DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan. 29

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) (To Feb. 29) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26 ABU DHABI - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting in UAE.

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MONDAY, JANUARY 29 ** BISHKEK - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu will pay an official visit to Kyrgyzstan. (To Jan. 30)

** TIRANA - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan pays an official visit to Tirana. – 1200 GMT ** WASHINGTON - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has bilateral meetings with senior officials including the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, as well as U.S. National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, in Washington. – 1530 GMT VIENTIANE - Minister for foreign affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan will make an official visit to Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). (Final Day) BANGKOK - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi embarks on a four-day visit to Thailand. (Final Day) LUANG PRABANG - Foreign ministers from Southeast Asian nations arrives in Luang Prabang, Laos, for a retreat session as ASEAN meetings kick off with Laos as this year's chair. (Final Day) WASHINGTON DC - Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani discusses security in the Middle East at an Atlantic Council event in Washington D.C. – 1700 GMT. OTTAWA - Zuzana Caputova, President of the Slovak Republic, will undertake a state visit to Canada. (To Feb. 1) HANOI - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visits Vietnam for talks with its top leaders over coastguard cooperation, food security. (To Jan. 30) ISLAMABAD - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will visit Pakistan. - 0730 GMT

UZHHOROD, Ukraine - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will meet Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto in Uzhhorod. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 ** SOFIA - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits Sofia. – 0930 GMT ** BERLIN - German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock and New Polish counterpart Radosław Sikorski speak to reporters in Berlin. – 1515 GMT

STOCKHOLM - France President Emmanuel Macron will visit Sweden. (To Jan 31) BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To Jan. 31) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31

** WASHINGTON - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivers speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. – 1530 GMT WARSAW - King of Denmark Frederik X visits Poland. (To Feb. 2) BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 1) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 SARAJEVO - The North Atlantic Council (NAC), chaired by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană, visits Sarajevo. (To Feb. 2) BRUSSELS - Special European Council. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. (To Feb. 3)

GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day. BRUSSELS - EU-Indo-Pacific Forum and EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13)

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HOKKAIDO, Japan - 2024 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). GLOBAL - World Cancer Day. EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Legislative Assembly Election. EL SALVADOR - Salvadoran Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5

MELBOURNE, Australia - 36th ASEAN-Australia Forum. (To Feb. 6) LOS ANGELES - 66th Annual Grammy Awards. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida welcomes Kenya's President William Ruto during Ruto's official visit to Japan. (To Feb. 9) GLOBAL - International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation.

GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2024. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8 VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2024. PAKISTAN - Pakistani National Assembly Election. CANBERRA - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape visits Canberra and will address a joint sitting of Australian parliament.

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** WASHINGTON DC - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to United States for a two-day visit. (To Feb 10) RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2024 (To Feb. 17) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 OSLO - President of the Liaison Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan will visit Norway. (To Feb. 14) NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras.

BEIRUT - 16th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels. (To Feb. 15) GLOBAL - Valentine's Day.

BEIRUT - 19th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council Election. INDONESIA - Indonesian Presidency Election. INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives Election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15

** CAIRO/ADDIS ABABA - Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will travel to Egypt and Ethiopia. (To Feb. 18) BERLIN – 74th Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 25) - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 PRISTINA - 16th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18 LONDON - 77th British Academy Film Awards. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 LA HULPE, Belgium - EU informal meeting of tourism ministers. (To Feb. 20) BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 ** CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana presents 2024 budget in parliament. – 1200 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - G20 foreign ministers meet to prepare for November summit. (To Feb. 22) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22

BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU economic and financial affairs ministers (To Feb. 24) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 LIECHTENSTEIN – Liechtenstein referendum election.

GEORGETOWN - Leaders of Caribbean nations will meet in Guyanese capital Georgetown for a CARICOM summit. (To Feb. 28) BELARUS - Belarusian Chamber of Representatives Election. SENEGAL - Senegalese Presidency Election. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) (To Feb. 29) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26

ABU DHABI - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting in UAE. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

SAO PAULO - G20 finance ministers meet in Sao Paulo to prepare for the annual presidential summit in November in Rio de Janeiro. (To Feb. 29) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 1 IRAN - Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 4

BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (To Mar. 5) MELBOURNE, Australia - ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN-Australia Dialogue Relations. (To Mar. 6) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MARCH 5 LUANG PRABANG, Laos - ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting +1 Informal Meeting. (To Mar. 7) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 8 IRELAND - Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 10 PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 11 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 12

BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 15 RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Russian Presidency Election. (To Mar. 17)

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BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 19 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 21 BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 22) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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