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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21
** BEIJING - China's top diplomat Wang Yi meets Philippine Foreign Minister Alan Peter Cayetano and holds a news conference - 1000 GMT. ** TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks at an annual dinner held by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei - 1030 GMT.
** SANTIAGO - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin meets Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and Treasury Minister Felipe Larrain - 1200 GMT.
** BRUSSELS- European Council President Donald Tusk speaks at a news conference following a meeting with European social partners - 1600 GMT.
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron hosts the Grand Duck and Duchess of Luxembourg for a two-day state visit to France (Final Day). GENEVA - United Nations Human Rights Council, 37th session (to March 23).
GENEVA - United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, sixty third session (to March 29). GENEVA - United Nations Human Rights Committee, 122nd session (to April 6).
SINGAPORE – ASEAN 24th Meeting of Senior Officials Committee for the ASCC (SOCA) (to March 22). GENEVA - United Nations Human Rights Council, Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, Twenty-second session (to March 23). TOKYO - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Japan to discuss bilateral relations and international issues, including the situation on the Korean peninsula. (Final Day) MONTEVIDEO – World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will visit Uruguay.
TOKYO - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Tokyo and meet Japan Foreign Minister Taro Kono - 0100 GMT. THE HAGUE, Netherlands - French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and King Willem-Alexander ahead of European Council summit on Thursday - 1730 GMT. BRUSSELS - European Council President Donald Tusk speaks at a news conference following a meeting with European social partners.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 22 ** HANOI - Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-in visits Vietnam (to March 24). ** HANOI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Vietnam (to March 23).
** PRAGUE - EU's security commissioner Julian King to meet Czech Justice Minister R. Pelikan and Interior Minister Lubomir Metnar.
** PARIS - French Foreign Minister heads to Ukraine to hold bilateral talks and to discuss the stalled Minsk process aimed at reaching a peace agreement in the east of the country.
** BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meets his Dutch counterpart, Stef Blok, for talks about bilateral relations, Europe and international topics. - 1100 GMT
** TBILISI - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visits Georgia (to March 23). ** MACEDONIA - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias visits Skopje.
** BRUSSELS - European leaders meet for a summit.
BEIJING - Cameroonian President Paul Biya will visit China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping (to March 24). SKOPJE - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias visits Macedonia (to March 23). NEW DELHI - Germany President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to visit India (to March 25).
GLOBAL - World Water Day. INDONESIA – 2nd Meeting of the Senior Economic Officials for the 49th ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting (SEOM 2/49) and Related Meetings (to March 29). BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 23). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 23 KEIV - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will visit Ukraine.
BUDAPEST - Polish President Andrzej Duda to visit Hungary (to March 24). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 24 GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, MARCH 26 VARNA, Bulgaria - EU-Turkey leaders' meeting. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 NEW YORK - United Nations High-level International Conference on Nuclear Disarmament, Organizational session. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 31 DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2018 Dubai World Cup. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 1 IRAN - Independence Day
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MONDAY, APRIL 2 GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day.
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 36th anniversary of start of Falklands war.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 3 ANKARA - Meeting of the Russian-Turkish High Level Cooperation Council (HLCC) involving Russian and Turkish Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, APRIL 5 AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2016 (to April 8). SINGAPORE - 22nd ASEAN Finance Ministers' Meeting (to April 6). - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, APRIL 6 SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to April 16). - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, APRIL 7 GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, APRIL 8 WASHINGTON/MOSCOW - 8th anniversary of signing a new bilateral treaty between the Russia and United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 10 SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 8th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 12 LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
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** WASHINGTON, D.C. - United Nations Annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Spring meetings (to Apr 22).
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MONDAY, APRIL 23 SHANGHAI - External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to China to attend the foreign ministers' meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (to April 24)
WASHINGTON D.C. - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit the United States (to April 25). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 27 SOFIA - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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