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- WARSAW - Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite visits Poland.
- KUWAIT CITY - Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Al-Razzaz visits Kuwait.
- ASHGABAT - Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani meets Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow in Turkmenistan.
- BEIJING - Kyrgyzstan Foreign Minister Chingiz Aidarbekov will meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, followed by a news conference - 0330 GMT.
- MOSCOW - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov speaks about Russia-EU relations at Association of European Businesses session (AEB), organisation aimed at promoting economic partnership partnership between EU and Russia.
- LJUBLJANA - British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt will meet his Slovenia counterpart Miro Cerar and will hold a joint news conference after the meeting in Slovenia - 1400 GMT.
HANOI - Argentina President Mauricio Macri will pay a state visit to Viet Nam (final day). VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2019 (to March 5). BEIJING – Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation of Djibouti, will pay an official visit to China (final day).
BEIJING – Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Chyngyz Aidarbekov will pay an official visit to China (to Feb. 23). BERLIN - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili will visit Germany (final day). PRAGUE - Czech Republic Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek will meet United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton, as well as Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development Mark Green (to Feb. 23).
BERLIN - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili will visit to Germany (final day). WARSAW - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire to deliver a lecture in Warsaw - 1700 GMT.
BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker speaks at the plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels - 0900 GMT.
BEIJIN - Kyrgyzstan Foreign Minister Chingiz Aidarbekov meets his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, followed by a news conference - 0330 GMT.
BERLIN - Germany Economy Minister Peter Altmaier and his Russian counterpart, Maxim Oreshkin, will attend German commerce chambers' Russia conference in Berlin - 0900 GMT. 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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- OSLO - Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide will meet her Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto in Budapest.
- BUCHAREST - EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom gives a news conference with Romanian trade minister after the conclusion of a meeting of EU trade ministers - 1245 GMT.
HAMBURG, Germany - Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis takes part in the traditional annual 'Matthiae Dinner' (Matthiae- Mahlzeit) at the town hall in Hamburg together with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier - 1800 GMT.
MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to meet his Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven in Madrid - 1700 GMT.
MOSCOW - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov speaks about Russia-EU relations at Association of European Businesses session (AEB), organization aimed at promoting economic partnership partnership between EU and Russia - 1200 GMT.
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes the Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis at the Chancellery in Berlin - 0930 GMT.
MEIRINGEN, Switzerland - Switzerland President Ueli Maurer will meet Bulgarian President Rumen Radev at Swiss Air Force base in Meiringen - 0830 GMT.
BUCHAREST - EU trade ministers will arrive for an informal meeting in Bucharest to discuss the possible start of trade negotiations with the United States.
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- ABUJA - Presidential election.
- ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives election.
- ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election
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- DAKAR - Presidential election.
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - The first summit between EU Member States and the Arab League will be held (to Feb. 25). HAVANA - Referendum election.
CHISINAU - Moldovan Parliament election.
BANGKOK - Thailand Senate election.
BANGKOK - Thailand House of Representatives election.
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- ROAD TOWN - British Virgin Islands House of Assembly election.
GENEVA, Switzerland – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres makes opening remarks at a panel event in Switzerland - 1800 GMT.
GENEVA, Switzerland - Venezuela Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza Montserrat scheduled to address U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva - 1340 GMT.
TOKYO - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi visits Japan (to Feb. 26).
HANOI - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Vietnam ahead of a planned second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26HANOI - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a second summit in Vietnam (to March 1).
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- WUZHEN, China - Foreign ministers of China, Russia and India will hold a meet in Wuzhen.
TEHRAN - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Iran.
CARACAS – 30th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, February 28ISTANBUL - Turkey-European Union High Level Dialogue officials meet regarding economy and cooperation in Turkey.
KOSICE, Slovakia – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets Central European, Baltic, Bulgarian and Romanian presidents.
VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2019.
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- LISBON - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde meets Portuguese leaders, including President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, to discuss the impact of Brexit.
ATLANTA, United States - 1st APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Meeting (to March 4). CAIRO - Arab foreign ministers to hold regular meeting at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo to discuss regional affairs.
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- TALLINN - Estonian Parliament election.
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- PALIKIR - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia election.
- PALIKIR - Referendum election.
BRUSSELS - EU environment ministers meet to discuss foreign affairs matters.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 7SANTIAGO - APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting (to March 8).
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- BISSAU - Bissau-Guinean People's National Assembly election.
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- 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.
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- BRATISLAVA - Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 18BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers meet to be held to discuss foreign affairs matters.
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- BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
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- MORONI - Presidential election.
- BANGKOK - Thailand House of Representatives election.
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- KIEV - Presidential election.
BAGHDAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Iraq.
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