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- BRUSSELS/WARSAW/CHIȘINAU/RIGA/TALLINN - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Belgium, Poland, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia (to Mar. 8).
- WARSAW - Polish President Andrzej Duda to meet Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ionel Ciuca in Warsaw.
- BUCHAREST - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest. - 0800 GMT
- ATHENS - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias meets his Czech counteraprt Jan Lipavský to discuss bilateral relations and the situation in Ukraine. - 1000 GMT
- VILNIUS - UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will travel to Lithuania to meet Baltic foreign ministers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine. She will also meet UK military personnel from Army Air Corps and 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who are currently deployed in Lithuania as part of a U.S.-led exercise. - 1015 GMT
- BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir in Brussels - 1130 GMT
- BRATISLAVA - EU Commission head Ursula von der Leyen will meet Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger in Bratislava, news conference to follow - 1345 GMT
JERUSALEM/ AMMAN - German chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to Israel, the palestine territories and Jordan (Final Day) CHISINAU - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and EU Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi visit Moldova. (Final Day)
ISLAMABAD - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Pakistan (To Mar.4).
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2022. (To Mar. 5). GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (To April 1). GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.
ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (To March 4)
BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 4BRUSSELS - NATO meeting of foreign affairs ministers to discuss response to the Ukraine crisis, with Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg. Brief media afterwards - 0800 GMT
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- WARSAW - U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to meet Polish foreign minister Zbigniew Rau in Rzeszow, south-east Poland.
MOSCOW – 69th death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 6MONTPELLIER, France - EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell and French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian welcome EU development ministers for a two-day meeting in Montpellier. Outwatching doorsteps, comments on Ukraine. (To March 7)
KINSHASA, Congo (DRC) - Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde pay an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (To Mar. 10).
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- GENEVA - Michelle Bachelet, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, to speak at the U.N. Human Rights Council's month-long session on a host of situations in hotspot countries, followed by a debate - 0900 GMT
GLOBAL - International Women's Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9ANKARA - Israeli President Isaac Herzog will pay a visit to Turkey upon the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (To Mar. 10)
SOUTH KOREA - South Korea holds Presidential election.
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- WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Colombian President Ivan Duque to the White House, during which the two leaders will discuss regional and global issues including Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
VERSAILLES, France - EU leaders gather for summit in Versailles (To March 11).
TIBET – 63rd anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 11SENDAI, Japan – 11th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 12TURKMENISTAN – President election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 13COLOMBIA - Colombian Senate election.
COLOMBIA - Colombian House of Representatives election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 14BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet on fiscal stance for 2023, banking union – 1400 GMT
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 15GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting. DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 11th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16HALABJA, Iraq – 34th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack. DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 20).
AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands holds municipal elections.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 17ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 19EGYPT – 11th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.
DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 22GLOBAL - World Water Day.
BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23DUBLIN - The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are to visit the Republic of Ireland (to Mar. 25) GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 24GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts summit of European Union leaders (To Mar 25)
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 25).
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- PARIS - Finland Finance Minister Annika Saarikko will represent Finland at the informal meeting of finance ministers (Ecofin) in Paris.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 2VALLETTA - Pope Francis to visit Malta (to April 3)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY , APRIL 3COSTA RICA – President election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 4BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet on G20, banking union – 1300 GMT
LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 5LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 10PARIS, France - Presidential election (First round)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY APRIL 11LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 12LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 21BRUSSELS - EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager speaks on artificial intelligence at a Politico event - 0700 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 24LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Slovenian National Assembly election.
PARIS, France - Presidential election (Second round)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 25NEW YORK, United States - Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (to Apr. 28)
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