DIARY-Political and General News Events from February 21

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21

JOHANNESBURG - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting (Final Day)

COLOMBO - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives, Abdulla Khaleel, will be undertaking an official visit to Sri Lanka (Final Day)

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 (Final Day)

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

JOHANNESBURG - Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is paying a two-day visit to Johannesburg, South Africa (Final Day)

TASHKENT - Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze will visit Uzbekistan (to Feb. 22)

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

JOHANNESBURG - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan will make a working visit to Johannesburg, South Africa to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Final Day)

CYPRUS - Cyprus' Minister of Defence, Vasilis Palmas, to visit Greece (to Feb. 23).

BEIJING - Interview with the Prime Minister of Mongolia L. Oyun-Erdene following his state visit to China

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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

ROME - President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will commence a state visit to the Italian Republic.

KYIV- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hosts European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, other EU dignitaries in Kyiv on the 3rd anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion.

GENEVA - Britain's Minister for Africa Lord Collins of Highbury to brief journalists in Geneva on the sidelines of Human Rights Council. – 1600 GMT

MANILA - Japan's Defence Minister Gen Nakatani meets with his Filipino counterpart Gilberto Teodoro during his official visit to the Philippines. – 0000 GMT

BAKU/TASHKENT - Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif will undertake five-day visit of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan (to Feb. 28)

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

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

HANOI - Prime Minister of New Zealand Christopher Luxon will pay an official visit to Vietnam and attend the second ASEAN Future Forum 2025. (To Feb. 28)

HANOI - ASEAN General Secretary, Prime Minister of Vietnam, East Timor President and Thai foreign minister speak at the opening session of ASEAN Future Forum in Hanoi.

BEIJING - New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters visits China (to Feb. 27)

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

HANOI - Prime ministers of Vietnam, Malaysia and New Zealand speak at ASEAN Future forum in Hanoi.

ACCRA - The President of the European Council, H.E. António Costa, will embark on an official visit to Ghana – 1700 GMT

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 (to Feb. 28)

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28

SANTIAGO - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives in Chile as part of a South America travel

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

TOKYO - President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, will visit Japan (to Mar. 7)

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 Mar. 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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THURSDAY, MARCH 6

BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Mar. 7)

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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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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12

QUEBEC CITY, Canada - G7 foreign ministers gather in Quebec for meeting. (To Mar 14)

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THURSDAY, MARCH 13

VALENCIA, Spain - Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo invited EU finance ministers to discuss competitiveness

CAPE TOWN - EU-South Africa summit.

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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

TOKYO - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will make a state visit to Japan (to Mar. 27)

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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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2

WARSAW – EU informal meeting of defense ministers (to Apr. 3)

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THURSDAY, APRIL 3

SAMARKAND - First EU-Central Asia summit (to Apr. 4)

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FRIDAY, APRIL 11

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

WARSAW – EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to Apr. 12)

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SATURDAY, APRIL 12

GABON - Gabonese Presidency Election.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 13

Ecuador - Ecuadorian Presidency Election.

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MONDAY, APRIL 14

LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 18

WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23

WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance and central bank ministerial meeting (to Apr. 24)

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SUNDAY, APRIL 27

VENEZUELA - Venezuelan National Assembly Election.

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MONDAY, APRIL 28

NEW YORK, United States - Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up, including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (To Apr. 29)

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30

CAYMAN ISLANDS - Cayman Legislative Assembly Election.

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Referendum Election.

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