DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb. 7

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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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 ** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan hold a press conference at NATO headquarters after a meeting of national security advisers from NATO countries and Sweden – 1530 GMT. VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2024. (To Feb 13) HOKKAIDO, Japan - 2024 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). NEW DELHI - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, OPEC secretary general, Qatar Energy Chief, Energy Ministers of Guyana, Nigeria and Tanzania and senior management of global energy companies to attend 4-day conference India Energy Week. (To Feb. 9) BEIJING - Norwegian foreign minister Espen Barth Eide will visit China. (Final day)

NEW DELHI - Visit of Mark Phillips, Prime Minister of Guyana to India. (To Feb. 11) JERUSALEM - Argentina's President Javier Milei to visit Israel. (To Feb. 9) BEIJING - Switzerland's Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis will be on a visit to China. (Final day) NEW DELHI - Bangladesh's new foreign minister Hasan Mahmud will make his first bilateral visit to India. (Final day) TRIPOLI - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit Libya. STRASBOURG, France - President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, appears in the European Parliament for a debate on the 'Future of Europe' – 1000 GMT. WASHINGTON DC - Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide to meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, for diplomatic talks on the war in Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East, NATO and the Arctic. (To Feb. 8) BANGKOK - Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet pays an official visit to Thailand. TOKYO - Latvia's foreign minister Krisjanis Karins in Japan on bilateral visit. (To Feb. 9) ULAANBAATAR - President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier will pay a state visit to Mongolia. (To Feb. 8)

AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8

** NEW YORK CITY, United States - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to hold press conference on priorities for 2024 – 1730 GMT. ** NICOSIA - Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry visits Nicosia for talks with his Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos. NOUAKCHOTT - Spain´s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen meet President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Ghazouani in Nouakchott. MANILA - Switzerland's foreign minister Ignazio Cassis visits the Philippines for a meeting with his Filipino counterpart to tackle relations between the two countries. SARAJEVO - Slovenia´s President Natasa Pirc Musar pays her first official visit to Bosnia. (To Feb. 9) TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida welcomes Kenya's President William Ruto during Ruto's official visit to Japan. (To Feb. 9) 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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PERTH, Australia - Foreign Minister of Nepal Narayan Prakash Saud is leaving for Perth, Australia to participate in the 7th Indian Ocean Conference being jointly organized by the Government of Australia and India Foundation. (To Feb. 10) TOKYO - The IMF will hold a briefing on the outcome of its annual Article 4 consultation. Gita Gopinath, IMF First Deputy Managing Director, and Ranil Salgado, Mission Chief for Japan, will speak at the briefing – 0400 GMT. MADRID - The high representative of the Union for foreign affairs and security policy, and vice president of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, speaks at Forum Europe – 0800 GMT. 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) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 FINLAND - Second round in Finnish presidential election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12

** DUBAI - World Government Summit to be held in Dubai. (To Feb. 14) ** ROME - Argentina's President, Javier Milei, meets with Italian President, Sergio Mattarella, and Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni. VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis meets Argentina's President, Javier Milei, at the Vatican – 0800 GMT. ANKARA - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit NATO-member Turkey to meet with President Tayyip Erdogan. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 BRUSSELS – EU-Armenia Partnership Council.

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

GENEVA - WTO General Council meeting. 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) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 SINGAPORE - Minister of Finance of Singapore Lawrence Wong announces Singapore's 2024 budget statement. – 0700 GMT - - - - - - - - -

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-Georgia Association Council.

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. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) (To Feb. 29)

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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)

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TOKYO - Japan's Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Masato Kanda speaks at a panel discussion at an international symposium in Tokyo hosted by the Institute for International Monetary Affairs – 0500 GMT LUANG PRABANG, Laos - ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting +1 Informal Meeting. (To Mar. 7) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 7 LUANG PRABANG, Laos - The 30th ASEAN Economic Ministers' Retreat Meeting. (To Mar. 8) - - - - - - - - -

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

TOKYO - Japan's Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Masato Kanda gives opening remarks and appears a panel discussion at an international symposium in Tokyo hosted by Genron NPO - 0400 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 15 RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Russian Presidency Election. (To Mar. 17) - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 18 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MARCH 19 ** BERLIN - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discusses the topic "Is Europe being left behind?" at the EUROPE 2024 media summit – 0910 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.

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