News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb 14

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 
    

    • WARSAW - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit the Jewish Museum in Warsaw.
    • WARSAW - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence holds bilateral talks with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. WARSAW - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin begins a two-day working visit to Poland (Final Day).

    RABAT - Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia arrive in Rabat on a two-day visit to Morocco (Final Day). BERLIN – 69th Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 17). BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - 2019 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (to Feb. 16).

    BUDAPEST/BRATISLAVA/WARSAW/BRUSSELS/REYKJAVIK - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Belgium and Iceland to discuss bilateral ties and international issues (to Feb. 15) PYONGYANG - Vietnam Foreign Minster Pham Binh Minh to visit North Korea (Final Day) ACCRA - Accra hosts German African Business Summit (Final Day).

    BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers meet at the alliance HQ in Brussels (Final Day).

    SOCHI, Russia - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to leave for Sochi, Russia, upon the official invitation of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. SEOUL - Austria Chancellor Sebastian Kur visits South Korea - 0700 GMT

    MADRID - Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to meet Luxembourg counterpart Xavier Bettel in Madrid - 1300 GMT SOCHI, Russia - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will meet in Russia's coastal city of Sochi.

    LONDON - UK parliament scheduled to debate on a motion related to Brexit GLOBAL - Valentine's Day.

    BEIRUT - 14th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 
    
    • BANGKOK - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to Thailand for strategic consultation (to Feb. 16) OSWIECIM, Poland - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visits Auschwitz concentration camp. BEIJING - China's President Xi Jinping is reportedly scheduled to meet key members of the U.S. trade delegation, including trade representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Beijing. BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with top U.S. officials including U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

    AUSCHWITZ - Poland President Andrzej Duda and US Vice President Mike Pence will visit Auschwitz. PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed at the Elysee Palace in Paris - 1000 GMT. PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets his Ivorian counterpart Alassane Ouattara at the Elysee Palace - 1700 GMT. REYKJAVIK - U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo visits Iceland where he will meet Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir and Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thordarson. BRUSSELS - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini - 0700 GMT. LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2019 (to Feb. 19).

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 
    
    • BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will lead government officials on an official visit to Brunei (to Feb. 17). ISLAMABAD - Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman will embark on a two-day visit to Islamabad (to Feb. 17). VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2019 (to March 5). ABUJA - Nigerian Presidential Election.

    ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives election.

    ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election.

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 
    
    • KUALA LUMPUR - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Malaysia (to Feb. 18). NEW DELHI - Argentine President Mauricio Macri is set to make a three-day visit to India (Feb. 17-19). PARIS - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili will visit to France (to Feb. 19) PRISTINA - 11th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.

    NEW YORK - 2019 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 
    

    • JAKARTA - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Indonesian President Joko Widodo during a two-day state visit (to Feb. 19). BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19

    BERLIN - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier holds a keynote speech at a DIHK event focussing on Latin America. Other speakers include Miguel Vargas, Foreign Minister for the Dominican Republic and Aurubis head of external affairs Marie-Christine von Hahn - 0815 GMT.

    NEW DELHI - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman to visit India (to Feb. 20) BERLIN - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili will visit Germany (to Feb. 21) BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 20) BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 
    

    WASHINGTON D.C - U.S. President Donald Trump and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz confer at the White House. BERLIN - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili will visit to Germany (to Feb. 21) LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2019. CAIRO - The first summit between EU Member States and the Arab League to be held. European and Arab state leaders to discuss migration and other issues at the summit to be hosted by Egypt.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 
    
    • SEOUL - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit South Korea for a summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in (to Feb. 22)
    • VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis begins four-day summit with senior Catholic bishops from around the world (to Feb. 24). BUCHAREST - Informal meeting of trade ministers (to Feb. 22).
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    FRIDAY  FEBRUARY 22 
    
    • BUCHAREST - EU ministers responsible for trade arrive for an informal meeting in Bucharest - 0700 GMT.
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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 
    

    HAVANA - Referendum election.

    CAIRO - EU-League of Arab States summit (to Feb. 25).

    CHISINAU - Moldovan Parliament election.

    BANGKOK - Thailand Senate election.

    BANGKOK - Thailand House of Representatives election.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 
    

    HANOI - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a second summit in Vietnam (to Feb. 28)

    TEHRAN - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Iran.

    CARACAS – 30th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots.

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    THURSDAY, February 28 
    

    VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2019.

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 1 
    

    ATLANTA, United States - 1st APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Meeting (to Mar. 4). CAIRO - Arab foreign ministers to hold regular meeting at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo to discuss regional affairs.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 5 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU environment ministers meet to discuss foreign affairs matters.

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    THURSDAY MARCH 7 
    

    SANTIAGO, Chile - APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting (to Mar. 8).

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    MONDAY, MARCH 11 
    

    BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers to meet in Brussels.

    BAGHDAD - Iran President Hassan Rouhani to visit Iraq.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 18 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers meet to be held to discuss foreign affairs matters.

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    SUNDAY MARCH 31 
    

    BAGHDAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Iraq.

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