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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23** ANKARA – Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan meets the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili at the presidential palace - 1100 GMT.
** COPENHAGEN - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen host press conference in Copenhagen - 1230 GMT.
** SOFIA - European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis will meet Bulgarian interim Prime Minister Galab Donev after the Balkan country gave up on plans to join the euro zone on Jan. 1, 2024 - 1630 GMT.
** NEW YORK - Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau to pay a two-day visit to United States. (To Feb. 24)
** BENGALURU, India - Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen discussed strengthening multilateral development banks, global debt vulnerabilities and crypto assets on the sidelines of the G20 finance chiefs meeting.
** BENGALURU, India - UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt arrives in Bengaluru to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting.
** KYIV - Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez is visiting Kyiv and will meet with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy and visit Bucha and Irpin.
** ANKARA - Lebanon's foreign minister, Abdallah Bouhabib, visits Turkey to show solidarity and convey condolences after the Kahramanmaraş-epicentered earthquakes and holds talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. (To Feb. 24) 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. (final day) JAKARTA - Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang visits Indonesia (final day). BANGKOK - 18th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus Experts' Working Group on Maritime Security (To Feb. 24) RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2023 (To Feb. 25) MADRID - Spanish International Renewable Energy Conference (SPIREC) (final day) BENGALURU, India - Finance ministers of G20 countries and their central bank chiefs to meet in Bengaluru in southern India. (To Feb. 25) BENGALURU, India - Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland will travel to India to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings in Bengaluru. (To Feb. 25) 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 24BENGALURU, India - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Bundesbank chief Joachim Nagel to speak to reporters at the G20 finance chiefs meet in Bengaluru. - 0730 GMT 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 25NEW 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26NEW DELHI - At the invitation of the Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Frederik André Henrik Christian and Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, Mary Elizabeth of the Kingdom of Denmark are paying an official visit to India. (To Mar. 2)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27** BAKU – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Azerbaijan, meets Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. (To Feb. 28) BRUSSELS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti attend EU-sponsored talks in Brussels on normalising ties, seen as critical to both joining the bloc. GENEVA - French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna speaks to media at U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. 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 28** PRETORIA, South Africa - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will host his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni. The two leaders are set to have discussions on political, economic, regional, continental and international issues. GENEVA - Palestinian foreign minister, Riyad Al-Maliki, briefs media in Geneva - 1145 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1** NEW DELHI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be on a three-day visit to India to participate in the G2O Foreign Ministers' meeting and will also meet External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during his visit. (To March 3) 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). 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 3** BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Berlin - 0930 GMT. GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing. WASHINGTON - 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 5MOSCOW – 70th death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. TALLINN - 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8GLOBAL - International Women's Day.
- - - - - - - - - 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 10TIBET – 64th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising. PARIS - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit France for British-French summit.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 11SENDAI, Japan – 12th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 13BERN, Switzerland- Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change meet in Switzerland (to Mar 17). BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 14BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting. DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 12th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. LONDON - 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 16HALABJA, Iraq – 35th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack. DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 19). PRAGUE - New Czech President Petr Pavel will visit Poland, soon after taking office on March 9. (to March 17).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 17ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy VIENNA - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) foreign ministers will meet in Vienna, Austria.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 19EGYPT – 12th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms. ASTANA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22GLOBAL - World Water Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 23GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day. BRUSSELS - European Council meeting. (To March 24)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 24GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 28BEIJING - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping BALI, Indonesia - 1st ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting. (To Mar. 29)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 31BALI, 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 24LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 28STOCKHOLM – Eurogroup Meeting. BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Apr. 29)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 30ASUNCIÓN - Presidency of Paraguay Election. ASUNCIÓN - Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies Election. ASUNCIÓN - Paraguayan Chamber of Senators Election.
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