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—————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————– WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 ** BRUSSELS – EU economy and finance ministers will meet via video conference to discuss the economic and financial consequences of the situation in Ukraine, following Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified military invasion – 1630 GMT. ** ANKARA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu hold a news conference with his Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and makes a statement to parliament on the situation in Ukraine – 0845 GMT ** WARSAW – Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to meet the head of the European Council Charles Michel in Rzeszow in southeastern Poland. They will later visit a border crossing between Poland and Ukraine. – 0930 GMT ** BUCHAREST – German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht visits troops at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in eastern Romania, where several German Air Force Eurofighters and soldiers joined the mission just before the Russian invasion of Ukraine – 1230 GMT ** BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir in Brussels, holds news conference. – 1500 GMT ** WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meeets with Bahrain’s Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa at the State Department – 2130 GMT HAVANA – Angolan State Minister Adao de Almeida pays official visit to Cuba (Final Day). JERUSALEM/ AMMAN – German chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to Israel, the palestine territories and Jordan (To March 3) RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio Carnival 2022. (To Mar. 5). GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (To April 1). CHISINAU – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and EU Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi visit Moldova. (To March 03) BRUSSELS – EU agriculture ministers discuss impact of Russian invasion of Ukraine on agri-food markets during video conference – 1430 GMT ISLAMABAD – President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Pakistan (To Mar. 3).

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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) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, MARCH 4 ** BRUSSELS – NATO meeting of foreign affairs ministers to discuss response to the Ukraine crisis, with Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg. Brief media afterwards – 0800 GMT

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MOSCOW – 69th death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, MARCH 6

MONTPELLIER, France – EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell and French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian welcome EU development ministers for a two-day meeting in Montpellier. Outwatching doorsteps, comments on Ukraine. (To March 7) 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

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VERSAILLES, France – EU leaders gather for summit in Versailles (To March 11). 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. – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, MARCH 12 TURKMENISTAN – President election. – – – – – – – – –

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.

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DUBLIN, Ireland – St. Patrick’s Festival (to Mar. 20). AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands holds municipal elections. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 17

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

DUBLIN – The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are to visit the Republic of Ireland (to Mar. 25)

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). – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, APRIL 2 VALLETTA – Pope Francis to visit Malta (to April 3) – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY , APRIL 3 COSTA RICA – President election. – – – – – – – – – 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.

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BRUSSELS – EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager speaks on artificial intelligence at a Politico event – 0700 GMT.

– – – – – – – – – 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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