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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, MARCH 1 VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2019 (to Mar. 5). HANOI - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a second summit in Vietnam (Final Day). ASTANA - Finnish Foreign Trade and Development Minister Anne-Mari Virolainen visits Kazakhstan (Final Day). MOSCOW - Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez holds talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow - 0900 GMT. MADRID - Spain Economy Minister Nadia Calvino meets with her German counterpart Olaf Scholz - 1530 GMT. ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is keynote speaker at Delphi Economic Forum with general theme "The Challenge of Inclusive Growth". Speakers also include ministers of foreign affairs of Cyprus, North Macedonia and Serbia - 1800 GMT. HANOI - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un makes an official visit to Vietnam after summit with U.S. President Donald Trump (to Mar. 2). MADRID, Spain - Peru President Martin VVizcarra to attend Peruvian economy forum in Madrid - 0800 GMT. SOFIA - NATO Secretary General 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 ** RIYADH/DOHA/ABU DHABI/KUWAIT CITY - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait (to Mar. 7)

GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing. TALLINN - Estonian Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 4 SOFIA - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrives on a two-day official visit to Bulgaria (to Mar. 5) - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 5 COLOMBO – Sri Lankan Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera presents the budget at the parliament - 0830 GMT. GENEVA - Geneva Disarmament Forum holds debate on Nuclear Ban Treaty – 1600 GMT. LUXEMBOURG CITY - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's official visit to Luxembourg (to Mar. 6). 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. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 PARIS - OECD chief Economist Laurence Boone to hold a press conference to unveil the policy forum's economic outlook for member countries and world's major economies. - 1000 GMT - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 7 ** GERMANY - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz to talk about preparations for Brexit at a DHL hub in Leipzig. - 1400 GMT WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Czech Republic Prime Minister Andrej Babis at the White House.

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). - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 8 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 ** BAGHDAD - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Iraq. 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 ** LONDON - UK lawmakers due to vote on PM May's Brexit deal – 1900 GMT. PRAGUE - Czech, Polish, Slovak and Hungarian presidents meet in Prague to mark 20th anniversary of joining NATO. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 ** LONDON - UK lawmakers could vote on whether to leave the EU without a deal.

NAIROBI - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Kenya (to March 14) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 14 ** LONDON - Possible vote in UK parliament on extending Brexit negotiating period – 1200 GMT.

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. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 17 JAKARTA - Indonesian presidential to debate on education, health and other issues. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 18 BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers meet to be held to discuss foreign affairs matters. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 19 ** DUSHANBE - Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov will visit Tajikistan (to Mar. 20). 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 Organization seminar. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 30 JAKARTA - Indonesia hosts a fourth presidential debate on state ideology, governance, security and international relations. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 31 ** JERUSALEM - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will visit Israel (to Apr. 3). KIEV - Presidential election. BAGHDAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Iraq. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 ** SOLOMON ISLANDS - Solomon Islander National Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 6 ** MALDIVES - Maldivian People's Council election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 7 ** ANDORRA - Andorran General Council - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 9 ** ISRAEL - Israeli Knesset election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 ** BELIZE – Referendum election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 14 ** FINLAND - Finnish Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 ** INDONESIA – President election. ** INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council election. ** INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 18 ** ALGERIA – President election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 21 ** MACEDONIA – President election. ** COMOROS – President election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 28 ** BENIN - Beninese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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