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Attorney General James Returns Over $1 Million to New Yorkers for Events Canceled Due to Pandemic Shutdowns

Attorney General James Returns Over $1 Million to New Yorkers for Events Canceled Due to Pandemic Shutdowns

Thousands of New Yorkers to Receive Refunds from Westchester Broadway Theater

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that her office has recovered more than $1 million for thousands of customers who bought tickets to Westchester Broadway Theater (WBT), but were denied refunds when performances were canceled due to pandemic-related closures. The WBT, a live theater company formerly located in Elmsford, has agreed to refund tickets and gift certificates purchased prior to the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Customers have already begun receiving their refund checks.

“After the Westchester Broadway Theater took its final bow, thousands of theatergoers were unable to get refunds for tickets they had already purchased,” said Attorney General James. “For months, theatergoers were stuck in the wings, but today, my office helped put more than $1 million back into New Yorkers’ pockets. While the curtains are finally closed on this saga, we will continue to go after companies that refuse to reimburse consumers.”

The WBT provides dinner and live theater performances of popular musicals and concerts on an open stage. As of March 2020, the theater had sold more than 30,000 tickets to upcoming performances which were canceled when WBT was forced to close because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the shutdown, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) received numerous complaints from ticketholders that WBT refused to issue refunds for canceled shows. In October 2020, OAG opened an investigation into WBT after it was reported that the theater was permanently closing and would not reimburse patrons. Instead, WBT created a ticket exchange policy with the White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC), whereby WPPAC would honor tickets and gift cards bought for WBT shows. However, no refund option was offered to WBT ticketholders, and the ticket exchange did not honor the value of the dinner portion of WBT tickets. Only 930 WBT ticket holders participated in the ticket exchange.

WBT has agreed to refund a total of $1,127,258.84 to thousands of customers, even the ones who participated in the ticket exchange with WPPAC. Gift certificate holders who show a receipt may also be eligible for a refund or may use the gift card at WBT’s new location in Chappaqua.

Today’s agreement is the latest in Attorney General James’ ongoing efforts to refund New York consumers for events canceled in the wake of the pandemic. Last year, OAG returned $427,000 to New Yorkers who paid deposits for events at Greentree Country Club in New Rochelle, but had their events canceled. To date, Attorney General James has recovered millions of dollars for New Yorkers in refunds for pandemic-related shutdowns.

“Once again, Attorney General James has helped consumers get the refunds they deserve,” said Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. “Many Westchester residents and others bought tickets to the Westchester Broadway Theater and because of COVID restrictions the performances were canceled, but the tickets were not refunded. I thank the Attorney General for her continued successful efforts on behalf of New York’s consumers.”

“The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an ultimate shutdown of all entertainment facilities and activities, including a cancellation of all programming at the Westchester Broadway Theater,” said State Senator Alessandra Biaggi. “However, it is unfair and dishonest for the Westchester Broadway Theater to refuse customers refunds for canceled programming due to circumstances beyond the customers’ control. I am incredibly grateful to Attorney General James for fighting for patrons of the theater who were denied refunds, and ensuring that New Yorkers receive the reimbursements they are owed.”

“The pandemic caused widespread economic despair to many businesses statewide, but in the case of the Westchester Broadway Theater, that is no excuse to withhold ticket refunds from customers for cancelled performances,” said State Senator Pete Harckham. “Attorney General James deserves thanks for making sure these customers finally got their money back.”

“The closure of the Westchester Broadway Theater was an incredible loss for our community, but that does not mean we should sacrifice consumer protections,” said State Senator Shelley Mayer. “I thank Attorney General Letitia James for her work to secure reimbursements that patrons deserve for canceled performances and meals.”

“I applaud the Attorney General’s persistence on behalf of our residents. The Attorney General has demonstrated that consumer protection is an important part of what we do as elected officials,” said Assemblymember Tom Abinanti. “The pandemic is no excuse for businesses to take advantage of their customers.”

“I applaud Attorney General James for her strong and successful efforts to return money to our local residents,” said Assemblymember Sandy Galef. “When theater events were canceled due to COVID, you would expect a refund to be available to the ticket purchasers. With the Attorney General’s involvement ticket holders will receive those refunds. This is a win for consumers.”

“One cannot understate the importance of returning money to consumers who likely had given up hope that they would be repaid,” said Assemblymember Steve Otis. “We are all thankful for the good work of Attorney General James in protecting these customers and having their payments returned.”

