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** Bucharest - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will meet his Romanian counterpart Luminita Odobescu in Romanian capital Bucharest.
- MADRID - Spain´s economy minister Carlos Cuerpo addresses economy, trade and digital transformation commission in parliament. – 1200 GMT
- WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin meets with British Defense Minister Grant Shapps at the Pentagon. – 2000 GMT OTTAWA - Zuzana Caputova, President of the Slovak Republic, will undertake a state visit to Canada. (To Feb. 1)
STOCKHOLM - France President Emmanuel Macron will visit Sweden. (Final Day)
BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (Final Day)
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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- BEIJING - China's Vice Finance Minister Wang Dongwei, holds a news conference on 2023 fiscal revenue and expenditure. – 0200 GMT
- NEW DELHI - Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present 2024/25 budget – 0500 GMT
- WASHINGTON DC - Suriname’s Foreign Affairs minister Albert Ramdin, Natural Resources minister David Abiamofo, and Justice minister Kenneth Amoksi will speak at an event in Washington about the country's policies, organized by the Atlantic Council. – 1200 GMT SARAJEVO - The North Atlantic Council (NAC), chaired by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană, visits Sarajevo. (To Feb. 2)
BRUSSELS - Special European Council.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 3) GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.
BRUSSELS - EU-Indo-Pacific Forum and EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3SRI 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)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4HOKKAIDO, 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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- BEIJING - Norwegian foreign minister Espen Barth Eide will visit China. (To Feb. 7) MELBOURNE, Australia - 36th ASEAN-Australia Forum. (To Feb. 6) LOS ANGELES - 66th Annual Grammy Awards.
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- NEW DELHI - Bangladesh's new foreign minister Hasan Mahmud will make his first bilateral visit to India. (To Feb. 7) 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8VIENNA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9WASHINGTON 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)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13OSLO - 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 14BRUSSELS - 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 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.
SENEGAL - Senegalese Presidency 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)
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- TOKYO - 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)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 8IRELAND - Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 10PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 11BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
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- TOKYO - 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 19BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20BRUSSELS – EU Tripartite Social Summit.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 22)
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