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- STOCKHOLM - Minister for European Affairs Tytti Tuppurainen will visit Stockholm at the invitation of her colleague, Swedish Minister for European Affairs Hans Dahlgren.
- KATHMANDU - Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Fahran Al Saud, also the prince of the oil-rich nation is embarking on a two-day official visit to Nepal. (To Mar. 15)
- KUALA LUMPUR - The three-day inaugural visit of Egypt's Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry to Malaysia will build on the momentum of prevailing robust ties between both countries. (To Mar. 16)
- HANOI - Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio‘s official visit to Vietnam and it is expected to be a new step forwards in the development of ties between Vietnam and the West African country. (Mar. 20)
- LONDON - Prime Minister of Latvia Krisjanis Kariņs will meet other Baltic and Nordic representatives, as well as the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in a summit of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF). (To Mar. 15)
- ANKARA - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is visiting Turkey and he will hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, followed by a news conference.
- WARSAW - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki meets his Lithuanian counterpart Ingrida Simonyte in Warsaw, and will talk to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal via videolink – 1030 GMT
- COLOMBO - IMF Asia and Pacific Department Director Changyong Rhee is in Sri Lanka for high level talks with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.
- RABAT - Moroccan, UAE energy ministers and officials to speak at conference on energy transition in Rabat.
- BRATISLAVA - Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will meet in Bratislava with Zuzana Čaputová, President of Slovakia and Foreign Minister of Slovakia Ivan Korčok, a day after his visit to the borders with Ukraine – 0945 GMT
GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (To April 1).
MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Moscow. - 0900 GMT
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen visits Greenland. (To March 17)
BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet on fiscal stance for 2023, banking union – 1400 GMT
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
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- BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds news conference on the eve of an extraordinary NATO defence ministers meeting to discuss the crisis in Ukraine – 1400 GMT
- BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives King Abdullah of Jordan at Bellevue castle in Berlin – 0845 GMT
- OTTAWA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address Canada's parliament – 1515 GMT
- MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meeting with Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian in Moscow – 0900 GMT
GLOBAL - 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.
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- BERLIN - German Finance Minister Lindner holds news conference of German budget plans for the years 2022-2026 – 1315 GMT
- BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin speak to reporters ahead of their talks, likely to focus on the war in Ukraine – 1800 GMT
- WASHINGTON DC - The prime minister and head of government of Ireland Micheal Martin visits Washington.
BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the war in Ukraine.
HALABJA, 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 17BERLIN - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will give a speech before Germany's Bundestag lower house of parliament via video link.
ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy
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- BRATISLAVA - Czech Republic Defence Minister Jana Cernochova meets her Slovak counterpart Jaroslav Nad in Slovakia's capital Bratislava
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- BELMOPAN - Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge to visit Belize (to March 21)
EGYPT – 11th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.
DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 20PHNOM PENH - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits Phnom Penh and meets his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen. (To March 21)
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- PHNOM PENH - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits Cambodia, which will include a meeting with counterpart Hun Sen.
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
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- KINGSTON - Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge to visit Jamaica (to March 24)
GLOBAL - 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.
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- NASSAU - Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge to visit The Bahamas (to March 26)
- BANGKOK - Thai Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith gives a speech on the future of Thailand and digital assets at a seminar – 0130 GMT
GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts summit of European Union leaders (To Mar 25)
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 25).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 25PARIS - Finland Finance Minister Annika Saarikko will represent Finland at the informal meeting of finance ministers (Ecofin) in Paris.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 31VIENNA - 27th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 2VALLETTA - Pope Francis to visit Malta (to April 3)
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- BUDAPEST, Hungary – Referendum Election.
COSTA 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 7NAIROBI - Kenya's Finance Minister Ukur Yatani is scheduled to present the government's spending plan for the 2022/23 (July-June) fiscal year to parliament - 1100 GMT
- - - - - - - - - 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)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 1VATICAN CITY – 11th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 2ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 11th year since al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces raid, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 3GLOBAL - World Asthma Day.
GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 8GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red Crescent Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 9MANILA, Philippines - Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 11TURIN, Italy, - 2022 Eurovision Song Contest (To May 14).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 12GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day.
WEISSENHAUS, Germany - EU Foreign Minister meeting in Weissenhaus,Schleswig-Holstein (To May 14)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 15GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 16LISBON – 10th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 17GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
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- BONN, Germany - Germany hosts the finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 7 (G7) (to May 20)
GLOBAL - International Museum Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 20BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 22GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 23BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 24BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 29BOGOTA, Colombia - Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 30BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 31GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.
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