“People deserve to get their money back for canceled events,” said Assemblymember Amy Paulin. “I applaud Attorney General James for securing reimbursement funds for the thousands of consumers who purchased tickets to Westchester Broadway Theater shows which they didn’t get to see due to the theater’s closure.”

“The Westchester Broadway Theater brought joy to many in our community until it was forced to shut down due to the pandemic and unjustly denied refunds to thousands,” said Assemblymember J. Gary Pretlow. “I applaud Attorney General James and her office for putting money back into the pockets of our community members.”

“Westchester residents supported the Westchester Broadway Theater for years, only to see the organization shut down and then ticket refunds to thousands of our residents,” said Assemblymember Nader Sayegh. “I applaud Attorney General Letitia James for steadfastly pursuing this case and securing more than $1 million in ticket refunds for patrons who deserved not only their money back, but better treatment for their support of Westchester Broadway Theater for many years. It is good to see justice prevail.”

If consumers are having issues receiving a refund on a deposit for an event cancelled due to COVID-19 statewide regulations, they are encouraged to fill out an OAG complaint form or call the office’s hotline at (800) 771-7755.

This matter was handled by Assistant Attorney General Sandra Giorno-Tocco and Senior Consumer Fraud Representative John Katzenstein, under the supervision of Assistant Attorney General In-Charge of the Westchester Regional Office Gary Brown. The Westchester Regional Office is a part of the Division for Regional Affairs, which is led by Deputy Attorney General for Regional Affairs Jill Faber. The Division for Regional Affairs is overseen by First Deputy Attorney General Jennifer Levy.

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Governor General says Canada “has been changed by this major event”

Governor General says Canada “has been changed by this major event"

As a girl in Nunavik in the 1950s, Mary Simon and her friends chattered cheerfully on their way to elementary school, just like other children. But, unlike most other kids, they grew silent as they reached the schoolyard.

Inuit languages were banned at Kuujjuaq federal day school in northern Quebec and Simon recalls being punished “many times” for speaking Inuktitut rather than English in the classroom.

“From grade one to grade six we were not allowed to speak our language on school property or in the classroom or in school at all,” she said in an interview.

More than six decades later, as Governor General of Canada, Simon delivered the throne speech not just in the country’s official languages, English and French, but in Inuktitut, a groundbreaking moment in Canadian history.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed her to the role last year and she moved into Rideau Hall, the grand official residence in Ottawa. As the Queen’s representative in Canada, she plays not only a key ceremonial role, but serves as an apolitical figurehead for the country.

The 95-year-old Queen recently tested positive for COVID-19 and Simon said Canadians all “wish her well.”

“I know that all Canadians join me in wishing Her Majesty good health and a swift recovery from her recent illness,” she said.

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Simon also contracted COVID-19 earlier this month, which she said she only had for a week with mild symptoms, thanks to having been vaccinated.

“I am fully vaccinated and encourage everyone to get vaccinated. I think getting vaccinated is the best way to fight COVID so we can return to a more normal life,” she said.

Though she rises above party politics, the politics of vaccinations came to her front door this month after the so-called Freedom Convoy rolled into Ottawa and stayed.

Governor General says protests ‘changed’ Canada, must work on respect for each other. #CDNpoli

One of the protest’s organizing groups called Canada Unity published a “memorandum of understanding” calling for the Senate and Governor General to overrule all levels of government and revoke COVID-19 restrictions.

Her office was also inundated with emails from people trying to register a no-confidence vote in the government with her, after mistakenly believing that her office had the power to unilaterally dissolve Parliament.

Rideau Hall was forced to post a message on Twitter to counter the “misinformation” on social media encouraging Canadians to cast a non-confidence vote.

The statement pointed out that “no such registry or process exists.”

Simon said she did not get involved in the politics of the protests, or meet any of the protesters, although she was kept closely informed of the tumultuous events on her doorstep.

The Governor General said Canada “has been changed by this major event.”

She said she is “very saddened by some of the events that have taken place especially some of the things that happened at the National War Memorial,” in an apparent reference to a video showing someone dancing on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

She said Canadians are “frustrated and upset because we have had to live a very different life for over two years.”

Although the protest started out about vaccinations, it “became much bigger than that,” she said.

The protesters were not a homogeneous mass, she said, but included many groupings, including people “opposed to vaccines and … other people that want to overthrow the government.”

“Overthrowing the government in this way is not something Canada does,” she declared.

Her focus now is on healing fault lines and divisions that have emerged in Canada, which includes speaking to the broad range of people involved in the protests.

