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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 ** ODESSA, Ukraine - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Ukraine to participate in the seventh meeting of the joint strategic planning group functioning under the Turkey-Ukraine High Level Strategic Council. BUCHAREST - Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (Gymnich) (to Feb. 1). MADRID - European Commission first vice-president Frans Timmermans visits Madrid to hold a conference on a more sustainable Europe by 2030 - 1130 GMT BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hold a joint news conference in Berlin following their closed door meeting - 1130 GMT. BUCHAREST - The EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu give news conference at the end of an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers. - 1100 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 CAIRO - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier visits Egypt and meets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (to Feb. 4).
GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 ** BISHKEK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will make official visit to Kyrgyzstan (to Feb. 4). KATUNAYAKE, SRI LANKA - Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih will be in Sri Lanka, he will participate in Sri Lanka's 71st Independence day and he will meet President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe during his visit (to Feb. 5) SAN SALVADOR - EI Salvador Presidential Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4 ** RUKLA, LITHUANIA - German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen is in Lithuania to mark second anniversary of German troops deployed in the country, as part of NATO's effort to deter Russia. She will be joined by Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite. ** TOKYO - German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - 1010 GMT DUSHANBE - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Tajikistan (to Feb. 5). SAPPORO, Japan – 2019 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). NEW YORK – Men's New York Fashion Week 2019 (to Feb. 6).
GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.
ABU DHABI - Pope Francis will visit Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates to attend an interfaith meeting - 0800 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 ** TOKYO - German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Japanese emperor Akihito and crown prince Naruhito in Tokyo. ** ASHGABAT - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to visit Turkmenistan and meet Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov (to Feb. 6). ISTANBUL - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will pay an official visit to Turkey and meets with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2019 will be celebrated with a theme of 'Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you'. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 ** WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo presides at a gathering of foreign ministers aligned towards the defeat of Islamic State - 1430 GMT. ** ISTANBUL - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras meets with Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Orthodox Patriarchate in Phanar, Istanbul. WEIMAR, Germany - Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier attend anniversary festivities marking 100 years of the Weimar Constitution - 1000 GMT. BUCHAREST - Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers (to Feb. 8). GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. - - - - - - - - -
FEBRUARY 7 ** WASHINGTON D.C. - Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani speaks on the prospects of an end to the war in Afghanistan during a visit to Washington where he is expected to meet top Trump administration officials - 1500 GMT. MADRID - Spain Economy Minister Nadia Calvino will participate at economy event alongside European Commission Growth and Investment Vice-President, Jyrki Katainen - 0800 GMT BERLIN – 69th Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 17).
NEW YORK, United States – Women's New York Fashion Week 2019 (to Feb. 13).
BRATISLAVA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet the prime ministers of the Visegrad group - Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - at a summit in Bratislava. PARIS - Environment ministers of France, Portugal, Spain and Britain as well as EU Energy Chief Maros Sefcovic will speak at Paris SER renewable energy conference - 0800 GMT. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 ASIA - Nirvana day, Buddhist festival marking the anniversary of Buddha's death - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - 2019 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (to Feb. 16). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 LONDON – EE British Academy Film Awards 2019. LOS ANGELES – 61st Annual Grammy Awards. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 NEW DELHI - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit India and he will hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. NEW YORK - 142th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (to Feb 12).
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. BRUSSELS - Euro Zone finance ministers meet in Brussels. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12
BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 ** MADRID - Spain Economy Minister Nadia Calvino to close event on the Euro 2018 yearbook in Madrid - 1200 GMT. BEIRUT - 11th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL - World Radio Day. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 GLOBAL - Valentine's Day. BEIRUT - 14th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2019 (to Feb. 19). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival (NYSE:CCL) 2019 (to March 5).
ABUJA - Nigerian Presidential Election. ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives election. ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 PRISTINA - 11th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. NEW YORK - 2019 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 20)
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2019.
CAIRO - The first summit between EU Member States and the Arab League to be held. European and Arab state leaders to discuss migration and other issues at the summit to be hosted by Egypt. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 BUCHAREST - Informal meeting of trade ministers (to Feb. 22). - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24
HAVANA - Referendum election. CAIRO - EU-League of Arab States summit (to Feb. 25). CHISINAU - Moldovan Parliament election. BANGKOK - Thailand Senate election. BANGKOK - Thailand House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 ** TEHRAN - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Iran. CARACAS – 30th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, February 28 VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2019. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, MARCH 1 CAIRO - Arab foreign ministers hold regular meeting at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo to discuss regional affairs. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, MARCH 5 ** BRUSSELS - EU environment ministers meet to discuss foreign affairs matters.
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MONDAY, MARCH 11 ** BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet in Brussels. BAGHDAD - Iran President Hassan Rouhani visits Iraq. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, MARCH 18 ** BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers meet to discuss foreign affairs matters. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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