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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9
** ATHENS - Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets Croatian prime minister Andrej Plenkovic in Athens – 1500 GMT.
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. (Final day)
NEW DELHI - Visit of Mark Phillips, Prime Minister of Guyana to India. (To Feb. 11)
JERUSALEM - Argentina's President Javier Milei to visit Israel. (Final day)
TOKYO - Latvia's foreign minister Krisjanis Karins in Japan on bilateral visit. (Final day)
SARAJEVO - Slovenia´s President Natasa Pirc Musar pays her first official visit to Bosnia. (Final day)
TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida welcomes Kenya's President William Ruto during Ruto's official visit to Japan. (Final day)
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 and will meet President Joe Biden at the White House. (To Feb 10)
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2024 (To Feb. 17)
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** CAIRO - Bulgaria’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Mariya Gabriel, meets Egyptian foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry.
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** NEW DELHI - Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN, will be on an official visit to India. (To Feb. 15)
FINLAND - Second round in Finnish presidential election.
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** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Jordan's King Abdullah.
** LONDON - Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner speaks at the London School of Economics about strengthening his country's economic competitiveness and the global "new realities" – 1700 GMT.
** PARIS - France's foreign minister Stephane Sejourne is meeting with the German and Polish foreign ministers at the Chaeteau de la Celle Saint Cloud close to Paris – 1400 GMT.
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.
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** PARIS - Energy and climate ministers from around the world will gather in Paris for the IEA’s 2024 Ministerial Meeting to take stock of the latest developments in energy markets, policies and transitions. (To Feb. 14)
BRUSSELS – 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.
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** 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 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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** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit.
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