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DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb 2

Published 02/02/2018, 10:21 pm
Updated 02/02/2018, 10:30 pm
DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb 2
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2

** AMSTERDAM - Pavlo Klimkin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, visits the Kingdom of the Netherlands (final day). ** JAKARTA - Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prak Sokhonn, is scheduled to visit Indonesia and meet Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi.

MINSK - Belarus Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov pays a working visit to Kazakhstan (Final day). GENEVA - United Nations Human Rights Council, Working Group on Situations, 21st session (Final day).

BEIJING - Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May visits China and holds bilateral talks, followed by a signing ceremony and meeting with entrepreneurs (Final day).

DUSHANBE - Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov visits Tajikistan (Final day)

KATHMANDU - India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj visits Nepal (Final day).

COLOMBO - British Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and the Countess of Wessex, visit Sri Lanka (to Feb. 4).

VENICE - Venice Carnival (LON:CCL) 2018 (to Feb. 13).

BUENOS AIRES/ BOGOTA/ MEXICO CITY/ LIMA - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visits Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru (to Feb. 7). ** DAKAR - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Senegal (to Feb 4).

MEXICO CITY - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with President Enrique Pena Nieto and Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray.

VIENNA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic visits Austria. LISBON - Brazilian President Michel Temer visits Portugal. BEIJING - British Prime Minister Theresa May visits China. GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3

** ULAANBAATAR - Mongolian Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar will visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) (to Feb 6).

BARILOCHE, Argentina - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson participates in a conference, where he will speak about scientific exchanges and conservation.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4

** VATICAN CITY - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits (to Feb 5).

SINGAPORE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold first retreat three-day meeting to discuss the agenda for 2018 meetings to be hosted by Singapore (to Feb. 6).

JERUSALEM, Israel / Palestinian Territories - Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon scheduled to meet Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in Jerusalem.

BUENOS AIRES - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives in Buenos Aires and meets with President Mauricio Macri.

COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Election. COSTA RICA - President Election. GLOBAL - World Cancer Day. CARACAS - 26th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5

JAKARTA - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein visits Indonesia to meet civil society groups and President Joko Widodo and other ministers (to Feb. 6).

SINGAPORE - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Working Group Meetings (to Feb. 9).

NEW YORK - Men's New York Fashion Week 2017 (to Feb. 8) SAPPORO, Japan - 2017 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). - - - - - - - - - .

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6

** TOKYO, Japan - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold bilateral talks and issue a joint statement. - 0900 GMT.

PRISTINA - Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Markovic will meet his Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj in Pristina. TOKYO - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit Japan. GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2018 will be celebrated with a theme of 'Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you'. GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. BERLIN - European Police Congress (to Feb. 7). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7

** TOKYO, Japan - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier gives a speech on "A European Perspective on Regional Stability in East Asia." - 0445 GMT.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at University of Chicago.

BEIJING - Dutch King Willem-Alexander visits China (to Feb. 8).

KINGSTON, Jamaica - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, to meet with Prime Minister Andrew Holness.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8

ATHENS - The EU's economic affairs commissioner Pierre Moscovici visits Athens for meetings with Prime Minister Tsipras and Finance Minister Tsakalotos for talks on the latest developments and next steps in Greece's bailout programme (to Feb. 9).

VIENNA - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko will pay a working visit to Austria.

NEPAL - National Assembly Election. ASIA - Nirvana Day, Buddhist festival marking the anniversary of Buddha's death NEW YORK - Women's New York Fashion Week 2018 (to Feb. 16). PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - 2018 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (to Feb. 24). VIENNA - Vienna Opera Ball 2018 - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9

LOS ANGELES - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Los Angeles - 1100 GMT. DHAKA - UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson visits Dhaka (to Feb 10).

EAST JERUSALEM/ MUSCAT/ ABU DHABI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a state visit to Palestine, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman (to Feb. 12). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES - 2018 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 NEW YORK - 142nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (to Feb 13).

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 BEIRUT - 10th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day. NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2018.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 BERLIN - 68th Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 25).

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2017 (to Feb. 20).

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 NEW DELHI - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits India (to Feb. 23).

PRISTINA - 10th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22 KIEV - Albania Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati visits Ukraine (to Feb. 23).

LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2018.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 DJIBOUTI - Djiboutian National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24 PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting and Related Meetings (to Mar. 9). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26 BRUSSELS - The EU Foreign Affairs Council meets in Brussels. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 SINGAPORE - 24th ASEAN Economic Ministers' Retreat (AEM-R) and 16th AEMEU Trade Commissioner Consultations (to March 2).

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 4 ITALY - Election for Italian Chamber of Deputies. ITALY - Election for Italian Senate. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 5 KIEV - Finland Foreign Affairs Minister Timo Soini is scheduled to visit Ukraine (to March 6). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 11 CUBA - Election Cuban National Assembly of People's Power. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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