During her career, including as lead negotiator for the creation of the Arctic Council, Simon developed a reputation as a bridge-builder between people with sharply opposing views.

Though she says she is personally in favour of “following the science” and getting vaccinated, she stops short of judging the protesters.

“I don’t feel is anyone is wrong particularly, but there is a very strong difference of opinion about what is going on,” the former diplomat remarked.

She said the country need to take a look at “bringing Canadians together to discuss how we can work and come together as a nation and look forward.”

“I am a bridge between Canadians from different experiences,” she said. “Encouraging different points of view has been central to my work, not just here at Rideau Hall but throughout my life’s work,” she said.

She said the fact that Canadians have a diversity of experience and opinions makes the country stronger “when we are respectful of each other.”

But respect “is something we really have to work on in the next months and probably years,” she believes.

Recently the Governor General surprised members of the public by phoning them directly with a “kindness call,” a CBC Ottawa initiative she liked so much she decided to continue herself.

With the calls she hopes to inspire Canadians to “ajuinnata,” an Inuktitut concept that means a promise, a vow to never give up.

“I think kindness should be a way of life. I think it is really important — even when you disagree with somebody — you should always be kind,” she said.

The Governor General is optimistic that fractures that have emerged in Canadian society in recent weeks can be healed.

For all those at loggerheads, she offers some advice, honed from decades of diplomacy.

“You don’t have to be obnoxious about a disagreement,” she said. “If you walk away from it, you can wait until a later date to have another discussion and maybe that one will be more fruitful.”

An essential part of building a more inclusive society, she said, is allowing people to speak in their mother tongue and “fostering respect” for them.

Simon, the first Indigenous Governor General, recalled a time when, because Inuit names were considered difficult to pronounce, Inuit people were also assigned a number.

“That was how to identify Inuit across the Arctic,” she said.

Only now are Canadians learning about deliberate attempts to erase Indigenous languages at residential schools, she said.

They are also “learning the truth about these children who were torn from their homes and thrust into very unfamiliar worlds where threats of violence were used to erase their identity.”

She said Canadians everywhere “share in the heartbreak and sorrow of the First Nations” following the discoveries of unmarked graves of children attending residential schools.

“It seems like the country has woken up to a reality that may have not been known by Canadians,” she said.

Ensuring Indigenous people today do not have to revert to French or English to access basic services in their communities is “really important,” she said.

Simon is fluently bilingual in Inuktitut and English but has had to learn French so she can deliver addresses as Governor General in both official languages, and speak to francophone Canadians in their native tongue.

To do this, the 74-year-old grandmother has been taking French lessons, where she practises reading and conversation and studies the structure of the language every week.

“I have a tutor and I take lessons three times a week … for about an hour and a half,” she said. “My tutor says I’m doing well.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 26, 2022.

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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).

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).

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)

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.

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

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

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. – – – – – – – – –

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

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

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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—————————————————————– 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 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.

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).

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)

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 ** PHNOM PENH – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob in Cambodia on an official visit. ** 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.

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

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).

** TEHRAN – Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Albusaidi will travel to Tehran

** PHNOM PENH – Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob visits Cambodia (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

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. – – – – – – – – –

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

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

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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—————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————– TUESDAY, FEB. 22 ** NICOSIA – European Commission Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas visits Cyprus (final day). ** KINSHASA/DAKAR/BISSAU – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau. (to Feb. 23). ** WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit the United States.

** Paris – Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum 2022

** BRUSSELS – The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet with Zbigniew Rau, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland and Chairperson-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

** DOHA – Iranian President H E Ebrahim Raisi arrives in Doha, Qatar on an official visit ** VILNIUS – German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht visits German troops in Lithuania, meets Lithuanian counterpart. ** BEIJING – China’s Finance Minister Liu Kun holds a news conference on fiscal reforms and policy issues in 2022 – 0200 GMT. ** BANGKOK – Thailand Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith holds a briefing on economic matters after a cabinet meeting – 0800 GMT. ** MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets his Turkmen counterpart Rasit Meredow in Moscow – 0930 GMT. ** BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin speak to reporters in Berlin – 1045 GMT. ** DAKAR – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan meets Senegal’s President Macky Sall. ** KYIV – Estonian President Alar Karis visits Ukraine, meets President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and holds joint news briefing in Kyiv – 0950 GMT. BERLIN/ PARIS – External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will pay a six-day visit to Germany and France. (To Feb. 23) PRAGUE/ VIENNA/ WARSAW – Deputy Foreign Minister of Malaysia Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to the Czech Republic, Austria and Poland. (To Feb. 21) 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. (To Feb. 23) DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Senegal – (To Feb. 23).

