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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, MARCH 15
- PARIS - French Minister for European Affairs Nathalie Loiseau and Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney hold press conference on Brexit - 1830 GMT
- JAKARTA - Afghanistan foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani is scheduled to meet his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi on a bilateral meeting.
- BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas hosts conference on arms control. Top officials from Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Nations will also speak - 0800 GMT.
- BRUSSELS - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu holds talks with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn - 0900 GMT.
- BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meets Icelandic counterpart Gudlaugur Thordarson - 1200 GMT.
- LONDON - Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe speaks about Ireland and its relationship with the United Kingdom after Brexit - 0900 GMT. ATHENS – Bolivian President Evo Morales will pay a two-day visit to Athens (Final Day). BERLIN - 19th International Cartel Conference with Federal Minister of Economics Altmaier, EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager and Spotify CEO Ek (Final Day). GENEVA – 89th Geneva International Motor Show (to March 17).
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN/ KUALA LUMPUR/ PHNOM PENH - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Brunei, Malaysia and Cambodia (to Mar. 16). 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 (Final Day)
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 (Final Day).
PRAGUE - Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila on an official visit to the Czech Republic, as Romania holds the rotating presidency of the European Council (to Mar.16).
DUBLIN - St. Patrick's Festival (to March 18). THE HAGUE, Netherlands - European Council President Donald Tusk meets Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for talks ahead of next week's EU summit - 0830 GMT. KHARTOUM – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov will pay an official visit to Sudan. BRUSSELS - 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 16
- VATICAN CITY – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir will make his first official visit to the Vatican. HALABJA, 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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- BEIJING – Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin will visit China (to Mar 21).
- BERLIN - Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission, talks to journalists ahead of the upcoming EU election at an event organised by Germany's Social Democrats - 1600 GMT.
BERLIN - European Council President Donald Tusk meets with Angela Merkel in Berlin amidst Brexit uncertainty - 1100 GMT. BUENOS AIRES - Danish Queen Margrethe II meets President Mauricio Macri during state visit in Argentina.
WASHINGTON DC - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro addresses the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Brazil-U.S. Business Council, accompanied by Economy Minister Paulo Guedes and Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo - 1900 GMT. ANTALYA, Turkey - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov working visit to the Republic of Turkey. 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 19WASHINGTON D.C – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in White house. DUSHANBE - 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20BERLIN - Meeting of the Joint Economic Commission with the United Arab Emirates - 0900 GMT. JERUSALEM - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on a Middle East visit, holds talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (to Mar. 21)
BUENOS AIRES - Second high-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation to be held in Buenos Aires (to Mar. 22)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 21SANTIAGO - Colombian President Ivan Duque makes first official visit to Chile to meet with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera. NGERULMUD/YAREN/MAJURO - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will visit the island's diplomatic allies of Palau, Nauru and the Marshall Islands during an eight-day trip (to Mar. 28) SANTIAGO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on an official visit to Chile, meets local counterpart Sebastian Pinera at La Moneda government house in Santiago (to Mar. 23). ROME - Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Italy to sign major trade deals to bolster the country's flagging economy.
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 22).
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- BERLIN - Catalonia Foreign Minister Alfred Bosch visits Berlin - 0930 GMT. SANTIAGO - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has proposed a new grouping of Latin leaders, named Prosur, to take over the previous grouping, named Unasur. Presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Guyana and Suriname invited to its first sitting on March 22. GLOBAL - 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 24WASHINGTON DC - The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) holds its annual conference in Washington (to Mar. 25). MONACO - 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.
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- BOAO, China - Italian Economy Minister Giovanni Tria speaks at the annual Boao Forum - 0600 GMT. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 28
BISHKEK - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Kyrgyzstan.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 29LONDON - Britain due to leave the European Union under the terms of its triggering of Article 50 of the bloc's constitution.
TUNIS - Arab foreign ministers gather for a preparatory meeting ahead of the Arab summit in the Tunisian capital.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
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- IRAN - Independence Day.
- - - - - - - - - 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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