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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, February 28 ** SINGAPORE - The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be making an official visit to Singapore and meets with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. ** HANOI - U.S. President Donald Trump holds a news conference after concluding his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un - 0900 GMT. ** LONDON - Britain's Brexit minister Stephen Barclay and his team of junior ministers answer questions from lawmakers in parliament - 0930 GMT. ** LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May meets the King of Jordan, King Abdullah II - 1430 GMT.
JERUSALEM - Liberian President George Weah visits Israel (Final Day).
VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival (NYSE:CCL) 2019 (to Mar. 5).
HANOI - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a second summit in Vietnam (to Mar. 1). ATHENS - EU's Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici will meet Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. He will then address Greek parliament's committees on European, foreign and financial affairs.
LONDON - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits London for a conference on investment in Jordan. LONDON - UK Prime Minister Theresa May, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz and U.K. Secretary of State for International Development Penny Mordaunt to attend Jordan investment conference. - 0900 GMT. LONDON - UK's Financial Conduct Authority head of asset management to deliver a speech on Brexit. - 0930 GMT.
VIENNA - The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, meets Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, followed by a joint news conference - 1200 GMT. ASTANA - Finnish Foreign Trade and Development Minister Anne-Mari Virolainen visits Kazakhstan (to March 1) MANILA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits the Philippines.
GENEVA, Switzerland - WTO's General Council meeting.
ATHENS - European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici will once again be visiting the Hellenic Parliament.
ISTANBUL - Turkey-European Union High Level Dialogue officials meet regarding economy and cooperation in Turkey. KOSICE, Slovakia – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets Central European, Baltic, Bulgarian and Romanian presidents. VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2019. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, MARCH 1 ** MOSCOW - Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez holds talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow - 0900 GMT.
** MADRID - Spain Economy Minister Nadia Calvino meets with her German counterpart Olaf Scholz - 1530 GMT.
** ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is keynote speaker at Delphi Economic Forum with general theme "The Challenge of Inclusive Growth". Speakers also include ministers of foreign affairs of Cyprus, North Macedonia and Serbia - 1800 GMT. HANOI - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un makes an official visit to Vietnam after summit with U.S. President Donald Trump (to Mar. 2). MADRID, Spain - Peru President Martin VVizcarra to attend Peruvian economy forum in Madrid - 0800 GMT. SOFIA - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visits Bulgaria.
LISBON - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde meets Portuguese leaders, including President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, to discuss the impact of Brexit. ATLANTA, United States - 1st APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Meeting (to March 4).
CAIRO - Arab foreign ministers to hold regular meeting at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo to discuss regional affairs. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, MARCH 3
GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing. TALLINN - Estonian Parliament election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, MARCH 4 SOFIA - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrives on a two-day official visit to Bulgaria (to Mar. 5) - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, MARCH 5 ** COLOMBO – Sri Lankan Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera presents the budget at the parliament - 0830 GMT.
GENEVA - Geneva Disarmament Forum holds debate on Nuclear Ban Treaty – 1600 GMT. LUXEMBOURG CITY - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's official visit to Luxembourg (to Mar. 6).
BRUSSELS - EU-Georgia Association Council meeting. MOSCOW – 66th Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. PALIKIR - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia election.
PALIKIR - Referendum election. BRUSSELS - EU environment ministers meet to discuss foreign affairs matters.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 PARIS - OECD chief Economist Laurence Boone to hold a press conference to unveil the policy forum's economic outlook for member countries and world's major economies. - 1000 GMT
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THURSDAY, MARCH 7 WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Czech Republic Prime Minister Andrej Babis at the White House.
BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Meeting (to March 8).
CHIANG RAI, Thailand - ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (to March 8).
HONG KONG - ASEAN+3 Taskforce Meeting (Finance) (to March 8). GENEVA – 89th Geneva International Motor Show (to March 17). SANTIAGO - APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting (to March 8).
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FRIDAY, MARCH 8
GLOBAL - International Women's Day. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, MARCH 10
TIBET – 60th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising. BISSAU - Bissau-Guinean People's National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, MARCH 11 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. SENDAI, Japan – 8th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami. BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet in Brussels (to March 12). HOUSTON, United States - Global energy ministers and executives from the world's largest oil producers meet in Houston to discuss factors affecting oil and gas, electricity and power markets (to March 15). BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers to meet in Brussels. BAGHDAD - Iran President Hassan Rouhani to visit Iraq. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, MARCH 12
** PRAGUE - Czech, Polish, Slovak and Hungarian presidents meet in Prague to mark 20th anniversary of joining NATO.
BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
NAIROBI - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Kenya (to March 14) - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, MARCH 14
DUBLIN - St. Patrick's Festival (to March 18). - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, MARCH 15
BRUSSELS - EU-Turkey Association Council meeting. GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.
DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 8th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 16
HALABJA, Iraq – 31st anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack. BRATISLAVA - Presidential election. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, MARCH 17 JAKARTA - Indonesian presidential to debate on education, health and other issues.
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MONDAY, MARCH 18 BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers meet to be held to discuss foreign affairs matters. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, MARCH 19 EGYPT – 8th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, MARCH 21
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 22). - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, MARCH 22
GLOBAL - World Water Day. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, MARCH 23
GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, MARCH 24
GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
OUAGADOUGOU - Referendum election.
MORONI - Presidential election. BANGKOK - Thailand House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, MARCH 25
LONDON - OMFIF-World Trade Organization seminar. - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, MARCH 30 JAKARTA - Indonesia hosts a fourth presidential debate on state ideology, governance, security and international relations.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 31 KIEV - Presidential election. BAGHDAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Iraq.
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