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- WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden meets Finnish president Sauli Niinistö at White House after leaders speak to each other twice in past few months.
- LONDON - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba takes part in a discussion at London’s Chatham House about launching a special criminal tribunal over the crisis in Ukraine. Prominent legal experts and former British prime minister Gordon Brown among the speakers. - 1130 GMT
- BRUSSELS - Foreign ministers from the G7 meet to discuss Ukraine during a marathon round of talks in Brussels including with NATO and EU partners. - 1200 GMT
ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (Final Day)
BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (Final Day)
ISLAMABAD - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Pakistan (Final Day). 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). RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2022. (To Mar. 5). GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (To April 1).
BRUSSELS - 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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- BISSAU/PRAIA - Portugal Prime Minister António Costa will travel to the Republic of Guinea Bissau and the Republic of Cape Verde (to Mar. 7).
- CHISINAU - United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Moldova (to March 6).
- MOSCOW - Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov meets his counterpart from Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Kazakbayev. - 0900 GMT
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).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 8GENEVA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 10WASHINGTON 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).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 25PARIS - 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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