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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6
- MANILA - Malaysia Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad along with his wife Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Darell Leiking to visit Philippines (to Mar. 8).
LONDON - Cyprus President Nicos Anasasiades on a three-day "guest of government" visit to the United Kingdom (Final Day).
RIYADH/DOHA/ABU DHABI/KUWAIT CITY - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait (to Mar. 7)
LUXEMBOURG CITY - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's official visit to Luxembourg (Final Day).
BELGRADE - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte visits Serbia to meet with President Aleksandar Vucic.
BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Danish counterpart Anders Samuelsen hold closed-door meeting in Berlin to discuss "bilateral and international issues" before they speak to reporters - 0900.
PARIS - OECD chief Economist Laurence Boone to hold a press conference to unveil the policy forum's economic outlook for member countries and world's major economies. - 1000 GMT
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 7LEIPZIG, Germany - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz to talk about preparations for Brexit at a DHL hub in Leipzig - 1400 GMT.
WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Czech Republic Prime Minister Andrej Babis at the White House. BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Meeting (to March 8). CHIANG RAI, Thailand - ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (to March 8). HONG KONG - ASEAN+3 Taskforce Meeting (Finance) (to March 8).
GENEVA – 89th Geneva International Motor Show (to March 17).
SANTIAGO - APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting (to March 8).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 8GLOBAL - International Women's Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 10BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN/ KUALA LUMPUR/ PHNOM PENH - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Brunei, Malaysia and Cambodia (to Mar. 16). TIBET – 60th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.
BISSAU - Bissau-Guinean People's National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 11BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
SENDAI, Japan – 8th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.
BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet in Brussels (to March 12).
HOUSTON, United States - Global energy ministers and executives from the world's largest oil producers meet in Houston to discuss factors affecting oil and gas, electricity and power markets (to March 15).
BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers to meet in Brussels.
BAGHDAD - Iran President Hassan Rouhani to visit Iraq.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 12LONDON - UK lawmakers due to vote on PM May's Brexit deal – 1900 GMT.
PRAGUE - Czech, Polish, Slovak and Hungarian presidents meet in Prague to mark 20th anniversary of joining NATO.
BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
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- ADDIS ABABA - French President Macron visits Africa Union (AU) headquarters, meets AU Chairperson Moussa Faki before holding a media briefing.
LONDON - UK lawmakers could vote on whether to leave the EU without a deal. NAIROBI - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Kenya (to March 14)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 14LONDON - Possible vote in UK parliament on extending Brexit negotiating period – 1200 GMT. DUBLIN - St. Patrick's Festival (to March 18).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 15BRUSSELS - EU-Turkey Association Council meeting.
GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting. DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 8th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 16HALABJA, Iraq – 31st anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.
BRATISLAVA - Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 17JAKARTA - Indonesian presidential to debate on education, health and other issues.
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- BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and international officials from research organizations, politics, business and civil communities to attend the annual Global Solutions Summit in Berlin debating ways to make the world a better place (to Mar. 19).
BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers meet to be held to discuss foreign affairs matters.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 19DUSHANBE - Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov will visit Tajikistan (to Mar. 20).
EGYPT – 8th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 21BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 22).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 22GLOBAL - World Water Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 23PALMERO, Italy - Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the Sicilian capital Palermo with the Italian government eager to sign major trade deals to bolster the country's flagging economy. GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 24MONACO - Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Monaco, meets Prince Albert.
HAVANA - Britain Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will become the first members of the royal family to make an official visit to Communist-run Cuba in a trip intended to underscore a growing bilateral relationship. GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day. OUAGADOUGOU - Referendum election. MORONI - Presidential election.
BANGKOK - Thailand House of Representatives election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 25LONDON - OMFIF-World Trade Organization seminar.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 28BISHKEK - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Kyrgyzstan.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 30JAKARTA - Indonesia hosts a fourth presidential debate on state ideology, governance, security and international relations.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 31JERUSALEM - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will visit Israel (to Apr. 3).
KIEV - Presidential election.
BAGHDAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Iraq.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3WASHINGTON D.C. - NATO foreign ministers to hold their regular April meeting in Washington, rather than Brussels, as they celebrate the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-led military alliance (to Apr.4)
SOLOMON ISLANDS - Solomon Islander National Parliament election.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 5PARIS - Foreign affairs and interior ministers of G7 nations to meet in French Brittany sea resort of Dinard (to Apr. 6)
BUCHAREST - European Union finance ministers and central bank governors to hold an informal two-day meeting (to Apr. 6)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 6MALDIVES - Maldivian People's Council election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 7ANDORRA - Andorran General Council
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 8LUXEMBOURG CITY - EU Foreign Affairs Ministers to meet to discuss foreign affairs matters.
DUBAI - 27th Annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference will be hosted by Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) and will feature speeches by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman & Chief Executive of Emirates Group), as well as the Omani Minister of Oil and Gas and other energy industry leaders (to Apr. 9)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 9ISRAEL - Israeli Knesset election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10BELIZE – Referendum election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 14FINLAND - Finnish Parliament election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17INDONESIA – President election.
INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council election.
INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 18ALGERIA – President election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 21MACEDONIA – President election.
COMOROS – President election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 28BENIN - Beninese National Assembly election.
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