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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12
** DUBAI - Syrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani speaks at the plenary session of the World Government Summit.
** ISLAMABAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Pakistan for meetings with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari. (To Feb 13)
** BANGKOK - Thai Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira speaks at the Federation of Thai Industries' event. – 0330 GMT
** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov hosts Sudanese counterpart Ali Yousuf Al-Sharif for talks in Moscow. – 0900 GMT
** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II at the State Department.
** KUALA LUMPUR - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Bruno Eduardo Rodriguez Parrilla will be undertaking an official visit to Malaysia (To February 15)
JAKARTA - Indonesia’s Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Arif Havas Oegroseno, will undertake a working visit to Malaysia (To Feb. 13)
MUSCAT - Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev will make the first official visit to the Sultanate of Oman (Final day)
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)
BEIJING - Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown visits China to help improve ties ranging from trade, climate and investment to tourism and infrastructure. (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)
ABU DHABI - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (To February 13)
LONDON/DUBLIN/BERLIN/WASHINGTON D.C./CAPE TOWN - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will tour the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, the United States and South Africa (To February 21)
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 February 14)
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13
** LONDON - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to visit Britain on Thursday to hold talks with his British counterpart David Lammy in a sign that relations between the countries are normalising after years of tensions.
** BANGKOK - Thai Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira speaks at a business forum. – 0700 GMT
** MUNICH - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives at Munich airport ahead of security conference. – 2000 GMT
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 February 23)
BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels (To February 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 February 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 February 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 March 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 April 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 February 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 March 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
** NICOSIA- Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will arrive in Cyprus for a two-day state visit at the invitation of President Nikos Christodoulides. (To March 5)
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 March 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 March 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 March 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 April 02)
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