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Azerbaijan counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Kremlin

STOCKHOLM – Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store hold a joint news conference in Stockholm after they discuss border issues, the security policy situation in the immediate area and co-operation in areas such as green industry. – 1215 GMT

PRAGUE – Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne visits Prague (to Feb. 23).

TAIPEI CITY – Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks virtually at the US think-tank the McCain Institute on the Indo-Pacific. (to Feb. 23).

NEW YORK CITY – U.N. Security Council to meet on Central African Republic – 1500 GMT BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 ** 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)

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

** TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends virtual G7 meeting. ** GENEVA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold talks in Geneva to discuss tensions over Ukraine. ** 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.

** 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 ** 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

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 ** 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. ** ATHENS – 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

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. – – – – – – – – –

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

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

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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—————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————– FRIDAY, FEB. 18 ** BERLIN/ PARIS – External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will pay a six-day visit to Germany and France. (To Feb. 23) ** MALAWI – Malawi finance minister Sosten Gwengwe presents maiden budget. – 1200 GMT

CARACAS/ MANAGUA/ HAVANA – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov will visit Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba to continue with the intergovernmental exchanges with these countries on trade and economic cooperation. (final day) PRAGUE/ VIENNA/ WARSAW – Deputy Foreign Minister of Malaysia Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to the Czech Republic, Austria and Poland. (To Feb. 21) BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20). VENICE, Italy – Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1). JAKARTA – Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from G20 countries meeting in Indonesia (final day) BRUSSELS – Brussels hosts the European Union – African Union summit. (final day)

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow as Russia-Ukraine tensions stay high. – 1100 GMT

WARSAW – U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Poland

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Greece’s counterpart Nikos Dendias in Moscow.

MOSCOW – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Dendias will visit Moscow. SINGAPORE – Singapore’s finance minister Lawrence Wong to deliver the 2022 fiscal year budget – 0600 GMT – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, FEB. 19

MUNICH, Germany – G7 foreign ministers meet on sidelines of Munich Security Conference

PABRADE MILITARY BASE, Lithuania – US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Lithuania

BRUSSELS – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell participates in the Munich security Conference 2022. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, FEB. 20 ** RABAT – Israel’s Minister of Economy and Industry, Orna Barbivai, will pay a four-day working visit to Morocco. (To Feb. 23) DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Senegal – (To Feb. 23). – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB. 21 ** LJUBLJANA – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is to make an official visit to Slovenia as part of which he is to meet his counterpart Janez Janša in Lendava. ** PARIS – OECD Economic Surveys: Mexico. MOSCOW – Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad will pay a visit to Moscow. BRUSSELS – A meeting of EU-U.K. Joint Committee in Brussels will be attended by British foreign minister Liz Truss and the EU Commissioner in charge of Brexit negotiations Maros Sefcovic, along with representatives of member states. MADRID – Spain´s energy minister Teresa Ribera to speak at Nueva Economia forum – 0800 GMT DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds talks with Senegal’s President Macky Sall. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 22 ** MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Azerbaijan counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Kremlin

** STOCKHOLM – Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store hold a joint news conference in Stockholm after they discuss border issues, the security policy situation in the immediate area and co-operation in areas such as green industry. – 1215 GMT

PRAGUE – Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne visits Prague (to Feb. 23).

TAIPEI CITY – Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks virtually at the US think-tank the McCain Institute on the Indo-Pacific. (to Feb. 23).

NEW YORK CITY – U.N. Security Council to meet on Central African Republic – 1500 GMT BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 GENEVA – WTO’s General Council meets in Geneva (to Feb. 24)

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 – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 25 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. MALI – Mali Presidential Election. MALI – Malian National Assembly election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB.28 ** 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

GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to April 1). – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 1 ** 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 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

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. – – – – – – – – –

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

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

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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ABU DHABI – President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta will begin a three-day working visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), focused on strengthening trade ties between Kenya and the Gulf state. (final day) PRAGUE/ VIENNA/ WARSAW – Deputy Foreign Minister of Malaysia Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to the Czech Republic, Austria and Poland. (To Feb. 21) BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20). VENICE, Italy – Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1). MOSCOW – Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil, to visit Russia (final day)

SIEM REAP, Cambodia – Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet to discuss humanitarian aid for Myanmar. (final day). BRUSSELS – Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels for a two-day summit chaired by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. (final day).

