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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, MARCH 18
- BERLIN - Germany Economy Minister Peter Altmaier speaks at a business forum for German-Polish business relations in Berlin - 0930 GMT.
- ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras meets EU Commissioner for Regional Policies Corina Cretu in Athens - 1000 GMT.
- SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine - Russian President Vladimir Putin officially launches two new power stations in Crimean peninsula annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
- BUENOS AIRES - Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah will be making a five-day working visit to Argentina (to Mar. 22)
DUBLIN - St. Patrick's Festival (Final Day).
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.
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- ANKARA - Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Faruk Kaymakci and Thijs Van der Plas, the Director General for European Cooperation of the Dutch foreign ministry, will hold political consultations in Ankara.
- BARBADOS - Prince Charles of the United Kingdom and the Duchess of Cornwall will visit Barbados as part of a 12-day tour of the Caribbean and Cuba
- BEIJING - Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will hold talks, followed by a joint news conference in Beijing - 0930 GMT.
- MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Algeria's newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister Ramtane Lamamra will meet in Moscow - 1000 GMT
- HELSINKI - Finland Foreign Minister Timo Soini, Sweden Foreign Minister Margot Wallström, Germany Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, and State Secretary for Foreign Policy of Denmark Jonas Bering Liisberg will have a meeting in Helsinki to discuss topical EU matters - 1100 GMT.
- WARSAW - Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borell delivers lecture in Warsaw - 1530 GMT
- BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker meets Slovak President Andrej Kiska and both officials will address a joint press conference - 1500 GMT.
- BRUSSELS - Last preparatory meeting of EU ministers, before leaders' summit decides on Brexit extension
WASHINGTON 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.
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- KINGSTOWN - Prince Charles of the United Kingdom and the Duchess of Cornwall will visit St Vincent and the Grenadines as part of a 12 day tour of the Caribbean and Cuba.
- BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to meet Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr, followed by a joint news conference, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing - 0230 GMT. BERLIN - 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).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 22
- ROME - Chinese President Xi Jinping to meet Italian President Sergio Mattarella and will be the guest of honour at a state dinner - 0900 GMT. 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.
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- GRENADA - Prince Charles of the United Kingdom and the Duchess of Cornwall to visit Grenada as part of a 12 day tour of the Caribbean and Cuba. PALMERO, 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.
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- HAVANA - Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall to visit Cuba as part of a 12 day tour of the Caribbean and Cuba. LONDON - OMFIF-World Trade Organization seminar.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY MARCH 27BOAO, China - Italian Economy Minister Giovanni Tria speaks at the annual Boao Forum - 0600 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 28BISHKEK - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 1
- IRAN - Independence Day.
IRAN - Independence Day.
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- THAILAND - 23nd ASEAN Finance Ministers' Meeting (to April 6)
- GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day.
- BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 37th anniversary of start of Falklands war.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
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- GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, APRIL 5
- SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to April 15). PARIS - 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 7
- GLOBAL - World Health Organization observes World Health Day.
ANDORRA - Andorran General Council
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 8
- WASHINGTON/MOSCOW - 8th anniversary of signing a bilateral treaty between the Russia and United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty).
- GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day. LUXEMBOURG 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 10
- SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 9th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland. BELIZE – Referendum election. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, APRIL 11
- AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2019 (to Apr 14)
- FRANCE – 8th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab.
- ABIDJAN – 8th Anniversary of the arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with the help of French forces, thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, APRIL 12
- GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight.
- WASHINGTON, D.C. - 2019 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (to Apr 14). - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, APRIL 14
FINLAND - Finnish Parliament election.
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- BELFAST/NEW YORK – 106th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
- BOSTON - 2019 Boston Marathon.
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- VATICAN CITY – 92st birthday of Pope Benedict. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17
INDONESIA – President election.
INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council election.
INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives election.
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- VIENNA - OPEC and non-OPEC oil ministers' meet in Vienna. ALGERIA – President election. - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, APRIL 20
- UNITED STATES - 9th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.
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- LONDON - Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 93nd birthday.
- PARIS – 58th anniversary of the first manned mission to space.
MACEDONIA – President election.
COMOROS – President election.
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- GLOBAL - Earth Day. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, APRIL 23
- GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
- GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2019 (to April 30). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 25
- GLOBAL - World Malaria Day. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
- PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania - 21th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania.
- LONDON - 2019 London Marathon.
BENIN - Beninese National Assembly election.
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- LONDON – 8th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
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