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- PARIS - Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will pay a visit to France.
- DHAKA - Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has arrived in Dhaka on a two-day visit for holding the first ever political dialogue. (Final day)
- CHISINAU - Romanian President Klaus Iohannis is paying a visit to Republic of Moldova.
- ABU DHABI/ RIYADH - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia as part of efforts to secure additional oil flows and increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine.
- MOSCOW - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in MOSCOW – 1000 GMT
- MONCLOA PALACE, Spain - Pedro Sánchez Prime Minister of Spain meets Andrej Plenković Prime Minister of Croatia at Moncloa Palace – 1100 GMT
- ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hosts Polish President Andrzej Duda in Ankara, in part to discuss the conflict in Ukraine, and they hold a joint news conference (1445 GMT) – 1600 GMT
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. (final day)
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)
GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (To April 1).
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen visits Greenland. (To March 17)
MADRID - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calviño participates in a conference on Digital Transformation – 1100 GMT
SARAJEVO - Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy visits Bosnia
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 – 0900 GMT
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 17
- MOSCOW - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with United Arab Emirates Counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Moscow – 0830 GMT
- MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calviño virtually participates virtually in a forum on European recovery 'Regions of Europe: recover, rebuild, reconnect' – 1400 GMT
- VILNIUS - Norway Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt visits Lithuania.
- BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet with NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg in Berlin – 1030 GMT
- BERLIN - The federal minister for foreign affairs Annalena Baerbock meets with NATO secretary general general Jens Stoltenberg in Berlin – 1700 GMT
BRUSSELS - Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov briefs the EU parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.
BERLIN - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will give a speech before Germany's Bundestag lower house of parliament via video link – 0800 GMT
ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 18
- ROME - Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, meets with Spanish and Portuguese Prime Ministers, Pedro Sanchez and Antonio Costa, on Ukraine crisis. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will join the meeting via teleconference – 1000 GMT
- ANKARA - South Korean Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum visits Turkey will attend the opening ceremony of a bridge with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. He will also hold a meeting with Turkey's Vice President Fuat Oktay.
BRATISLAVA - Czech Republic Defence Minister Jana Cernochova meets her Slovak counterpart Jaroslav Nad in Slovakia's capital Bratislava
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- NEW DELHI - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is reportedly to visit India to meet with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi (to March 20)
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)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
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- AMMAN - Jordan holds municipal elections.
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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 24
- BRUSSELS - US President Joe Biden will travel to Belgium to attend an extraordinary NATO summit along with participating in a European Council Summit.
- BRUSSELS - NATO leaders gather in Brussels to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY , APRIL 3BUDAPEST, 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 18BONN, 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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