DIARY-Political and General News Events from February 10

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10

** PARIS/BERLIN - The Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, will visit France and Germany on his first official trip to Europe (to February 14)

** ABU DHABI - President of Sri Lanka Anura Kumara Dissanayake will visit the United Arab Emirates at the invitation of the President of the UAE Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to participate in the World Government Summit 2025 (to February 13)

** KUALA LUMPUR/JAKARTA/ISLAMABAD - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will pay official visits to Indonesia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Pakistan (to February 13)

** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for a bilateral meeting.

** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pachinian for a bilateral meeting.

** PARIS - The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris (to February 11)

** MANILA - Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Manet holds a bilateral meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos - 0330 GMT

HOKKAIDO, Japan - 2025 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11)

BERLIN - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius meets with European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius in Berlin – 1500 GMT

BEIJING - Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown visits China to help improve ties ranging from trade, climate and investment to tourism and infrastructure. (To Feb 14)

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11

** PARIS - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Paris.

GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2025

WASHINGTON D.C. - Jordan's King Abdullah will meet with the U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House

ABU DHABI - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (To Feb.13)

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12

** BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers meet in Brussels (to February 13)

** PARIS - Foreign ministers from Ukraine, France, Germany, Poland, Britain, Italy, Spain and the EU attend a meeting in Paris to discuss the war in Ukraine.

** BRUSEELS - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa in Brussels - 1400 GMT

MARSEILLE, France - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Marseille with French President Emmanuel Macron to meet with officials from the city's port and open the new consulate

WASHINGTON D C - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Washington DC to meet United States President Donald Trump (To Feb. 14)

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13

** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin.

** PARIS - France holds an international conference on Syria in Paris - 1300 GMT

JERUSALEM/ABU DHABI/DOHA/RIYADH - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia after Trump proposal for US to take over Gaza.

BEIRUT - Seventeenth anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah

GLOBAL - World Radio Day

BERLIN – 75th Berlin International Film Festival (To Feb. 23)

BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels. (To Feb. 14)

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14

GLOBAL - St. Valentine's Day

BEIRUT - Twentieth anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15

NEW YORK - Seventy-seventh Writers Guild of America Awards ceremony

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16

COMOROS - Comoran Assembly of the Union election.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17

PRISTINA - Seventeenth anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia

WARSAW – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council. (To Feb. 18)

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18

** GENEVA - WTO main decision body meets, to discuss trade tensions

SINGAPORE - Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong Delivers Budget 2025.

HAMILTON - Bermuda holds general election

BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19

CAPE TOWN - South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will present the 2025 budget in parliament – 1200 GMT.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

** TASHKENT - Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze will visit Uzbekistan (To February 22)

LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2025 (to Feb. 24)

GUERTERSLOH, Germany - Moldovan President Maia Sandu receives the 2025 Reinhard Mohn prize for strengthening democracy in Germany – 1000 GMT

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22

VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2025 (To Mar. 4)

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23

GERMANY - German Federal Diet Election

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24

GENEVA - 58th Session of the Human Rights Council (to Apr 4).

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

CAPE TOWN - G20 Finance and Central Bank Ministerial Meeting. (To Feb. 27)

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27

VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2025

LISBON - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Portugal, meets top officials and addresses Portugal’s parliament.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2025 (To Mar. 8)

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SATURDAY, MARCH 1

LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2025

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SUNDAY, MARCH 2

TAJIKISTAN - Tajikistani Assembly of Representatives election.

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MONDAY, MARCH 3

GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 4

NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2025

MICRONESIA - Micronesian Congress election.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5

MOSCOW – 72nd Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 8

GLOBAL - International Women's Day.

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MONDAY, MARCH 10

TIBET - 66th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 11

GREENLAND - Greenland Diet Election.

SENDAI, Japan – 14th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.

BRUSSELS - Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 15

GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.

DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 14th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 17).

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SUNDAY, MARCH 16

HALABJA, Iraq - 37th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.

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MONDAY, MARCH 17

BRUSSELS - Foreign Affairs Council.

BRUSSELS - EU Energy Ministers meet

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TUESDAY, MARCH 18

BRUSSELS - General Affairs Council.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19

EGYPT – Fourteenth anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms

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THURSDAY, MARCH 20

BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 21)

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FRIDAY, MARCH 21

CURACAO - Curacaoan Estates election.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 22

GLOBAL - World Water Day.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 23

GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.

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MONDAY, MARCH 24

GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of health ministers (To Mar. 25)

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FRIDAY, MARCH 28

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion)

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MONDAY, MARCH 31

FRANCE - Denmark's King Frederik X and Queen Mary on State visit to France (to Apr 02)

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