 23).
- WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit the United States.
- Paris - Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum 2022
- BRUSSELS - The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet with Zbigniew Rau, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland and Chairperson-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
- DOHA - Iranian President H E Ebrahim Raisi arrives in Doha, Qatar on an official visit
- VILNIUS - German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht visits German troops in Lithuania, meets Lithuanian counterpart.
- BEIJING - China's Finance Minister Liu Kun holds a news conference on fiscal reforms and policy issues in 2022 - 0200 GMT.
- BANGKOK - Thailand Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith holds a briefing on economic matters after a cabinet meeting - 0800 GMT.
- MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets his Turkmen counterpart Rasit Meredow in Moscow - 0930 GMT.
- BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin speak to reporters in Berlin - 1045 GMT.
- DAKAR - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meets Senegal's President Macky Sall.
- KYIV - Estonian President Alar Karis visits Ukraine, meets President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and holds joint news briefing in Kyiv - 0950 GMT. BERLIN/ PARIS - External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will pay a six-day visit to Germany and France. (To Feb. 23)
PRAGUE/ VIENNA/ WARSAW - Deputy Foreign Minister of Malaysia Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to the Czech Republic, Austria and Poland. (To Feb. 21)
VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1).
RABAT - Israel's Minister of Economy and Industry, Orna Barbivai, will pay a four-day working visit to Morocco. (To Feb. 23)
DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Senegal - (To Feb. 23). MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Azerbaijan counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Kremlin STOCKHOLM - Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store hold a joint news conference in Stockholm after they discuss border issues, the security policy situation in the immediate area and co-operation in areas such as green industry. - 1215 GMT PRAGUE - Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne visits Prague (to Feb. 23). TAIPEI CITY - Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks virtually at the US think-tank the McCain Institute on the Indo-Pacific. (to Feb. 23). NEW YORK CITY - U.N. Security Council to meet on Central African Republic – 1500 GMT
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
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- MOSCOW- Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan visits Russia (to Feb. 25).
- KYIV - Foreign Ministers Edgars Rinkevics of Latvia, Gabrielius Landsbergis of Lithuania and Eva-Maria Liimets of Estonia will make a joint visit to Ukraine (to Feb. 25).
- Amsterdam - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will travel to the Netherlands.
- BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock welcomes her French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian to discuss ways to de-escalate the Ukraine crisis.
- BANGKOK - Thailand Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith and Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow speak at a business seminar on '2020 next economic chapter - 0200 GMT.
GENEVA - WTO's General Council meets in Geneva (to Feb. 24) COPENHAGEN - Britain's Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, visits Denmark's Queen Margrethe II and Crown Princess Mary in Copenhagen – 1030 GMT
NEW YORK CITY - U.N. General Assembly to hold annual meeting on Ukraine – 1500 GMT
NEW YORK CITY - U.N. Security Council to meet on Israel and the Palestinians – 1500 GMT
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will present the 2022 budget in parliament. - 1200 GMT
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- TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends virtual G7 meeting.
- GENEVA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold talks in Geneva to discuss tensions over Ukraine.
- BANGKOK - Thailand Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith gives a keynote speech at a business seminar on Thailand's economy post Covid-19 - 0100 GMT.
- BANGKOK - Thailand Finance Minister speaks at World Bank's launching its first country private sector diagnostic for Thailand - 0200 GMT.
- ATHENS - Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits Greece
- SINGAPORE - Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will make a state visit to Singapore (to Feb. 26).
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- PARIS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian invites Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for a meeting in Paris on Friday.
PARIS – Eurogroup meeting.
PARIS – EU Informal meeting of ministers for the economy and finance (to Feb. 26).
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2022. (to Mar. 5).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEB.27BELARUS - Referendum election.
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- GENEVA - French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian addresses U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva - 1355 GMT.
GENEVA - China's foreign minister Wang Yi addresses the U.N. Human Rights Council by video amid concerns over treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in its XInjiang province. - 1030 GMT GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to April 1).
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- GENEVA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov due to address UN Human Rights Council in Geneva - 1000 GMT.
GENEVA - Vladimir Makei, minister for foreign affairs of Belarus, addresses the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva by video message - 1525 GMT NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2022
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress.
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- GENEVA - Germany's foreign minister Annalena Baerbock addresses UN Human Rights Council - 1000 GMT.
- GENEVA - Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba addresses U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva by video - 1020 GMT.
- ATHENS - Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits Cyprus
VIENNA - 26th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial meeting via videoconference.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 3GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.
ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to March 4)
BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 5MOSCOW – 69th death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 6KINSHASA, Congo (DRC) - Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde pay an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (to Mar. 10).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 8GLOBAL - International Women's Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9ANKARA - Israeli President Isaac Herzog will pay a visit to Turkey upon the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (To Mar. 10)
SOUTH KOREA - South Korea holds Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 10TIBET – 63rd anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 11SENDAI, Japan – 11th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 13COLOMBIA - Colombian Senate election.
COLOMBIA - Colombian House of Representatives election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 14BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet on fiscal stance for 2023, banking union – 1400 GMT
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 15GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting. DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 11th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16HALABJA, Iraq – 34th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack. DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 20).
AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands holds municipal elections.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 17ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 19EGYPT – 11th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.
DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 22GLOBAL - World Water Day.
BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 24GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts summit of European Union leaders (To Mar 25)
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 25).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 2VALLETTA - Pope Francis to visit Malta (to April 3)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 4BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet on G20, banking union – 1300 GMT
LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 5LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 10PARIS, France - Presidential election (First round)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY APRIL 11LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 12LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 24LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Slovenian National Assembly election.
PARIS, France - Presidential election (Second round)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 25NEW YORK, United States - Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (To Apr. 28)
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