DOHA – President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi is to visit Qatar in his first trip to a Persian Gulf Arab state. MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Italian Foreign Minister L. Di Maio – 0700 GMT

JAKARTA – COP26 President Alok Sharma attends a virtual public discussion titled “Delivering the Climate Promise of COP26” during a visit to Indonesia, host of this year’s G20 meetings. – 0700 GMT

MUNICH – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference and is welcomed at the airport by Bavarian state premier Markus Soeder. – 2030 GMT

BUDAPEST – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro visits Budapest, meets President Janos Ader and then Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Bolsonaro and Orban due to make statement after their meeting.

PHNOM PENH – Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn holds a news conference after meeting his ASEAN counterparts – 0630 GMT. PHNOM PENH – Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hold a delayed get-together, the first under Cambodia’s chairmanship. JAKARTA – Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from G20 countries meeting in Indonesia (to Feb. 18) PRISTINA – 14th anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia. BRUSSELS – Brussels hosts the European Union – African Union summit. (To Feb. 18) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 18 ** MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow as Russia-Ukraine tensions stay high. – 1100 GMT

WARSAW – U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Poland

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Greece’s counterpart Nikos Dendias in Moscow.

MOSCOW – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Dendias will visit Moscow. SINGAPORE – Singapore’s finance minister Lawrence Wong to deliver the 2022 fiscal year budget – 0600 GMT – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, FEB. 19

** MUNICH, Germany – G7 foreign ministers meet on sidelines of Munich Security Conference

PABRADE MILITARY BASE, Lithuania – US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Lithuania

BRUSSELS – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell participates in the Munich security Conference 2022. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, FEB. 20 DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Senegal – (To Feb. 23). – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB. 21 MOSCOW – Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad will pay a visit to Moscow. BRUSSELS – A meeting of EU-U.K. Joint Committee in Brussels will be attended by British foreign minister Liz Truss and the EU Commissioner in charge of Brexit negotiations Maros Sefcovic, along with representatives of member states. MADRID – Spain´s energy minister Teresa Ribera to speak at Nueva Economia forum – 0800 GMT DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds talks with Senegal’s President Macky Sall. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 22 ** PRAGUE – Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne visits Prague (to Feb. 23).

** TAIPEI CITY – Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks virtually at the US think-tank the McCain Institute on the Indo-Pacific. (to Feb. 23).

PARIS – OECD Economic Surveys: Norway NEW YORK CITY – U.N. Security Council to meet on Central African Republic – 1500 GMT BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 GENEVA – WTO’s General Council meets in Geneva (to Feb. 24)

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 – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 25 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. MALI – Mali Presidential Election. MALI – Malian National Assembly election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB.28 GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to April 1). – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 1 ** NEW ORLEANS – Mardi Gras 2022 WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 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

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

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. – – – – – – – – –

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

** 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

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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—————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————– TUESDAY, FEB. 15 ** ABU DHABI – President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta will begin a three-day working visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), focused on strengthening trade ties between Kenya and the Gulf state. (To Feb. 17) ** WASHINGTON D.C – Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama will meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his 4-day visit to the U.S. ** VILNIUS/ WARSAW/ BRUSSELS – U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin departs for a trip to Lithuania, Poland, and Belgium. ** TOKYO – Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi holds online talks with Russian Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov as co-chairs of the Japan-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Issues.

** STRASBOURG, France – European Parliament debates EU’s “Beating Cancer Plan,” including resolution pointing to link between cancer and alcohol – 0740 GMT

** MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau, who holds the rotating chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). – 0800 GMT

** KYIV – Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio visits Kyiv – 1520 GMT

** WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at National Association of Counties 2022 Legislative Conference. – 1800 GMT

PRAGUE/ VIENNA/ WARSAW – Deputy Foreign Minister of Malaysia Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to the Czech Republic, Austria and Poland. (To Feb. 21) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Prime Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will undertake his first official visit to Bandar Seri Begawan. (final day) BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20). VENICE, Italy – Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1). MANILA – Minister of External Affairs of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Philippines. (final day) MOSCOW – Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil, to visit Russia (to Feb.17) ABU DHABI – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits the United Arab Emirates as part of efforts to boost cooperation between the two countries, mending ties strained by years of animosity. (final day).

