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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

** TEHRAN – Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan to undertake inaugural official visit to Iran. (To Feb. 27)

** WASHINGTON DC - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Baiba Braze will pay a working visit to the United States New York and Washington. (To Feb. 26)

** JAKARTA - Indonesia Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin meets Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, to discuss security and defence issues. – 0300 GMT

** WARSAW - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk meets President of the EU Council Antonio Costa for talks in Warsaw. – 0830 GMT

ASTANA - Kyrgyz Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliyev will pay his first official visit to Kazakhstan (Final Day).

VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2025 (to Mar. 4)

BAKU/TASHKENT - Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif will undertake five-day visit of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan (to Feb. 28)

GENEVA - 58th Session of the Human Rights Council (to Apr. 4)

WARSAW - Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics will pay a state visit to Warsaw (to Feb. 26)

PENANG, MALAYSIA - Malaysia holds a meeting for defence ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional bloc in northern Penang state (to Feb. 26)

GREECE - Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis meets U.N. Secretary General António Guterres in New York – 1030 GMT

HANOI - Prime Minister of New Zealand Christopher Luxon will pay an official visit to Vietnam and attend the second ASEAN Future Forum 2025. (To Feb. 28)

HANOI - ASEAN General Secretary, Prime Minister of Vietnam, East Timor President and Thai foreign minister speak at the opening session of ASEAN Future Forum in Hanoi.

BEIJING - New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters visits China (to Feb. 27)

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

** AMMAN - Syrian transitional leader Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit Jordan on Wednesday and meet King Abdullah to discuss boosting ties between the neighboring countries.

** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo in the Kremlin. – 1200 GMT

JOHOR, MALAYSIA - Malaysia holds a meeting for economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional bloc in southern Johor state (to February 28).

HANOI - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will pay an official visit to Vietnam while attending the ASEAN Future Forum 2025 where he is expected to deliver a speech.

HANOI - Prime ministers of Vietnam, Malaysia and New Zealand speak at ASEAN Future forum in Hanoi.

ACCRA - The President of the European Council, H.E. António Costa, will embark on an official visit to Ghana – 1700 GMT

CAPE TOWN - G20 Finance and Central Bank Ministerial Meeting (to Feb. 27)

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27

** ABU DHABI - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi.

NEW DELHI - The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit New Delhi accompanied by the College of Commissioners to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian government (to Feb.28).

WASHINGTON D.C - UK PM Keir Starmer meets President Donald Trump.

ZURICH - WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks at ETH Zurich – 1250 GMT

VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2025

LISBON - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Portugal, meets top officials and addresses Portugal’s parliament (to Feb. 28)

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28

SANTIAGO - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives in Chile as part of a South America travel

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2025 (to Mar. 8)

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SATURDAY, MARCH 1

LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2025

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SUNDAY, MARCH 2

TAJIKISTAN - Tajikistani Assembly of Representatives election.

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MONDAY, MARCH 3

** ASUNCION - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives in Paraguay as part of a South America travel to meet with Paraguay President Santiago Pena.

TOKYO - President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, will visit Japan (to Mar. 7)

GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing

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TUESDAY, MARCH 4

NICOSIA- Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will arrive in Cyprus for a two-day state visit at the invitation of President Nikos Christodoulides (to Mar. 5)

NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2025

MICRONESIA - Micronesian Congress election.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5

** BERLIN - Emirates President Tim Clark speaks to reporters in Berlin on the sidelines of the ITB travel fair.

MOSCOW – 72nd Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 6

BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Mar. 7)

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SATURDAY, MARCH 8

GLOBAL - International Women's Day.

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MONDAY, MARCH 10

TIBET - 66th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 11

GREENLAND - Greenland Diet Election.

SENDAI, Japan – 14th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.

BRUSSELS - Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12

QUEBEC CITY, Canada - G7 foreign ministers gather in Quebec for meeting. (To Mar 14)

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THURSDAY, MARCH 13

VALENCIA, Spain - Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo invited EU finance ministers to discuss competitiveness

CAPE TOWN - EU-South Africa summit.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 15

GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.

DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 14th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 17)

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SUNDAY, MARCH 16

HALABJA, Iraq - 37th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.

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MONDAY, MARCH 17

BRUSSELS - Foreign Affairs Council.

BRUSSELS - EU Energy Ministers meet

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TUESDAY, MARCH 18

BRUSSELS - General Affairs Council.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19

EGYPT – Fourteenth anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms

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THURSDAY, MARCH 20

BRUSSELS - European Council (to Mar. 21)

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FRIDAY, MARCH 21

CURACAO - Curacaoan Estates election.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 22

GLOBAL - World Water Day.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 23

GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.

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MONDAY, MARCH 24

TOKYO - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will make a state visit to Japan (to Mar. 27)

GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of health ministers (to Mar. 25)

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FRIDAY, MARCH 28

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion)

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MONDAY, MARCH 31

FRANCE - Denmark's King Frederik X and Queen Mary on State visit to France (to Apr. 02)

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2

WARSAW – EU informal meeting of defense ministers (to Apr. 3)

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THURSDAY, APRIL 3

SAMARKAND - First EU-Central Asia summit (to Apr. 4)

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FRIDAY, APRIL 11

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

WARSAW – EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to Apr. 12)

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SATURDAY, APRIL 12

GABON - Gabonese Presidency Election.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 13

Ecuador - Ecuadorian Presidency Election.

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MONDAY, APRIL 14

LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 18

WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23

WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance and central bank ministerial meeting (to Apr. 24)

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SUNDAY, APRIL 27

VENEZUELA - Venezuelan National Assembly Election.

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MONDAY, APRIL 28

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. 29)

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30

CAYMAN ISLANDS - Cayman Legislative Assembly Election.

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Referendum Election.

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