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—————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————– THURSDAY, FEB. 10 ** KYIV – Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte visits Ukraine. ** ATHENS – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets his Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenkovic. ** MOSCOW – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow – 1100 GMT 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) GRENOBLE, France – Informal meeting of EU health ministers (Final day) BRUSSELS – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters – 0930 GMT WARSAW/ BRUSSELS – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit Poland and NATO headquarters in Brussels amid tensions over the security situation in Ukraine – 1400 GMT 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. (To Feb. 11) BERLIN – Statements of German Chancellor Scholz, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Ukraine crisis – 1700 GMT MADRID – Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calviño attends FUNCAS event in Madrid – 1730 GMT DAKAR – EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen holds a joint press conference with Senegal’s President Macky Sall – 0930 GMT JERUSALEM – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki – 1800 GMT MADRID – Spain’s economy minister Nadia Calvino appears in parliament to participate in the EU relations commission – 0900 GMT. MOSCOW – UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will pay a visit to Russia CANBERRA – Australia to host ‘Quad’ meeting of foreign ministers (to Feb.11) PARIS – OECD Economic Surveys: Colombia DUBAI – Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince William visits the United Arab Emirates on a trip that coincides with UK National Day being held at Expo 2020 Dubai. BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20). – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 11

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** WARSAW – German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will meet Polish environment and economy ministers in Warsaw. ** 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 – 0600 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

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** 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

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** 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 – 0930 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 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). – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, APRIL 4

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** BRUSSELS – Euro zone finance ministers meet on G20, banking union – 1300 GMT LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, APRIL 5 LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, APRIL 10 PARIS, France – Presidential election (First round) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY APRIL 11 LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, APRIL 12 LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, APRIL 24 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Slovenian National Assembly election. PARIS, France – Presidential election (Second round) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, APRIL 25 NEW YORK, United States – Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (To Apr. 28) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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—————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————– MONDAY, FEB. 7 ** KYIV – Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok will together visit Ukraine (to Feb 8) ** NIAMEY – President of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis to visit to the West African country of Niger (to Feb.9) ** NEW DELHI – Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G. L. Peiris to meet his Indian counterpart External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar in New Delhi. ** TEHRAN – Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto to meet his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran. ** PARIS – French and German finance ministers’ chairs EU conference on digital sovereignty. ** MADRID – Spain’s economy minister Nadia Calviño and President of the Eurogroup and Irish Finance Minister, Paschal Donohoe participate in the conference “Opportunities for the euro area in the context of the recovery” – 1045 GMT ** MADRID – Spain’s economy minister Nadia Calviño and President of the Eurogroup and Irish Finance Minister, Paschal Donohoe hold a joint press conference at the end of their bilateral meeting – 1330 GMT ** BELGRADE – Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó meets his Serbian counterpart Nikola Selakovic in Belgrade and hold a joint news conference – 1200 GMT ** KYIV – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv – 1630 GMT ** BRUSSELS – Polish President Andrzej Duda press conference after meeting with European Council head Charles Michel – 1250 GMT ** BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a news conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the NATO headquarters in Brussels – 1445 GMT ** MOSCOW – French President Emmanuel Macron meets Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss Ukraine. SAPPORO, Japan – 2022 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 12). NEW DELHI – Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister G.L.Peiris to visit India (to Feb.8) BRUSSELS – Polish President Andrzej Duda to meet European Commission president to discuss situation in Ukraine. KYIV – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock will pay a joint visit to Ukraine (to Feb.8) WASHINGTON DC – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet U.S. President Joe Biden. KYIV – Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg plans to visit Ukraine (to Feb. 8) – – – – – – – – –

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TUESDAY, FEB. 8 ** ANKARA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu holds talks with Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto. ** VIENNA – Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) holds meeting on Ukraine. ** BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Poland’s President Andrzej Duda attend Weimar Triangle meeting in Berlin – 1800 GMT VILNIUS – NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana speaks in Vilnius at a conference. – 1100 GMT GLOBAL – Safer Internet Day 2022 – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9 ** CANBERRA – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend the fourth Quad Foreign Ministers’ meet in Australia (to Feb.12) ** BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets EU council president Charles Michel. ** BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a joint news conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen – 1330 GMT GRENOBLE, France – Informal meeting of EU health ministers (to Feb. 10) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, FEB. 10 ** MOSCOW – UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will pay a visit to Russia ** CANBERRA – Australia to host ‘Quad’ meeting of foreign ministers (to Feb.11) PARIS – OECD Economic Surveys: Colombia DUBAI – Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince William visits the United Arab Emirates on a trip that coincides with UK National Day being held at Expo 2020 Dubai. BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20). – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 11 ** 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 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 ** 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 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 – Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau is set to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16 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 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 – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 22 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 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. – – – – – – – – – 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 – 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). – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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