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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21
** BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, speak to reporters on "bilateral, regional and international issues" following their meeting - 0930 GMT. ** PARIS - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire holds meeting over coronavirus economic impact and holds presser - 1000 GMT. ** RIGA, Latvia - Foreign minister of Montenegro, Srdjan Darmanovic, visits Latvia and meets his counterpart, Edgars Rinkevics, to discuss bilateral cooperation, regional security issues and developments in the Western Balkans - 1315 GMT. VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival (NYSE:CCL) 2020 (to Feb. 25). BERLIN/DAKAR/LUANDA/ADDIS ABABA/RIYADH/MUSCAT - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Germany, Senegal, Angola, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and Oman (to Feb. 22).
BERLIN – 70th Berlin International Film Festival (to Mar. 1). TEHRAN - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Stef Blok will pay a two-day visit to Tehran (to Feb. 22)
MUSCAT - U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo visits Oman to express his condolences on the death of Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said and to meet with Sultan Haitham bin Tarik.
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2020 (to Feb. 26). - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22
** VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis meets Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev - 0900 GMT.
TOGO - Referendum election.
RIYADH - G20 finance ministers, central bank governors meeting in Riyadh (to Feb. 23).
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24
** MOSCOW – Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin will make official visit to Moscow (to Feb 25).
ALGIERS - Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani visits Algeria and meets with president Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
GENEVA, Switzerland - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian addresses the U.N.-sponsored Conference on Disarmament - 0945 GMT
GENEVA, Switzerland - Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riad Al-Malki addresses the U.N. Human Rights Council - 1140 GMT
NEW DELHI - U.S. President Donald Trump will pay a two-day state visit to India (to Feb. 25).
GENEVA – 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council (to Mar. 20).
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25
GENEVA, Switzerland - Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Alsaud addresses the U.N. Human Rights council - 1100 GMT
NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2020. BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26
** NEW DELHI – Myanmar President Win Myint to visit India next week on a four-day tour - (to Feb 29).
GENEVA, Switzerland - Palestine Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki holds news briefing on rejecting the "deal of the century" - 0900 GMT
BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis presents the EU's Semester Winter Package in Brussels.
HONG KONG, China (PRC) - Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan delivers the city's annual budget speech as the international financial centre faces recession amidst a major political crisis and a coronavirus outbreak.
PRAGUE - Foreign Ministers from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary meet with their counterparts from the countries of the west Balkans in Prague.(to Feb 27)
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will unveil 2020 budget - 1200 GMT.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27 KHARTOUM, Sudan - Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Sudan. NAPLES, Italy - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte hosts French President Emmanuel Macron for a one-day summit in Naples. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28
** SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets with his New Zealand counterpart, Jacinda Ardern, as part of the annual Australia-New Zealand Leaders Meeting. 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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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29
SLOVAKIA - Slovak National Council election. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, MARCH 1
GUINEA - Guinean National Assembly election.
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MONDAY, MARCH 2 BUENOS AIRES - Argentina Economy Minister Martin Guzman speaks at a seminar organized by the Latin American Development Bank in Buenos Aires.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 3
GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
BRUSSELS - Vice-President of the European Commission and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell presents the EU's Africa Strategy during the European Parliament's plenary session in Brussels.
BRUSSELS - The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks at Business Europe conference in Brussels - 1900 GMT.
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. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, MARCH 9
HOUSTON, United States - Global energy ministers and executives from the world's largest oil producers meet in Houston March 9-13 to discuss factors affecting oil and gas, electricity and power markets (to Mar. 13)
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TUESDAY, MARCH 10
** STRASBOURG, France - Vice presidents of the European Commission, Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis, present the EU's industrial Strategy, the SME strategy, the Single Market Barriers Report and the Single Market Enforcement Action Plan in Strasbourg.
DA NANG - Vietnam hosts ASEAN economic ministers' retreat in Da Nang (to Mar. 13).
DA NANG - Vietnam host ASEAN European Union business summit in Da Nang (to Mar. 13).
TIBET – 61st anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
STRASBOURG, France - Vice-President of the European Commission and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell presents the EU's Africa Strategy during the European Parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg.
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
BRUSSELS - European and Indian leaders meet for India-European Union summit. India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, is due to attend.
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 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, MARCH 16
LJUBLJANA - OECD Economic Surveys: Slovenia 2020.
HALABJA, Iraq – 32nd anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 17
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 (to Mar. 19).
DHAKA – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bangladesh to bolster ties.
BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 ** BRUSSELS - Vice president of the European Commission and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy presents the EU's 2020 action plan on human rights. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, MARCH 19
EGYPT – 9th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.
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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
BRUSSELS - The vice-president of the European Commission in charge of digital Margrethe Vestager speaks on "a new rulebook for the digital economy".
GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day. QUANG NINH, Vietnam - Vietnam hosts 24th ASEAN Finance Ministers meeting (to Mar. 27).
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
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BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis presents Action Plan on Anti-money Laundering.
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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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ATHENS - OECD Economic Surveys: Greece 2020.
STRASBOURG, France - European Commission Vice-President Dubravka Suica presents a report on the "Impact of Demographic Change" during the European Parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 5
ARMENIA - Referendum election.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 12
NORTH MACEDONIA - North Macedonian assembly election
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MONDAY, APRIL 20
KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and budgetary heads from the APEC countries attend the APEC trade ministers' meeting in Malaysia (to Apr. 21).
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TUESDAY, APRIL 21
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
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