News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan. 30

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 
    

    ** HANOI - Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr holds a bilateral meeting with Vietnamese counterpart Vo Van Thuong. BISHKEK - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu will pay an official visit to Kyrgyzstan. (Final Day) OTTAWA - Zuzana Caputova, President of the Slovak Republic, will undertake a state visit to Canada. (To Feb. 1)

    HANOI - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visits Vietnam for talks with its top leaders over coastguard cooperation, food security. (Final Day)

    SOFIA - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits Sofia. – 0930 GMT

    BERLIN - German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock and New Polish counterpart Radosław Sikorski speak to reporters in Berlin. – 1515 GMT STOCKHOLM - France President Emmanuel Macron will visit Sweden. (To Jan 31)

    BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To Jan. 31)

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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 
    

    WASHINGTON - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivers speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. – 1530 GMT WARSAW - King of Denmark Frederik X visits Poland. (To Feb. 2)

    BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 1)

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 
    

    SARAJEVO - The North Atlantic Council (NAC), chaired by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană, visits Sarajevo. (To Feb. 2)

    BRUSSELS - Special European Council.

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 3) GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

    BRUSSELS - EU-Indo-Pacific Forum and EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting.

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 
    

    ** SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE - Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, Srettha Thavisin will undertake a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka. (To Feb. 4) VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 
    

    HOKKAIDO, Japan - 2024 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11).

    GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.

    EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Legislative Assembly Election.

    EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Presidency Election.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5 
    

    MELBOURNE, Australia - 36th ASEAN-Australia Forum. (To Feb. 6) LOS ANGELES - 66th Annual Grammy Awards.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 
    

    TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida welcomes Kenya's President William Ruto during Ruto's official visit to Japan. (To Feb. 9)

    GLOBAL - International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation. GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2024.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 
    

    AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani Presidency Election.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8 
    

    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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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 
    

    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)

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 
    

    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.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 
    

    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.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 
    

    CAIRO/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)

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 
    

    ** SINGAPORE - Minister of Finance of Singapore Lawrence Wong announces Singapore's 2024 budget statement. – 0700 GMT

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 
    

    PRISTINA - 16th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18 
    

    LONDON - 77th British Academy Film Awards.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 
    

    LA HULPE, Belgium - EU informal meeting of tourism ministers. (To Feb. 20)

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 
    

    CAPE 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)

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22 
    

    BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU economic and financial affairs ministers (To Feb. 24)

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 
    

    BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 
    

    LIECHTENSTEIN – 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.

    SENEGAL - Senegalese Presidency Election.

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) (To Feb. 29)

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26 
    

    ABU DHABI - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting in UAE.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 
    

    SAO PAULO - G20 finance ministers meet in Sao Paulo to prepare for the annual presidential summit in November in Rio de Janeiro. (To Feb. 29)

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 1 
    

    IRAN - Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly Election.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 4 
    

    BRUSSELS - 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)

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 5 
    

    LUANG PRABANG, Laos - ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting +1 Informal Meeting. (To Mar. 7)

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 8 
    

    IRELAND - Referendum Election.

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    SUNDAY, MARCH 10 
    

    PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 11 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 12 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 15 
    

    RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Russian Presidency Election. (To Mar. 17)

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    MONDAY, MARCH 18 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 19 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Tripartite Social Summit.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 22)

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