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** BRUSSELS - Georgian Prime Minister Georgy Kvirikashvili and EU Council President Donald Tusk meet in Brussels – 1430 GMT. ** PARIS - London Mayor Sadiq Khan meets Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.

** MOSCOW - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is visiting Russia. (Final Day). ** WARSAW – Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama will visit Poland. (to Mar. 29). ** BRUSSELS - Meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Council. (Final Day)

** TBILISI - Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis to visit Georgia. ** BERLIN - French Presidential Candidate Benoit Hamon meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Social-Democrat party leader Martin Schulz - 2145 GMT. ** ZAGREB, Croatia - Czech President Milos Zeman visits Croatia – 2100 GMT. ** JERUSALEM - President of Slovakia Andrej Kiska meets Palestinian leadership.

** COPENHAGEN - Belgian King Philippe and his wife, Queen Mathilde will visit Denmark.

** WARSAW - Prime Ministers of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia (Visegrad Group countries) will meet in Warsaw to discuss EU affairs, including Brexit, and take part in the Central Eastern Europe Innovators Summit. ** ATHENS - Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet Georgian counterpart Giorgi Kvirikashvili at Maximos Mansion - 0730 GMT

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Miinister Haider al-Abadi gives weekly news conference. BEIJING - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will pay a state visit to China (to Apr.1). MOSCOW - Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang will pay an official visit to Russia (to Mar. 31). JAKARTA - French President Francois Hollande is on a state visit to Indonesia (to Mar. 29). VIENTIANE - 14th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials' Meeting (to Mar 29). MADRID - Spanish Minister of Economy Luis de Guindos to participate at Europa Press Forum - 0800 GMT. COPENHAGEN - Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen will meet Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders - 1030 GMT.

AMSTERDAM - Argentinian President Mauricio Maacri will visit the Netherlands (Final Day).

NICOSIA – Greece Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will visit Cyprus (Final Day). KUALA LUMPUR - French President Francois Hollande will visit Malaysia (Final Day).

WARSAW – Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama will visit Poland (to Mar. 29).

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Council (Final Day).

TBILISI - Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis to visit Georgia (to Mar. 29). CANBERRA - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will pay an official visit to Australia and New Zealand (to Mar. 29).

GUADALAJARA, Mexico - 45th Session of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC)(to Mar. 31).

JERUSALEM - Slovakian President Andrej Kiska embarks on a four-day visit to Israel (to Mar. 30). - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 ** GENEVA - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to address World Health Organization (WHO) and Human Rights (HR) Council – 2130 GMT.

** BRUSSELS - EU Parliament President and Brexit negotiator hold news conference.

** MALTA - President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will pay a working visit to Malta. (to Mar. 30) LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May takes questions in Parliament. JAKARTA - French President Francois Hollande visits Jakarta. ASHGABAT - President of the Belarus Republic Alexander Lukashenka will pay an official visit to Turkmenistan (to Mar. 31). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 30 ** ANKARA, Turky – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets Turkish leaders.

** WASHINGTON, United States – U.S. President Donald Trump to meet with Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.

** LISBON - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet visits Portugal to meet President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. (to Mar. 31). ** BEIJING - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping - 0800 GMT ** RIYADH - Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states will hold their 142nd regular meeting in Riyadh. ** MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to meet Belarusian Prime Minister in Moscow. ** BRUSSELS - The NATO-Russia Council will meet at the ambassadorial level at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels.

** LONDON – United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis will meet with his British counterpart Michael Fallon in London. BEIJING - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping - 0800 GMT. COPENHAGEN – Denmark Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will meet U.S. President Donald Trump. ARKHANGELSK, Rusia - President Vladimir Putin will attend the 4th International Arctic Forum (to Mar. 30). FLORENCE, Italy - Culture ministers from the G7 group of advanced economies to hold two days of talks in Florence (to Mar. 31). LISBON - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet will visit Portugal to meet President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (to Mar. 31). ANKARA - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Turkey. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 31 ** BEIJING - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic to meet Chinese Premier in Beijing. VATICAN CITY - Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall will meet Pope Francis. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 1 MYANMAR - Assembly of the Union Elections. IRAN - Independence Day. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 2 AMATRICE, Italy - Britain's Prince Charles to visit the town of Amatrice, epicentre of a 2016 earthquake which left hundreds dead. SERBIA - Presidential election. BAKU - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Azerbaijan (to April 3). ECUADOR - Presidential Election. ARMENIA - National Assembly election. BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 35th anniversary of Falklands War. GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 3 WASHINGTON - Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will meet Fed President Janet Yellen, IMF head Christine Lagarde and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (to Apr. 5) WASHINGTON - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will visit the United States to meet President Donald Trump. LUXEMBOURG - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council. CEBU, Philippines - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (AFCDM) (to Apr 7). CEBU, Philippines - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (AFCDM+3) (to Apr 7). CEBU, Philippines - ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting (AFMM) (to Apr 7). CEBU, Philippines - ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (AFMGM) (to Apr 7). - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 4 ** BRATISLAVA - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to speak about domestic, foreign policy at a conference– 2000 GMT. ** BEIJING - Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand will visit China at the invitation of the Chinese government. (to Apr. 11) BRUSSELS - International Summit for supporting the future of Syria and the region - Brussels conference (to Mar. 5). - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5

** JOHANNESBURG - Deputy Finance Minister of the Government of South Africa Mcebisi Jonas to speak at a conference – 0700 GMT. VIENNA - Prince of Wales Charles will meet Austria President Van der Bellena and Chancellor Christian Kern (to Apr. 6). TOKYO - King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia will visit Japan (to Apr. 7). GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 6 FLORIDA, United States - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping (to Apr. 7). GAMBIA - National Assembly Election. AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2017 (to Apr. 9). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 7 VALLETTA - Eurogroup meeting to be held in Malta. NEW DELHI - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit India (to Apr. 10). SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to Apr. 17). GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 8 WASHINGTON/MOSCOW - 7th anniversary of bilateral treaty between Russia and the United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 9 SERBIA - Presidential Election. ** VIMY, France - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Francois Hollande and Prince Harry commemorate the Battle of Vimy Ridge in Northern France. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 10 SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 7th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 11 FRANCE – 6th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab. ABIDJAN – 6th Anniversary of the arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with the help of French forces, thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war.

- - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 15 BELFAST/NEW YORK – 105th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 16 TURKEY - Referendum election. VATICAN CITY - 90th birthday of Pope Benedict. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 17 NEW DELHI – Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari will visit India BOSTON - 2017 Boston Marathon. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 20 UNITED STATES - 7th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 21 WASHINGTON - 2017 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (to Apr. 23). LONDON - Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 91st birthday. PARIS – 56th anniversary of the first manned mission to space. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 22 GLOBAL - Earth Day. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 23 FRANCE - Presidential Election. GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. LONDON – 2017 London Marathon. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 24 GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2017 (to April 30). - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 25 LUXEMBOURG - Meeting of General Affairs Council on cohesion. GLOBAL - World Malaria Day. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26 SEOUL - APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) 2 (to Apr. 29). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 28 CAIRO - Pope Francis to visit Cairo and meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (to Apr.29). PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania - 19th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 29 LONDON – 6th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 2 MOSCOW - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Moscow. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 11 MASCOW - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Moscow FRIDAY, May 12 BARI, Italy - Finance leaders of the G7 Advanced Economies hold three days of talks in the Southern Italian city of Bari. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 22 JAKARTA - King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden will visit Indonesia (to May. 24). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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