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DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan. 29

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---------------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 ** LONDON - Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, meets British foreign minister Dominic Raab.

** SOFIA - Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud arrives on official visit to Bulgaria. - 1230 GMT

** ROME - Cyprus Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Christodoulides is travelling to Rome, where he will hold a working visit, at the invitation of his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio.

BERLIN - Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will make a working visit to Germany (to Jan. 30)

PARIS - Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras will be heading to Paris on an official two-day visit (Final Day) NAIROBI - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will visit Kenya to attend 'Engage Africa, Economic Diplomacy Conference. (Final Day)

BRUSSELS - EU lawmakers will vote on the Brexit deal – 1600 GMT.

BERLIN - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will speaks in Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, to commemorate the victims of the Nazi dictatorship. - 1000 GMT

BRUSSELS - European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager will speak to EU lawmakers on artificial intelligence in Europe. - 1715 GMT

GREECE - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets French President Emmanuel Macron. BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Vice-President Sefcovic present the executive's 2020 work programme in Brussels.

BRUSSELS - Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell presents the EU's enlargement methodology. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JANUARY 30

** MOSCOW, Russia - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Moscow, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

** SOFIA, Bulgaria - Italian Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte will meet with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov to discuss bilataral relations in the area of tourism, energy and trade as well as EU and global agenda. - 0930 GMT

KYIV - U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will travel to Ukraine.

GENEVA, Switzerland - The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Elmar Mammadyarov and Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, will meet in Geneva to discuss the Karabakh settlement process. LONDON - Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State speaks on "The Future of the Special Relationship" in conversation with British foreign minister Dominic Raab at a think tank event. - 1100 GMT

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 31

** VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis meets Argentina President Alberto Fernandez at the Vatican. - 0930 GMT

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Almaty to participate in the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1

NUR-SULTAN - U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo to visit Kazakhstan (to Feb. 2)

MINSK - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Minsk.

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES - 2020 Writers Guild Awards

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 TASHKENT - U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo to visit Uzbekistan (to Feb. 3)

GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3

** KUALA LUMPUR – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Malaysia (to Feb. 4)

BRUSSELS - OECD Economic Surveys: Belgium 2020

WARSAW - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Poland (to Feb. 4) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4

** NEW YORK CITY, United States - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a news conference to discuss priorities for 2020. - 1730 GMT

MADRID, Spain - Argentine president Alberto Fernandez visits Spain.

GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.

SAPPORO, Japan – 2020 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11).

BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 5) - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5

BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager holds debate with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell on the European Defence in Brussels.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6

GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 2020

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Ireland - Irish House of Representatives election. VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival (NYSE:CCL) 2020 (to Feb. 25).

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 ** KYIV - European Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi to visit Ukraine (to Feb. 12) GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2020 - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13

BEIRUT - 12th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah.

GLOBAL - World Radio Day.

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DUBLIN - OECD Economic Surveys: Ireland 2020.

GLOBAL - Valentine's Day.

BEIRUT - 15th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

LONDON - London Fashion Week February 2020 (to Feb. 18).

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 PRISTINA - 12th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18

LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2020

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

BERLIN – 70th Berlin International Film Festival (to Mar. 1).

VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2020 - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21

NEW DELHI - US President Donald Trump visits India (to Feb. 24).

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2020 (to Feb. 26). - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22

RIYADH - G20 finance ministers, central bank governors meeting in Riyadh (to Feb. 23).

TOGO - Referendum. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24

** GENEVA – 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council (to Mar 20).

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2020 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - South Africa's Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will unveil 2020 budget - 1200 GMT

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28

HAMBURG, Germany - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to hold speeches at the Matthiae Mahl event in Hamburg, a festive dinner first held in the year 1356.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 3

** GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

HANOI - Vietnam to host ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) in Da Nang (to Mar. 7).

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THURSDAY, MARCH 5 ** BRUSSELS - European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen gives speech at BusinessEurope conference in Brussels - 0830 GMT

** BRUSSELS - European Commission executive vice-president Frans Timmermans speaks at conference on "Implementing the Green Deal in partnership with industry" - 1315 GMT

** BRUSSELS - European commissioner for economy Paolo Gentiloni speaks at conference on "Delivering the reforms needed to strengthen the Economic and Monetary Union" - 1415 GMT

** BRUSSELS - European Commission executive vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis speaks at conference in Brussels - 1515 GMT

** BRUSSELS - European Council president Charles Michel speaks at conference in Brussels - 1530 GMT

** MOSCOW – 67th death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.

** GENEVA – 90th Geneva International Motor Show (to Mar. 15)

ZAGREB - EU foreign ministers to hold informal meeting in Zagreb.

LUXEMBOURG - EU environment ministers will meet in Brussels for talks.

VIENNA - 178th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 6

VIENNA - 8th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 8

** GLOBAL - International Women's Day. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MARCH 10

** TIBET – 61st anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

** SENDAI, Japan – 9th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MARCH 12

BRUSSELS - European foreign affairs ministers meet for talks in Brussels. BRUSSELS - European justice and home affairs ministers meet in Brussels (to Mar. 13)

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FRIDAY, MARCH 13

** DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 17). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 15

** GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.

** DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 9th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 16

** HALABJA, Iraq – 32nd anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 17

** DHAKA – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bangladesh to bolster ties.

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting

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THURSDAY, MARCH 19

** EGYPT – 9th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.

KUALA LUMPUR - Finance ministers, central bank governors and heads of other institutions will meet to discuss current economic trends and crisis-related issues during the APEC-Finance and Central Banks Deputies' Meeting in Malaysia

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SUNDAY, MARCH 22

** GLOBAL - World Water Day. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 23

** GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day. BRUSSELS - European foreign affairs minister meet in Brussels - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 24

** GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day. QUANG NINH, Vietnam - Vietnam hosts 24th ASEAN Finance Ministers(AFMM) Meeting (to Mar. 27).

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 26

BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Mar. 27).

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FRIDAY, MARCH 27

TAJIKISTAN - Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, MARCH 28

** DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2020 Dubai World Cup. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MARCH 29

MALI - National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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