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---------------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3 ** VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis meets Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa at the Vatican. - 0830 GMT ** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi in Moscow for talks. - 0900 GMT ** BRUSSELS - The President of the European Council Charles Michel meets Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Brussels. - 1000 GMT ** BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz speak to reporters following their meeting at Berlin's chancellery. - 1230 GMT ** WASHINGTON – Israel Defence Minister Naftali Bennett heads to Washington on his first visit since he took office in November 2019 ** ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte meets Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. - 1500 GMT ** MINSK – Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius is in Belarus on a working visit. (to Feb 5). ** KAMPALA – Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu to arrive in Uganda.

TASHKENT - U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo to visit Uzbekistan (to Feb. 3) BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel to hold talks with Argentinian President Alberto Angel Fernandez - 1900 GMT. KUALA LUMPUR – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Malaysia (to Feb. 4)

BRUSSELS - OECD Economic Surveys: Belgium 2020 WARSAW - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Poland (to Feb. 4) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 ** BRUSSELS - The President of the European Council Charles Michel meets Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Brussels. - 1700 GMT ** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Ann Linde, Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs. A news conference is scheduled after the talks. ** VIENNA – OPEC and non-OPEC's Joint Technical Committee (JTC) has scheduled a meeting over Feb. 4-5 in Vienna to assess the impact of China's new coronavirus on oil demand. (to Feb 05). ** WASHINGTON – Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani will attend a conference in Washington. He will take part in the annual Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom event. ** WARSAW - North Macedonia President Stevo Pendarovski pays a visit to Warsaw where he will hold a meeting with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda. The two presidents will make statements after their meeting. - 1000 GMT ** PRAGUE - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Vadym Prystajko visits Prague, meets with his Czech counterpart Tomas Petricek. Together, they open the Czech-Ukraine Business Forum. - 1030 GMT

WARSAW - North Macedonia President Stevo Pendarovski to visit Warsaw. NEW YORK CITY, United States - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a news conference to discuss priorities for 2020. - 1730 GMT

MADRID, Spain - Argentine president Alberto Fernandez visits Spain. GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.

SAPPORO, Japan – 2020 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 5) - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 ** BRUSSELS - The President of the European Council Charles Michel meets the prime ministers of Sweden, Portugal and the Netherlands and Austria's Chancellor in Brussels. - 0800 GMT

HAVANA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez to kick off a three-day trip to Latin America. BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager holds debate with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell on the European Defence in Brussels.

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** Ethiopia, Senegal, Germany – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to Ethiopia, Senegal and Germany. In Ethiopia, he will also meet with world leaders attending the 33rd African Union Summit, and "participate in side events focused on deepening our relationships with African countries," the office said in a statement. (to Feb 14) MEXICO CITY - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Mexican government officials in Mexico City. BRUSSELS - EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan gives a speech at DigitalEurope conference - 1000 GMT. GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 2020.

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CARACAS - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov heads to Venezuela at the tail end of a three-day trip to Latin America to hold talks with the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. NEW DELHI - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will visit India (to Feb. 11). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Ireland - Irish House of Representatives election. VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2020 (to Feb. 25).

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 KYIV - European Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi to visit Ukraine (to Feb. 12) GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2020 - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 BEIRUT - 12th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah.

GLOBAL - World Radio Day. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14

DUBLIN - OECD Economic Surveys: Ireland 2020. GLOBAL - Valentine's Day.

BEIRUT - 15th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. LONDON - London Fashion Week February 2020 (to Feb. 18).

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 PRISTINA - 12th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18

LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2020 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 BERLIN – 70th Berlin International Film Festival (to Mar. 1).

VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2020 - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2020 (to Feb. 26). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 RIYADH - G20 finance ministers, central bank governors meeting in Riyadh (to Feb. 23).

TOGO - Referendum. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24

GENEVA – 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council (to Mar 20). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2020 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - South Africa's Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will unveil 2020 budget - 1200 GMT

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HAMBURG, Germany - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to hold speeches at the Matthiae Mahl event in Hamburg, a festive dinner first held in the year 1356. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 3

GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

HANOI - Vietnam to host ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in Da Nang (to Mar. 7). - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MARCH 5 BRUSSELS - European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen gives speech at BusinessEurope conference in Brussels - 0830 GMT. BRUSSELS - European Commission executive vice-president Frans Timmermans speaks at conference on "Implementing the Green Deal in partnership with industry" - 1315 GMT.

BRUSSELS - European commissioner for economy Paolo Gentiloni speaks at conference on "Delivering the reforms needed to strengthen the Economic and Monetary Union" - 1415 GMT. BRUSSELS - European Commission executive vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis speaks at conference in Brussels - 1515 GMT.

BRUSSELS - European Council president Charles Michel speaks at conference in Brussels - 1530 GMT. MOSCOW – 67th death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. GENEVA – 90th Geneva International Motor Show (to Mar. 15)

ZAGREB - EU foreign ministers to hold informal meeting in Zagreb. LUXEMBOURG - EU environment ministers will meet in Brussels for talks.

VIENNA - 178th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 6 VIENNA - 8th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting.

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

TIBET – 61st anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 SENDAI, Japan – 9th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MARCH 12 BRUSSELS - European foreign affairs ministers meet for talks in Brussels. BRUSSELS - European justice and home affairs ministers meet in Brussels (to Mar. 13)

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DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 17). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 15 GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.

DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 9th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 16

HALABJA, Iraq – 32nd anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 17

DHAKA – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bangladesh to bolster ties. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting

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EGYPT – 9th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms. KUALA LUMPUR - Finance ministers, central bank governors and heads of other institutions will meet to discuss current economic trends and crisis-related issues during the APEC-Finance and Central Banks Deputies’ Meeting in Malaysia

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GLOBAL - World Water Day. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 23

GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day. BRUSSELS - European foreign affairs minister meet in Brussels - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 24 BRUSSELS - The vice-president of the European Commission in charge of digital Margrethe Vestager speaks on "a new rulebook for the digital economy".

GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day. QUANG NINH, Vietnam - Vietnam hosts 24th ASEAN Finance Ministers(AFMM) Meeting (to Mar. 27). BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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TAJIKISTAN - Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 28 DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2020 Dubai World Cup. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MARCH 29 MALI - National Assembly Election.

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 31 STRASBOURG, France - European Commission Vice-President Dubravka Suica presents a report on the "Impact of Demographic Change" during the European Parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg.

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