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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 ** PHNOM PENH - Vietnam President Nguyen Phu Trong begins official visit to Cambodia (to Feb. 26) ** LISBON - Peru President Martin Vizcarra meets his Portuguese counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa - 1100 GMT. ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih in Paris, holds news conference - 1200 GMT. ** SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - European Council President Donald Tusk and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi holds a press conference at the end of a two-day summit bringing together Arab and European leaders in Egypt's red sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh - 1230 GMT. ** SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - British Prime Minister Theresa May could speak to EU leaders on the sidelines of EU-Arab summit in Egypt on Brexit. ** HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, speaks before Trump-Kim summit at the Russian-Vietnamese Conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club. ** GENEVA, Switzerland – Yemen Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed addresses U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva - 0920 GMT. ** GENEVA, Switzerland – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-Wha address the U.N.-sponsored Conference on Disarmament, days ahead of the North-Korea - United States summit in Hanoi, Vietnam- 0930 GMT. ** GENEVA, Switzerland – Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani addresses the U.N. Human Rights Council - 1000 GMT ** HANOI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Vietnam (to Feb. 25). ** Wu Zheng, China - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits China and meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (to Feb. 26).

VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2019 (to March 5). SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - The first summit between EU Member States and the Arab League will be held (to Feb. 25). ROAD TOWN - British Virgin Islands House of Assembly election. GENEVA, Switzerland – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres makes opening remarks at a panel event in Switzerland - 1800 GMT. GENEVA, Switzerland - Venezuela Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza Montserrat scheduled to address U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva - 1340 GMT. HANOI - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Vietnam ahead of a planned second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 ** GENEVA, Switzerland – Jorge Arreaza Montserrat, Venezuela's foreign minister, scheduled to address U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva - 1200 GMT. ** GENEVA, Switzerland – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shokry Selim addresses U.N. Human Rights Council - 1330 GMT. ** GENEVA, Switzerland – Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki addresses the U.N. Human Rights Council - 1400 GMT.

** HONG KONG - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Hong Kong. ** GENEVA, Switzerland – Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addresses the Conference on Disarmament - 0900 GMT.

** BEIJING - Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit China to attend Russia-India-China (RIC) meet (to Feb. 27). HANOI - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a second summit in Vietnam (to March 1). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Elysee Palace ** MADRID - Peruvian President Martín Alberto Vizcarra meets King Felipe VI on a state visit to Spain - 0900 GMT. ** HANOI - U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi - 0500 GMT.

** BUDAPEST - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, central bank Governor Gyorgy Matolcsy and Finance Minister Mihaly Varga to speak at an annual conference organised by the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - 0900 GMT. MOSCOW - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. LONDON - British parliament debates Brexit. LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May takes questions in parliament – 1200 GMT. WUZHEN, China - Foreign ministers of China, Russia and India will hold a meet in Wuzhen. TEHRAN - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Iran. CARACAS – 30th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, February 28 ** MANILA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits the Philippines.

GENEVA, Switzerland - WTO's General Council meeting. ATHENS - European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici will once again be visiting the Hellenic Parliament. ISTANBUL - Turkey-European Union High Level Dialogue officials meet regarding economy and cooperation in Turkey. KOSICE, Slovakia – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets Central European, Baltic, Bulgarian and Romanian presidents. VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2019. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 1 ** SOFIA - NATO Secretary Geneberal Jens Stoltenberg visits Bulgaria. LISBON - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde meets Portuguese leaders, including President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, to discuss the impact of Brexit. ATLANTA, United States - 1st APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Meeting (to March 4).

CAIRO - Arab foreign ministers to hold regular meeting at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo to discuss regional affairs. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 3 GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing. TALLINN - Estonian Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 5 BRUSSELS - EU-Georgia Association Council meeting. MOSCOW – 66th Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. PALIKIR - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia election.

PALIKIR - Referendum election. BRUSSELS - EU environment ministers meet to discuss foreign affairs matters. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 7 ** SOFIA - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrives on a two-day official visit to Bulgaria (to March 5) BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Meeting (to March 8).

CHIANG RAI, Thailand - ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (to March 8). HONG KONG - ASEAN+3 Taskforce Meeting (Finance) (to March 8). GENEVA – 89th Geneva International Motor Show (to March 17). SANTIAGO - APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting (to March 8).

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GLOBAL - International Women's Day. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 10

TIBET – 60th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising. BISSAU - Bissau-Guinean People's National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 11 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. SENDAI, Japan – 8th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami. BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet in Brussels (to March 12). HOUSTON, United States - Global energy ministers and executives from the world's largest oil producers meet in Houston to discuss factors affecting oil and gas, electricity and power markets (to March 15). BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers to meet in Brussels. BAGHDAD - Iran President Hassan Rouhani to visit Iraq. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 12

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 ** NAIROBI - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Kenya (to March 14) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MARCH 14 DUBLIN - St. Patrick's Festival (to March 18). - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 15 BRUSSELS - EU-Turkey Association Council meeting. GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.

DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 8th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 16

HALABJA, Iraq – 31st anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack. BRATISLAVA - Presidential election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 18 BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers meet to be held to discuss foreign affairs matters. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 19 EGYPT – 8th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MARCH 21 BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 22). - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 22 GLOBAL - World Water Day. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 23 GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MARCH 24 GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

OUAGADOUGOU - Referendum election. MORONI - Presidential election. BANGKOK - Thailand House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 25

LONDON - OMFIF-World Trade Organisation seminar. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 31 KIEV - Presidential election. BAGHDAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Iraq. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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