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DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan 29

Published 29/01/2018, 11:30 pm
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MONDAY, JANUARY 29 ** BEIRUT - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Lebanon (to Jan. 30). ** ROME - Austria Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl speaks at conference against anti-Semitism. ** ADDIS ABABA - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn hold a tripartite summit. ADDIS ABABA - 2015 Summit of the African Union (to Feb. 1). COLOMBO/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD/ DHAKA/ KABUL - Indonesia President Joko Widodo visits Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan (Final Day).

ADDIS ABABA - 2015 Summit of the African Union (to Jan. 31). TOKYO - Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic Jean-Yves Le Drian visits Japan (Final Day).

VENICE - Venice Carnival (LON:CCL) 2018 (to Feb. 13). ATHENS - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin visits Greece (to Jan. 31).

ADDIS ABABA - South Africa President Jacob Zuma attends African Union summit in Ethiopia (Final Day). MOSCOW - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Russia. JERUSALEM - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel visits Israel and meets Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (to Jan. 31).

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

MOSCOW - Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel visits Russia (to Jan. 31).

GENEVA - United Nations Human Rights Council, Working Group on Situations, 21st session (to Feb. 2).

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 ** PARIS - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and his counterparts from Belgium, Lithuania and Luxembourg speak at a fintech conference in Paris in a panel entitled "Future of Finance in Europe at Fintech age" - 1600 GMT. ** LONDON - British Prime Minster Theresa May meets with Estonia Prime Minister Juri Ratas. ** KIEV - Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano visits Ukraine. VIENNA - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visits Austria.

STOCKHOLM - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Catherine will visit Sweden (to Jan. 31). LONDON - Costa Book of the Year will be announced.

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 ** WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver his first state of the union address - 0200 GMT. BEIJING - Britain Prime Minister Theresa May visits China (to Feb. 2).

TUNIS - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Tunisia (to Feb. 1).

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

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 ** BUENOS AIRES/ BOGOTA/ MEXICO CITY/ LIMA - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru (to Feb. 7). MOSCOW - Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano visits Russia.

CAIRO - Arab Foreign Ministers meet at the league headquarters in Cairo to discuss the status of Jerusalem. Dakar - French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Senegal.

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 ** 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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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 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 SINGAPORE - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Working Group Meetings (to Feb 9). VATICAN CITY - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Vatican City.

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

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 ** PRISTINA - Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Markovic will meet his Kosovo counterpart 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). - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8 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 ** 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). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10

ABU DHABI/ EAST JERUSALEM - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits UAE and Palestine (to Feb. 11).

- - - - - - - - - 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.

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 13th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

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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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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 Mar. 6). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 11 CUBA - Election Cuban National Assembly of People's Power. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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