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DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb 6

Published 06/02/2018, 09:57 pm
Updated 06/02/2018, 10:00 pm
DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb 6
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6

** STRASBOURG, France - Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic at the European Parliament. ** SINGAPORE - ASEAN foreign ministers hold their first retreat after Singapore assumes the chair of the 10-member bloc. ** KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak delivers the keynote address at the World Capital Markets Symposium 2018, which is expected to bring together top economic minds from across the country to speak at the one-day event. ** BEIJING - Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov visits China (to Feb 7).

ULAANBAATAR - Mongolia's Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar visits the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) (Final day).

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

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 (Final day).

DHAKA - Swiss President Alain Berset arrives in Dhaka (to Feb 7).

BUENOS AIRES/ BOGOTA/ MEXICO CITY/ LIMA - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visits Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru (to Feb. 7).

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).

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

SAUDI ARABIA - Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visits Saudi Arabia (to Feb 8).

SINGAPORE - ASEAN defence ministers and aviation officials inaugurate the 2018 Singapore Airshow and meet Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Danish FM Anders Samuelsen.

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

PRISTINA - Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Markovic meets Kosovo's Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. TOKYO - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visits Japan. GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2018 - with the theme '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).

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7

** BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni - 1100 GMT.

** BEIJING - Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat pays an official visit to China (to Feb 9). ** PYEONGCHANG - United Nations General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak visits South Korea (to Feb 11).

TOKYO - 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 and Foreign Minister Johnson-Smith.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8

** BEIJING - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi visits China (to Feb 10). ** WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi visits the United States (to Feb 9).

CAIRO - The Egyptian and Sudanese foreign ministers and intelligence chiefs will meet to discuss mutual relations and regional affairs.

ATHENS - EU economic affairs commissioner Pierre Moscovici to meet Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Euclid 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 - 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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