MADRID – Spain’s Foreign affairs minister Jose Manuel Albares and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock hold a news conference in Spain – 1230 GMT. STRASBOURG, France – European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks in European Parliament about EU relations with Africa, ahead of a summit starting on Thursday between EU and African Union leaders – 1400 GMT. STRASBOURG, France – Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia appears in European Parliament.

HELSINKI – Greece’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias visits Finland to meet Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto to discuss among other things the security situation in Europe. A joint press conference will be held – 1445 GMT. BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a news conference ahead of a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels – 1200 GMT RIGA – German President Steinmeier holds press conference in Latvia – 1700 GMT NEW YORK CITY – U.N. Security Council to meet on Yemen – 2000 GMT MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold talks in Moscow. RIGA, Latvia – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender travel to Latvia to meet with President Egils Levits and his wife Andra Levite in Riga. MOSCOW – Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Zbigniew Rau will hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16

** MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio in Moscow.

STRASBOURG, France – European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell appears in European Parliament to give a statement on EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine – 0800 GMT. BRUSSELS – EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks at EU-Africa Business forum alongside European and African business leaders – 0830 GMT. MOSCOW – The Russian and Brazilian foreign and defense ministers are to meet in Moscow in the 2+2 format. TOULOUSE, France – Informal meeting of European ministers responsible for space. RIGA – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds a speech at a conference in Riga – 0830 GMT SIEM REAP, Cambodia – Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet to discuss humanitarian aid for Myanmar. (To Feb 17). BRUSSELS – Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels for a two-day summit chaired by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. (To Feb 17). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, FEB. 17 ** BUDAPEST – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro visits Budapest, meets President Janos Ader and then Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Bolsonaro and Orban due to make statement after their meeting.

PHNOM PENH – Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn holds a news conference after meeting his ASEAN counterparts – 0630 GMT. PHNOM PENH – Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hold a delayed get-together, the first under Cambodia’s chairmanship. JAKARTA – Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from G20 countries meeting in Indonesia (to Feb. 18) PRISTINA – 14th anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia. BRUSSELS – Brussels hosts the European Union – African Union summit. (To Feb. 18) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 18 ** MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Greece’s counterpart Nikos Dendias in Moscow.

MOSCOW – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Dendias will visit Moscow. SINGAPORE – Singapore’s finance minister Lawrence Wong to deliver the 2022 fiscal year budget – 0600 GMT – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, FEB. 19

BRUSSELS – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell participates in the Munich security Conference 2022. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, FEB. 20 DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Senegal – (To Feb. 23). – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB. 21 BRUSSELS – A meeting of EU-U.K. Joint Committee in Brussels will be attended by British foreign minister Liz Truss and the EU Commissioner in charge of Brexit negotiations Maros Sefcovic, along with representatives of member states. MADRID – Spain´s energy minister Teresa Ribera to speak at Nueva Economia forum – 0800 GMT DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds talks with Senegal’s President Macky Sall. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 22 ** PARIS – OECD Economic Surveys: Norway NEW YORK CITY – U.N. Security Council to meet on Central African Republic – 1500 GMT BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 ** GENEVA – WTO’s General Council meets in Geneva (to Feb. 24)

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 – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 25 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. MALI – Mali Presidential Election. MALI – Malian National Assembly election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB.28 GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to April 1). – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 1 WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 VIENNA – 26th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial meeting via videoconference. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 3 ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to March 4) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 SOUTH KOREA – South Korea holds Presidential 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 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands holds municipal elections. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, MARCH 19 DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 21 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 22 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 24 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

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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—————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————– MONDAY, FEB. 14 ** PRAGUE/ VIENNA/ WARSAW – Deputy Foreign Minister of Malaysia Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to the Czech Republic, Austria and Poland. (To Feb. 21) ** BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Prime Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will undertake his first official visit to Bandar Seri Begawan. (To Feb. 15) ** BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez deliver statements – 1630 GMT. ** PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu at the Elysee Palace in Paris – 1100 GMT. ** BRUSSELS – Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez visit at the EU Commission – 0930 GMT. ** EDINBURGH – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visit to Cumbria and Scotland. ** PARIS – Western foreign ministers will hold crunch talks on their countries’ future presence fighting Islamist militants in Mali as France plans a drawdown of troops. BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20). VENICE, Italy – Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1). MANILA – Minister of External Affairs of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Philippines. (To Feb. 15) MARSEILLE, France – EU trade ministers meet in Marseille (Final day) MOSCOW – Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro will meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow amid tensions between Russia and the US over Ukraine. MOSCOW – Zbigniew Rau, Foreign Minister of Poland, who currently presides in the OSCE, will begin his visit in Moscow. KYIV – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will hold talks with Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Olaf Scholz. MOSCOW – Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil, to visit Russia (to Feb.17) KYIV – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to pay visit to Ukraine. ABU DHABI – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits the United Arab Emirates as part of efforts to boost cooperation between the two countries, mending ties strained by years of animosity. (To Feb 15). GLOBAL – Valentine’s Day. BEIRUT – 17th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 15

** BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a news conference ahead of a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels – 1200 GMT. ** MADRID – Spain’s Foreign affairs minister Jose Manuel Albares and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock hold a news conference in Spain – 1230 GMT. ** STRASBOURG, France – European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks in European Parliament about EU relations with Africa, ahead of a summit starting on Thursday between EU and African Union leaders – 1400 GMT. ** STRASBOURG, France – Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia appears in European Parliament.

** HELSINKI – Greece’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias visits Finland to meet Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto to discuss among other things the security situation in Europe. A joint press conference will be held – 1445 GMT. BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a news conference ahead of a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels – 1200 GMT RIGA – German President Steinmeier holds press conference in Latvia – 1700 GMT NEW YORK CITY – U.N. Security Council to meet on Yemen – 2000 GMT MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold talks in Moscow. RIGA, Latvia – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender travel to Latvia to meet with President Egils Levits and his wife Andra Levite in Riga. MOSCOW – Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Zbigniew Rau will hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16

** STRASBOURG, France – European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell appears in European Parliament to give a statement on EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine – 0800 GMT. ** BRUSSELS – EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks at EU-Africa Business forum alongside European and African business leaders – 0830 GMT. MOSCOW – The Russian and Brazilian foreign and defense ministers are to meet in Moscow in the 2+2 format. TOULOUSE, France – Informal meeting of European ministers responsible for space. RIGA – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds a speech at a conference in Riga – 0830 GMT SIEM REAP, Cambodia – Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet to discuss humanitarian aid for Myanmar. (To Feb 17). BRUSSELS – Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels for a two-day summit chaired by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. (To Feb 17). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, FEB. 17 ** PHNOM PENH – Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn holds a news conference after meeting his ASEAN counterparts – 0630 GMT. ** PHNOM PENH – Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hold a delayed get-together, the first under Cambodia’s chairmanship. JAKARTA – Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from G20 countries meeting in Indonesia (to Feb. 18) PRISTINA – 14th anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia. BRUSSELS – Brussels hosts the European Union – African Union summit. (To Feb. 18) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 18 MOSCOW – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Dendias will visit Moscow. SINGAPORE – Singapore’s finance minister Lawrence Wong to deliver the 2022 fiscal year budget – 0600 GMT – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, FEB. 19

** BRUSSELS – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell participates in the Munich security Conference 2022. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, FEB. 20 DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Senegal – (To Feb. 23). – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB. 21 BRUSSELS – A meeting of EU-U.K. Joint Committee in Brussels will be attended by British foreign minister Liz Truss and the EU Commissioner in charge of Brexit negotiations Maros Sefcovic, along with representatives of member states. MADRID – Spain´s energy minister Teresa Ribera to speak at Nueva Economia forum – 0800 GMT DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds talks with Senegal’s President Macky Sall. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 22 NEW YORK CITY – U.N. Security Council to meet on Central African Republic – 1500 GMT BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 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 – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 25 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. MALI – Mali Presidential Election. MALI – Malian National Assembly election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB.28 GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to April 1). – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 1 WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 VIENNA – 26th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial meeting via videoconference. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 3 ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to March 4) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 SOUTH KOREA – South Korea holds Presidential 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 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands holds municipal elections. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, MARCH 19 DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 21 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 22 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 24 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

