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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, MARCH 8 ** WARSAW - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets Polish President Andrzej Duda, PM Mateusz Morawiecki and Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz in Warsaw (Final Day). ** BRUSSELS – Ambassadors of 27 European Union countries will gather in Brussels to be briefed for one hour by the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on the latest developments in talks with Britain, EU diplomats - 1400 GMT.

** BELGRADE - United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale will be visiting Serbia where he will meet the country's President Aleksandar Vucic and discuss normalisation of ties between Belgrade and Kosovo. GLOBAL - International Women's Day.

TASHKENT - Russian Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin to lead a government delegation on a visit to Uzbekistan (to Mar. 10). MANILA - Malaysia Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad along with his wife Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Darell Leiking to visit Philippines (Final Day). BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Meeting (Final Day).

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

SUNDAY, MARCH 10 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN/ KUALA LUMPUR/ PHNOM PENH - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Brunei, Malaysia and Cambodia (to Mar. 16). 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 ** MOSCOW – Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl will arrive in Moscow to meet with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. ** LOS ANGELES, CA - Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks at LA World Affairs Council - 1900 GMT. 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 Mar. 15) LJUBLJANA - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev starts a two-day visit to Slovenia (to Mar. 12) BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives new Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins - 1315 GMT. 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.

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl in Moscow. Kneissl is in Moscow for a two-day visit (to Mar. 12) - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 12 ** ANTALYA, Turkey - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with officials in Antalya and he is expected to meet Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (to Mar. 13) BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel speak to reporters in Berlin, likely to focus on Brexit - 1230 GMT. HARARE - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa to hold talks with South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa. LALIBELA, Ethiopia - French President Emmanuel Macron and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visit Lalibela, where ancient Coptic churches are dug from rocks.

DJIBOUTI - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Djibouti. 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 ** NAIROBI - French President Emmanuel Macron with his host Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta opens the One Plant Summit, dedicated to climate change issues in Africa (to Mar.14) BERLIN - Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith with military honors at the Chancellery in Berlin - 1100 GMT. ADDIS ABABA - French President Macron visits Africa Union (AU) headquarters, meets AU Chairperson Moussa Faki before holding a media briefing. 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 BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and international officials from research organizations, politics, business and civil communities to attend the annual Global Solutions Summit in Berlin debating ways to make the world a better place (to Mar. 19). 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

** ROME - Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Italy to sign major trade deals to bolster the country's flagging economy. BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 22). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 22

GLOBAL - World Water Day. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 23 SANTIAGO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on an official visit to Chile, meets local counterpart Sebastian Pinera at La Moneda government house in Santiago. PALMERO, Italy - Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the Sicilian capital Palermo with the Italian government eager to sign major trade deals to bolster the country's flagging economy.

GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 24 MONACO - Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Monaco, meets Prince Albert. HAVANA - Britain Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will become the first members of the royal family to make an official visit to Communist-run Cuba in a trip intended to underscore a growing bilateral relationship.

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. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 28 BISHKEK - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Kyrgyzstan. - - - - - - - - - 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 WASHINGTON D.C. - NATO foreign ministers to hold their regular April meeting in Washington, rather than Brussels, as they celebrate the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-led military alliance (to Apr.4) SOLOMON ISLANDS - Solomon Islander National Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 5 PARIS - Foreign affairs and interior ministers of G7 nations to meet in French Brittany sea resort of Dinard (to Apr. 6) BUCHAREST - European Union finance ministers and central bank governors to hold an informal two-day meeting (to Apr. 6) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 6 MALDIVES - Maldivian People's Council election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 7 ANDORRA - Andorran General Council - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 8 LUXEMBOURG CITY - EU Foreign Affairs Ministers to meet to discuss foreign affairs matters. DUBAI - 27th Annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference will be hosted by Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) and will feature speeches by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman & Chief Executive of Emirates Group), as well as the Omani Minister of Oil and Gas and other energy industry leaders (to Apr. 9) - - - - - - - - - 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. For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx

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