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Feb 23 (Reuters) –
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—————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————– WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 ** TEHRAN – Oman’s foreign minister Sayyed Badr al-Busaidi holds talks in Iran. ** JAKARTA – UK trade minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan visits Indonesia to discuss trade, investment – 0850 GMT. ** BERLIN – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attends weekly German cabinet meeting chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz – 1000 GMT. ** BRUSSELS – Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere meets Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo in Brussels – 1000 GMT. ** MADRID – Spain’s economy minister Nadia Calviño holds a meeting Indonesian with Finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati – 1000 GMT. ** MADRID – Spain’s Foreign Affairs minister Jose Manuel Albares accompanies King Felipe in a meeting with president of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic – 1200 GMT. ** BRUSSELS – Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere meets with EU President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels – 1300 GMT. ** BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock receives Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn – 1600 GMT. ** KYIV – Polish President Andrzej Duda and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda visit Ukraine, meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and hold joint news conference in Kyiv – 1215 GMT. ** PHNOM PENH – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob in Cambodia on an official visit (to Feb. 24).
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KINSHASA/DAKAR/BISSAU – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau. (final day). BERLIN/ PARIS – External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will pay a six-day visit to Germany and France. (final day) VENICE, Italy – Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1). RABAT – Israel’s Minister of Economy and Industry, Orna Barbivai, will pay a four-day working visit to Morocco. (final day) DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Senegal – (final day).
PRAGUE – Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne visits Prague (final day).
TAIPEI CITY – Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks virtually at the US think-tank the McCain Institute on the Indo-Pacific. (final day).
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MOSCOW- Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan visits Russia (to Feb. 25).
KYIV – Foreign Ministers Edgars Rinkevics of Latvia, Gabrielius Landsbergis of Lithuania and Eva-Maria Liimets of Estonia will make a joint visit to Ukraine (to Feb. 25).
Amsterdam – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will travel to the Netherlands. BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock welcomes her French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian to discuss ways to de-escalate the Ukraine crisis. BANGKOK – Thailand Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith and Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow speak at a business seminar on ‘2020 next economic chapter – 0200 GMT. GENEVA – WTO’s General Council meets in Geneva (to Feb. 24)
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COPENHAGEN – Britain’s Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, visits Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II and Crown Princess Mary in Copenhagen – 1030 GMT NEW YORK CITY – U.N. General Assembly to hold annual meeting on Ukraine – 1500 GMT NEW YORK CITY – U.N. Security Council to meet on Israel and the Palestinians – 1500 GMT CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will present the 2022 budget in parliament. – 1200 GMT – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, FEB. 24 ** BRUSSELS – Internal market and industry ministers from EU countries meet to discuss regulation on foreign subsidies and the European Chips Act which EU policymakers proposed this month. TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends virtual G7 meeting. BANGKOK – Thailand Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith gives a keynote speech at a business seminar on Thailand’s economy post Covid-19 – 0100 GMT. BANGKOK – Thailand Finance Minister speaks at World Bank’s launching its first country private sector diagnostic for Thailand – 0200 GMT.
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ATHENS – Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits Greece
SINGAPORE – Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will make a state visit to Singapore (to Feb. 26). – – – – – – – – –
FRIDAY, FEB. 25 ** BERLIN – German health minister Karl Lauterbach speaks on COVID situation as infection wave flattens – 0900 GMT. ** BANGKOK – Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob meets counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha during a state visit to Thailand to discuss the pandemic recovery, security, economic ties and regional issues – 1000 GMT. PARIS – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian invites Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for a meeting in Paris on Friday. PARIS – Eurogroup meeting. PARIS – EU Informal meeting of ministers for the economy and finance (to Feb. 26). RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio Carnival 2022. (to Mar. 5). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, FEB.27 BELARUS – Referendum election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB.28 GENEVA – French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian addresses U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva – 1355 GMT. GENEVA – China’s foreign minister Wang Yi addresses the U.N. Human Rights Council by video amid concerns over treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in its XInjiang province. – 1030 GMT
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GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to April 1). – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 1 GENEVA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov due to address UN Human Rights Council in Geneva – 1000 GMT. GENEVA – Vladimir Makei, minister for foreign affairs of Belarus, addresses the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva by video message – 1525 GMT
NEW ORLEANS – Mardi Gras 2022 WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 ** ISLAMABAD – President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Pakistan (to Mar. 3).
GENEVA – Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock addresses UN Human Rights Council – 1000 GMT. GENEVA – Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba addresses U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva by video – 1020 GMT. NICOSIA – Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits Cyprus VIENNA – 26th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial meeting via videoconference. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 3 GLOBAL – International Day for Ear and Hearing. ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to March 4) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4) – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, MARCH 5
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MOSCOW – 69th death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. – – – – – – – – –
SUNDAY, MARCH 6
KINSHASA, Congo (DRC) – Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde pay an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (to Mar. 10). – – – – – – – – –
TUESDAY, MARCH 8
GLOBAL – International Women’s Day. – – – – – – – – –
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 ANKARA – Israeli President Isaac Herzog will pay a visit to Turkey upon the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (To Mar. 10) SOUTH KOREA – South Korea holds Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 10
TIBET – 63rd anniversary of Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising. – – – – – – – – –
FRIDAY, MARCH 11
SENDAI, Japan – 11th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami. – – – – – – – – –
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SUNDAY, MARCH 13 COLOMBIA – Colombian Senate election. COLOMBIA – Colombian House of Representatives election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 14 BRUSSELS – Euro zone finance ministers meet on fiscal stance for 2023, banking union – 1400 GMT BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 15 GLOBAL – World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.
DAMASCUS – Syria marks the 11th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 HALABJA, Iraq – 34th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.
DUBLIN, Ireland – St. Patrick’s Festival (to Mar. 20). AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands holds municipal elections. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 17
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ITALY – Anniversary of the unification of Italy – – – – – – – – –
SATURDAY, MARCH 19 EGYPT – 11th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms. DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 21 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 22 GLOBAL – World Water Day. BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
GLOBAL – World Meteorological Day. – – – – – – – – –
THURSDAY, MARCH 24 GLOBAL – World Tuberculosis Day. BRUSSELS – Brussels hosts summit of European Union leaders (To Mar 25) BRUSSELS – European Council meeting (to March 25). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, APRIL 2 VALLETTA – Pope Francis to visit Malta (to April 3) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, APRIL 4
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BRUSSELS – Euro zone finance ministers meet on G20, banking union – 1300 GMT LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, APRIL 5 LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, APRIL 10 PARIS, France – Presidential election (First round) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY APRIL 11 LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, APRIL 12 LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, APRIL 24 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Slovenian National Assembly election. PARIS, France – Presidential election (Second round) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, APRIL 25 NEW YORK, United States – Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (To Apr. 28) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.
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