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- DOHA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds press conference in Doha during his visit to the Gulf Arab state - 0830 GMT.
- LONDON - Cyprus President Nicos Anasasiades on a three-day "guest of government" visit to the United Kingdom (to Mar. 6).
- JUBA - South Sudan President Salva Kiir will host Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in Juba.
- JAKARTA - Indonesian Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita and his Australian counterpart Simon Birmingham sign an economic partnership agreement aimed at boosting trade and investment between the two countries - 0200 GMT.
VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2019 (to Mar. 5).
ATLANTA, United States - 1st APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Meeting (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)
SOFIA - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrives on a two-day official visit to Bulgaria (to Mar. 5)
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- LONDON - Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay answers questions before a select committee hearing on Britain's departure from the EU.
- BRUSSELS - Swedish Queen Silvia and King Carl Gustaf meet with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker - 1000 GMT.
COLOMBO – Sri Lankan Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera presents the budget at the parliament - 0830 GMT.
GENEVA - Geneva Disarmament Forum holds debate on Nuclear Ban Treaty – 1600 GMT.
LUXEMBOURG CITY - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's official visit to Luxembourg (to Mar. 6).
BRUSSELS - EU-Georgia Association Council meeting.
MOSCOW – 66th Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
PALIKIR - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia election. PALIKIR - Referendum election.
BRUSSELS - EU environment ministers meet to discuss foreign affairs matters.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6PARIS - 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
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- MANILA - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad to hold a state visit to the Philippines and will meet with President Rodrigo Duterte.
- LEIPZIG, Germany - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz to talk about preparations for Brexit at a DHL hub in Leipzig - 1400 GMT.
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.
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- BANDAR 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 11BAGHDAD - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Iraq.
BRUSSELS – 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13LONDON - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 18BRUSSELS - 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.
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- 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.
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- 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 28
- BISHKEK - 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.
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- WASHINGTON 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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- PARIS - Foreign affairs and interior ministers of G7 nations to meet in French Brittany sea resort of Dinard.
- 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
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- 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 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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