DIARY - Political and General News Events From Feb 17
** BONN, Germany - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will meet European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 ** MUNICH, Germany - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko will meet U.S. Vice President Michael Richard Pence, Poland President Andrzej Duda and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (to Feb. 18). ** BONN, Germany - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. ** BONN, Germany - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will meet European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se. ** ACCRA - Moroccan King Mohamed VI is on a three-day visit to Ghana (Second Day). ** SHANGHAI, China - Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre is on a Four-Day visit to China (Second Day).
BELGRADE - Austrian Chancellore Christian Kern will visit Belgrade (Final Day).
BERLIN - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is on a four-day official visit to Germany (Second Day).
BONN, Germany - G20 Foreign Ministers meet in Bonn (Final Day).
HAVANA - Irish President Michael Higgins is on a official Four-Day visit to Cuba (Third Day).
MUNICH, Germany - Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will meet Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian (Final Day).
MOSCOW/BERLIN/HELSINKI - Uruguay President Tabare Vazquez and a group of businessmen will visit Russia, Germany and Finland (Final Day).
BRUSSELS - Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev is on a working visit to Brussels (Final Day).
CANBERRA - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is on a five-day visit to Australia (Final Day).
SEOUL - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is on a visit to South Korea (to Feb. 18).
MUNICH, Germany - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will undertake a Four-Day official visit to Germany (to Feb. 20).
MUNICH, Germany - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Munich.
MUNICH, Germany - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will meet New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English.
ROME – Pope Francis will visit Roma Tre University – 1000 GMT.
MUNICH, Germany - German chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to participate in Munich Security Conference (MSC) (to Feb. 19).
MUCNICH, Germany - Munich Security Conference (MSC) (to Feb. 19).
STRASBOURG, France - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on a official visit to the European Parliament (Final Day) - 1000 GMT.
BERLIN - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will pay an official visit to Berlin and Humburg (Final Day)
BONN, Germany - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se will visit Germany (to Feb. 19).
NEW YORK – Women's New York Fashion Week 2017 (Final Day).
BERLIN – 67th Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 19).
ERZURUM, Turkey - 2017 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (to Feb. 18).
VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2017 (to Feb. 28).
PRISTINA - 9th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.
LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2017 (to Feb. 21).
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SUNDAY, FEBUARY 19 ** BEIJING - Mongolian Foreign Minister Tsend Munkh-Orgil is to pay an official visit to China (to Feb. 21). ** KIGALI - Indian Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari will pay an official visit to Rwanda (to Feb. 21). ** STOCKHOLM - Canadian General Governor David Johnston will visit Sweden (to Feb. 23).
BRUSSELS - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will meet Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel for official dinner – 1700 GMT.
Ecuador - Presidential, Referendum and National Congress Election.
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES - 2017 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony.
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MONDAY, FEBUARY 20 ** BEIJING - Australian Trade Minister Steven Michele Ciobo will visit Beijing.
BRUSSELS - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble and Belgian Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt to speak at the Belgian Business Federation - 1130 GMT.
BRUSSELS - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will meet EU institutions leaders and European Commission President Donald Tusk – 0915 GMT.
BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting to be held in Brussels.
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TUESDAY, FEBUARY 21 ** KAMPALA - Indian Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari will pay an official visit to Uganda (to Feb. 23). ** CANBERRA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Australia.
BEIJING - French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve will pay an official visit to China (to Feb. 23).
MOSCOW - Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will visit Russia (to Feb. 22).
MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will be the honor of guest at ADB's 50th anniversary celebration – 2300 GMT
BEIJING - Italian President Sergio Mattarella will pay a state visit to China (to Feb. 26).
BRUSSELS - Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 22).
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde. ** LJUBLJANA - Slovenian Finance Minister Mateja Vranica Erman talks about tax reform at the Chamber of Commerce - 1400 GMT.
LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2017
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23
MEXICO CITY - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and U.S. Homeland Security Head John Kelly will visit Mexico.
DHAKA - Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Bangladesh (to Feb. 24).
PARIS - Spanish, Italian, French Economy Minister and European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis are scheduled to speak in Paris at a capital markets conference.
NHA TRANG, Vietnam - APEC Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (to Feb. 24).
VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2017
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2017.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
OKINAWA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Okinawa to take part in an anniversary ceremony (to Feb. 26).
LOS ANGLES - Oscars Ceremony/ 89th Academy Awards.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26
KUALA LUMPUR - Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will visit Malaysia
SYDNEY , Australia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo will pay official visit to Sydney.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27
GENEVA - 34th Session of the Human Rights Council (to Mar. 24).
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
HANOI - Japanese Emperor Akihito will visit Vietnam (to Mar. 5).
NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2017
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
JAKARTA - Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will visit Indonesia to strengthen bilateral ties (to Mar. 9).
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THURSDAY, MARCH 2
IRELAND - National Assembly Election.
VALLETTA - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (to Mar. 3).
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FRIDAY, MARCH 3
VALLETTA - Meeting of EU heads of state or government.
GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 4
NIUE - Niue Assembly Election.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 5
BANGKOK - Japanese Emperor Akihito will visit Thailand.
MOSCOW – 64th Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
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MONDAY, MARCH 6
BRUSSELS - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 7
BRUSSELS - Meeting of General Affairs Council.
MICRONESIA - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8
BRUSSELS - Tripartite Social Summit.
GLOBAL - International Women's Day.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 9
BRUSSELS - Meeting of European Council (to Mar. 10).
GENEVA – 87th Geneva International Motor Show (to Mar. 19).
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FRIDAY, MARCH 10
TIBET - 58th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 11
SENDAI, Japan – 5th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 14
GRAZ, Austria - Special Olympics Canada 2017 Winter Games (to Mar. 25).
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15
NETHERLANDS - Second Chamber Elections.
GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.
DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 6th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 16
HALABJA, Iraq - 28th anniversary of 5000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.
DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 19).
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FRIDAY, MARCH 17
PARIS - Prince William and his wife, Duchess Kate of Cambridge will pay an official two-day visit to France (to Feb. 18).
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SUNDAY, MARCH 19
EGYPT – 5th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.
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MONDAY, MARCH 20
BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting to be held in Brussels.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 21
BRUSSELS - Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22
GLOBAL - World Water Day.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 23
GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 24
SYDNEY, Australia - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is set to visit Australia.
GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 25
ROME - 60th anniversary of the Rome treaties
ROME - Meeting of EU heads of state or government.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - 45th Session of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC)(to Mar. 31).
DHUBAI - Dubai World Cup.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 26
BULGERIA - National Assembly Election.
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MONDAY, MARCH 27
BRUSSELS - Meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Council (to Mar. 28).
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