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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7

** BEIRUT, Lebanon - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte visits Lebanon. NEW DELHI - Prince Albert II, the head of state of Monaco, arrives on a week-long visit to India during which he will hold talks with the top Indian leadership to strengthen bilateral ties (to Feb. 10) SAPPORO, Japan – 2019 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). BUCHAREST - Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers to be conducted (to Feb. 8). BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Theresa May to visit Brussels in search of a Brexit deal BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker meet British Prime Minister Theresa May - 1000 GMT. BRUSSELS - European Council President Donald Tusk meets British Prime Minister Theresa May - 1400 GMT.

BRATISLAVA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a joint news conference with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini - 1215 GMT. BRATISLAVA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini to deliver speeches and participate in a Q&A at a public event during a summit of the Visegrad countries and Germany in Bratislava. - 1000 GMT. PRAGUE - U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida will speak in the Czech Republic capital. - 1430 GMT. WASHINGTON D.C. - Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani will speak on the prospects of an end to the war in Afghanistan during a visit to Washington where he is expected to meet top Trump administration officials - 1500 GMT. MADRID - Spain Economy Minister Nadia Calvino will participate at economy event alongside European Commission Growth and Investment Vice-President, Jyrki Katainen - 0800 GMT BERLIN – 69th Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 17). NEW YORK, United States – Women's New York Fashion Week 2019 (to Feb. 13). BRATISLAVA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet the prime ministers of the Visegrad group - Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - at a summit in Bratislava. PARIS - Environment ministers of France, Portugal, Spain and Britain as well as EU Energy Chief Maros Sefcovic will speak at Paris SER renewable energy conference - 0800 GMT. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne will visit New Zealand (to Feb. 9)

LONDON - Speech by German Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz at the LSE German Symposium - 1700 GMT. ASIA - Nirvana day, Buddhist festival marking the anniversary of Buddha's death. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - 2019 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (to Feb. 16). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 ** NEW DELHI - Oil minister of Iran, UAE, Russia, Indonesia, Mexico, Canada and Oman among others, will attend biennial conference Petrotech (to Feb 12).

ADDIS ABABA - The African Union summit of heads of state (to Feb. 11). LONDON – EE British Academy Film Awards 2019. LOS ANGELES – 61st Annual Grammy Awards. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 NEW DELHI - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit India and he will hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. NEW YORK - 142th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (to Feb 12). BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. BRUSSELS - Euro Zone finance ministers will meet in Brussels. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 ** BERLIN - Germany Economy Minister Peter Altmaier holds a conference on liquified natural gases in his ministry that US Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette as well as representatives from U.S. and German companies, and energy lobbies will attend - 0900 GMT.

ACCRA - Accra hosts German African Business Summit (to Feb. 14). BRATISLAVA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Slovakia. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to hold a news conference ahead of a meeting of defence ministers - 1000 GMT. STRASBOURG, France - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg as part of a series of debates with national leaders on the future of the European Union – 1600 GMT. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council to conduct a meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 ** WASHINGTON D.C.- U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Ivan Duque Marques confer at the White House on the situation in Venezuela and other matters. BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers meet at the alliance HQ in Brussels (to Feb. 14). BERLIN - Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is due to speak at a book presentation by former Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere in Berlin - 1330 GMT.

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May to update House of Commons on Brexit. MADRID - Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino to close event on the Euro 2018 yearbook in Madrid - 1200 GMT. BEIRUT - 11th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 SOCHI, Russia - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will meet in Russia's coastal city of Sochi. LONDON - MPs due will have another chance to vote on British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans.

GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 14th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2019 (to Feb. 19). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2019 (to March 5). ABUJA - Nigerian Presidential Election. ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives election. ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 PRISTINA - 11th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. NEW YORK - 2019 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 20)

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2019. CAIRO - The first summit between EU Member States and the Arab League to be held. European and Arab state leaders to discuss migration and other issues at the summit to be hosted by Egypt. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 BUCHAREST - Informal meeting of trade ministers (to Feb. 22). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 HAVANA - Referendum election. CAIRO - EU-League of Arab States summit (to Feb. 25). CHISINAU - Moldovan Parliament election. BANGKOK - Thailand Senate election. BANGKOK - Thailand House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 HANOI - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a second summit in Vietnam (to Feb. 28) TEHRAN - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Iran. CARACAS – 30th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, February 28 VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2019. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 1 ATLANTA, United States - 1st APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Meeting (to Mar. 4). CAIRO - Arab foreign ministers to hold regular meeting at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo to discuss regional affairs. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 5 BRUSSELS - EU environment ministers meet to discuss foreign affairs matters. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY MARCH 7

SANTIAGO, Chile - APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting (to Mar. 8). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 11 BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers to meet in Brussels. BAGHDAD - Iran President Hassan Rouhani to visit Iraq. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 18 BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers meet to be held to discuss foreign affairs matters. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY MARCH 31 BAGHDAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Iraq.

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