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** VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer holds a news conference with his Estonian counterpart Kaja Kallas, who will be his guest at Vienna's annual Opera Ball later on Thursday – 1700 GMT.
** ALGIERS - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck visits Algeria, accompanied by a business delegation, with a focus on green hydrogen and renewable energy partnerships.
VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)
HOKKAIDO, Japan - 2024 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11).
NEW DELHI - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, OPEC secretary general, Qatar Energy Chief, Energy Ministers of Guyana, Nigeria and Tanzania and senior management of global energy companies to attend 4-day conference India Energy Week. (To Feb. 9)
NEW DELHI - Visit of Mark Phillips, Prime Minister of Guyana to India. (To Feb. 11)
JERUSALEM - Argentina's President Javier Milei to visit Israel. (To Feb. 9)
WASHINGTON DC - Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide to meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, for diplomatic talks on the war in Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East, NATO and the Arctic. (Final day)
TOKYO - Latvia's foreign minister Krisjanis Karins in Japan on bilateral visit. (To Feb. 9)
ULAANBAATAR - President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier will pay a state visit to Mongolia. (Final day) NEW YORK CITY, United States - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to hold press conference on priorities for 2024 – 1730 GMT.
NICOSIA - Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry visits Nicosia for talks with his Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos.
NOUAKCHOTT - Spain´s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen meet President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Ghazouani in Nouakchott.
MANILA - Switzerland's foreign minister Ignazio Cassis visits the Philippines for a meeting with his Filipino counterpart to tackle relations between the two countries.
SARAJEVO - Slovenia´s President Natasa Pirc Musar pays her first official visit to Bosnia. (To Feb. 9)
TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida welcomes Kenya's President William Ruto during Ruto's official visit to Japan. (To Feb. 9)
VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2024.
PAKISTAN - Pakistani National Assembly Election.
CANBERRA - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape visits Canberra and will address a joint sitting of Australian parliament.
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** PERTH, Australia - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan will participate in the seventh Indian Ocean Conference (IOC).
PERTH, Australia - Foreign Minister of Nepal Narayan Prakash Saud is leaving for Perth, Australia to participate in the 7th Indian Ocean Conference being jointly organized by the Government of Australia and India Foundation. (To Feb. 10)
TOKYO - The IMF will hold a briefing on the outcome of its annual Article 4 consultation. Gita Gopinath, IMF First Deputy Managing Director, and Ranil Salgado, Mission Chief for Japan, will speak at the briefing – 0400 GMT.
MADRID - The high representative of the Union for foreign affairs and security policy, and vice president of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, speaks at Forum Europe – 0800 GMT.
WASHINGTON DC - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to United States for a two-day visit. (To Feb 10) RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2024 (To Feb. 17)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11FINLAND - Second round in Finnish presidential election.
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** ALGIERS - The Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain, José Manuel Albares, will visit Algiers at the invitation of his counterpart, Ahmed Attaf.
** HELSINKI - Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will meet Montenegro's Minister of Foreign Affairs Filip Ivanović.
** NICOSIA - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Cyprus where he will have talks with island's President, Nikos Christodoulides.
** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk followed by a news conference in Berlin – 1530 GMT.
DUBAI - World Government Summit to be held in Dubai. (To Feb. 14)
ROME - Argentina's President, Javier Milei, meets with Italian President, Sergio Mattarella, and Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis meets Argentina's President, Javier Milei, at the Vatican – 0800 GMT.
ANKARA - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit NATO-member Turkey to meet with President Tayyip Erdogan.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13BRUSSELS – EU-Armenia Partnership Council. OSLO - President of the Liaison Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan will visit Norway. (To Feb. 14)
NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras. BEIRUT - 16th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14GENEVA - WTO General Council meeting.
BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels. (To Feb. 15)
GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 19th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council Election.
INDONESIA - Indonesian Presidency Election.
INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15CAIRO/ADDIS ABABA - Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will travel to Egypt and Ethiopia. (To Feb. 18) BERLIN – 74th Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 25)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16SINGAPORE - Minister of Finance of Singapore Lawrence Wong announces Singapore's 2024 budget statement. – 0700 GMT
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17PRISTINA - 16th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18LONDON - 77th British Academy Film Awards.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19LA HULPE, Belgium - EU informal meeting of tourism ministers. (To Feb. 20)
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20BRUSSELS – EU-Georgia Association Council. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21CAPE 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 26ABU DHABI - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting in UAE.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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 5TOKYO - 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)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 7LUANG PRABANG, Laos - The 30th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Retreat Meeting. (To Mar. 8)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 8IRELAND - Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 10PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 11BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 12TOKYO - 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 15RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Russian Presidency Election. (To Mar. 17)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 18BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 19BERLIN - 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 20BRUSSELS – EU Tripartite Social Summit.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 22)
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