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DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb 20

Published 20/02/2018, 11:36 pm
Updated 20/02/2018, 11:40 pm
DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb 20

Feb 20 (Reuters) -

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 ** MOSCOW - Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif is on a four-day official visit to Russia (to Feb 22).

** NEW DELHI - Bhutan Foreign Minister Lyonpo Damcho Dorji is on a three-day visit to India (to Feb 22). ** ANKARA - Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov will pay an official visit to Turkey on the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ** BAGHDAD - Lebanese President Michel Aoun visits Iraq. ** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif - 1030 GMT.

** BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici and Bulgarian Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov give news conference after meeting of EU finance ministers - 1115 GMT.

** MANAMA - Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa and Thailand Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai will hold a press conference - 1500 GMT.

NEW YORK - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address U.N. Security Council - 1500 GMT.

BRUNEI - ASEAN Senior Level Committee (SLC) Meeting.

BRUSSELS - The European Union Economic and Financial Affairs Council meets. GENEVA, Switzerland - United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, Twentieth Session (to Feb 23).

HYDERABAD - The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe will participate in the World Congress on Information Technology (to Feb 21).

GENEVA - United Nations Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, Thirty-first annual meeting (to Feb 23). LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2017 (Final Day). BERLIN - 68th Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 25).

PYEONGCHANG - 2018 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (to Feb. 24).

NEW DELHI - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits India (to Feb. 23).

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21

** LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet Dutch Prime Minister Mark Ruttee for a bilateral meeting in Downing Street.

** LJUBLJANA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Slovenia and meets Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec - 0930 GMT.

** CAPE TOWN - South Africa Finance Minister presents the 2018 budget - 1200 GMT.

** MADRID - Spanish Economy Minister De Guindos to meet Finland Finance Minister Petteri Orpo in Madrid - 1300 GMT.

** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets new Liberian president George Weah at the Elysee palace in Paris.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22 ** ANKARA - Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel visits Turkey (to Feb. 23).

** MADRID - Spanish Economy Minister De Guindos to meet Argentinian Finance Minister Nicolas Dujovne in Madrid - 0800 GMT.

ATHENS - Ireland President Michael Higgins will pay an official visit to Greece (to Feb. 23). BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker speaks at the Centre for European Policy Studies - 1200 GMT.

KIEV - Albania Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati visits Ukraine (to Feb. 23).

LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2018.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 LJUBLJANA - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop visits Slovenia.

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will speak at the White House. BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the 27 heads of state or government.

DJIBOUTI - Djiboutian National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24

PORT MORESBY - APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting and Related Meetings (to Mar. 9). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 RUSSIA - Iraq Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari will visit Moscow (to Feb. 28). MACEDONIA - President of European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker will visit Macedonia, the first stop of his Western Balkans tour aimed at presenting the EU's Western Balkans Strategy.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26

** GENEVA - Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen opens an art exhibition at the United Nation - 1400 GMT.

GENEVA - United Nations Human Rights Council, 37th session (to March 23).

BRUSSELS - The EU Foreign Affairs Council meets in Brussels. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 NEW YORK - United Nations Economic and Social Council, Substantive session, operational activities for development segment (to March 1). BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

SINGAPORE - 24th ASEAN Economic Ministers' Retreat (AEM-R) and 16th AEMEU Trade Commissioner Consultations (to March 2).

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 4 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - APEC (EC) Economic Committee Meeting (to Mar 5).

ITALY - Election for Italian Chamber of Deputies. ITALY - Election for Italian Senate. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 5 GENEVA - United Nations Human Rights Committee, pre-sessional Working Group on Communications, 122nd session (to Mar 9). REPUBLIC OF KOREA - ASEAN+3 Taskforce Meeting (Finance) (to March 6).

KIEV - Finland Foreign Affairs Minister Timo Soini is scheduled to visit Ukraine (to March 6). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - SOM First Senior Officials' Meeting (to March 8).

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 8 BRUSSELS - The European Union Justice and Home Affairs Council (to March 9).

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SUNDAY, MARCH 11 CUBA - Election Cuban National Assembly of People's Power. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 12 GENEVA - United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, sixty third session (to March 29). GENEVA - United Nations Human Rights Committee, 122nd session (to April 6). BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MARCH 13 BRUSSELS - The European Union Economic and Financial Affairs Council meets.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 15 BRUSSELS - The European Union Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on social policy meeting.

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** ASTANA - Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish and Iranian counterparts, Mevlut Cavusoglu and Mohammad Javad Zarif, meet in the Kazakh capital city of Astana.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 17 SYDNEY - ASEAN-Australia Special Summit (to March 18).

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SUNDAY, MARCH 18 SINGAPORE - ASEAN 24th Meeting of Senior Officials Committee for the ASCC (SOCA) (to March 22). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 19 GENEVA - United Nations Human Rights Council, Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, Twenty-second session (to March 23). BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 20 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 22 INDONESIA - 2nd Meeting of the Senior Economic Officials for the 49th ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting (SEOM 2/49) and Related Meetings (to March 29 BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Mar 23). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 26 VARNA, Bulgaria - EU-Turkey leaders' meeting in Varna (Bulgaria). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 NEW YORK - United Nations High-level International Conference on Nuclear Disarmament, Organizational session.

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