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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—————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————– FRIDAY, FEB. 11 ** CANBERRA – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Japanese and Indian Foreign Ministers. ** BUCHAREST – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis hold a joint news conference – 1000 GMT ** PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron receive Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa for a dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris – 1900 GMT ** TASHKENT – Prime Minister of kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov will visit Uzbekistan. SAPPORO, Japan – 2022 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 12). CANBERRA – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend the fourth Quad Foreign Ministers’ meet in Australia (to Feb.12) CANBERRA – Minister of External Affairs of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, will be paying an official visit to Australia at the invitation of his Australian counterpart Marise Payne. (To Feb. 13) MOSCOW – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will travel to Russia on a working visit. (final day) CANBERRA – Australia to host ‘Quad’ meeting of foreign ministers (final day) BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20). WARSAW – German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will meet Polish environment and economy ministers in Warsaw – 1030 GMT BANGKOK – Thai finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith gives a speech on economic policies for the country’s sustainable development – 0200 GMT AMMAN – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets with Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi. TAIPEI CITY – Somaliland foreign minister Essa Kayd Mohamoud holds news conference in Taiwan – 0300 GMT CAIRO – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. PARIS – French president Emmanuel Macron chairs high level segment of an International summit on Ocean, part of the French Presidency of European Union – 0800 GMT BRUSSELS – The EU Commissioner in charge of post-Brexit negotiations, Maros Sefcovic, meets British foreign minister Liz Truss in London to discuss Northern Ireland impasse. GENEVA – U.N. Commission on Human Rights news conference on South Sudan – 0700 GMT LONDON – Politico online conference, with speech from European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union, Mairead McGuinness – 0730 GMT DUBLIN – Vera Jourova, EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency, speaks at Ireland’s Institute of International and European Affairs think tank – 1300 GMT. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, FEB. 12 SUVA – United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Fiji to meet with Pacific Island leaders and Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. VENICE, Italy – Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, FEB. 13 MANILA – Minister of External Affairs of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Philippines. (To Feb. 15) SWITZERLAND – Referendum election. MARSEILLE, France – EU trade ministers meet in Marseille (to Feb 14) BERLIN – German presidential election at the Reichstag in Berlin BEIRUT – 14th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL – World Radio Day. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB. 14 ** MOSCOW – Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro will meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow amid tensions between Russia and the US over Ukraine. MOSCOW – Zbigniew Rau, Foreign Minister of Poland, who currently presides in the OSCE, will begin his visit in Moscow. KYIV – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will hold talks with Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Olaf Scholz. MOSCOW – Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil, to visit Russia (to Feb.17) KYIV – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to pay visit to Ukraine. ABU DHABI – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits the United Arab Emirates as part of efforts to boost cooperation between the two countries, mending ties strained by years of animosity. (To Feb 15). GLOBAL – Valentine’s Day. BEIRUT – 17th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 15 BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a news conference ahead of a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels – 1200 GMT RIGA – German President Steinmeier holds press conference in Latvia – 1700 GMT NEW YORK CITY – U.N. Security Council to meet on Yemen – 2000 GMT MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold talks in Moscow. RIGA, Latvia – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender travel to Latvia to meet with President Egils Levits and his wife Andra Levite in Riga. MOSCOW – Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Zbigniew Rau will hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16

MOSCOW – The Russian and Brazilian foreign and defense ministers are to meet in Moscow in the 2+2 format. TOULOUSE, France – Informal meeting of European ministers responsible for space. RIGA – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds a speech at a conference in Riga – 0830 GMT SIEM REAP, Cambodia – Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet to discuss humanitarian aid for Myanmar. (To Feb 17). BRUSSELS – Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels for a two-day summit chaired by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. (To Feb 17). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, FEB. 17 JAKARTA – Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from G20 countries meeting in Indonesia (to Feb. 18) PRISTINA – 14th anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia. BRUSSELS – Brussels hosts the European Union – African Union summit. (To Feb. 18) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 18 MOSCOW – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Dendias will visit Moscow. SINGAPORE – Singapore’s finance minister Lawrence Wong to deliver the 2022 fiscal year budget – 0600 GMT – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, FEB. 20 DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Senegal – (To Feb. 23). – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB. 21 ** BRUSSELS – A meeting of EU-U.K. Joint Committee in Brussels will be attended by British foreign minister Liz Truss and the EU Commissioner in charge of Brexit negotiations Maros Sefcovic, along with representatives of member states. ** MADRID – Spain´s energy minister Teresa Ribera to speak at Nueva Economia forum – 0800 GMT DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds talks with Senegal’s President Macky Sall. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 22 NEW YORK CITY – U.N. Security Council to meet on Central African Republic – 1500 GMT BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 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 – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 25 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. MALI – Mali Presidential Election. MALI – Malian National Assembly election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB.28 GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to April 1). – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 1 WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 VIENNA – 26th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial meeting via videoconference. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 3 ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to March 4) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 SOUTH KOREA – South Korea holds Presidential 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 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands holds municipal elections. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, MARCH 19 DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 21 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 22 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 24 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

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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