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** NEW DELHI – Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrives in India to attend G20 foreign ministers meeting and Raisina Dialogue. (To March 4)

** NEW DELHI – Press conference by Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Indian foreign secretary, followed by press conference by High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell.

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** BAGHDAD – Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, holds a joint press conference with Iraq’s foreign minister, Fuad Hussein, in Baghdad.

** MANILA – Anwar Ibrahim, prime minister of Malaysia, and Bongbong Marcos, president of the Philippines, issue a joint statement following bilateral talks.

** STOCKHOLM – Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson to hold news conference regarding the state of the economy – 1000 GMT.

** SEOUL – South Korea’s finance minister Choo Kyung-ho holds a meeting to discuss policy measures to boost exports, a day after data showed the country’s exports extended their falling streak to a fifth straight month – 2300 GMT.

** SAN JOSE – Guillermo Lasso, president of Ecuador, meets with Rodrigo Chaves Robles, president of Costa Rica, in San Jose.

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** BERLIN – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with King Letsie III of Lesotho in Berlin – 0930 GMT.

** NEW DELHI – Vivian Balakrishnan, minister for foreign affairs of Singapore, will make a working visit to New Delhi, India to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting. (To March 3)

** TALLINN – Tytti Tuppurainen, Minister of European Affairs and Ownership Steering, will visit Tallinn. During her visit, she will meet with Urmas Reinsalu, minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Estonia, and Lauri Laanemets, minister of the Interior of Estonia.

** NEW DELHI – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu, will meet with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, at the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting (FMM) in New Delhi.

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LIBREVILLE – Emmanuel Macron, president of France, visits Gabon. (To March 2) QUITO/BOGOTA – EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson visits Ecuador and Colombia. (to Mar 4) NEW DELHI – Czech Republic Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky to visit India. (final day) NEW DELHI – At the invitation of the Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Frederik André Henrik Christian, and Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, Mary Elizabeth, of the Kingdom of Denmark are paying an official visit to India. (To Mar. 2) GENEVA, Switzerland – Human Rights Council meeting (To April 4) BEIJING – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will visit China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (To Mar 2) ASTANA / TASHKENT / NEW DELHI – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and India. (To March 3) MANILA – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on an official visit to the Philippines and holds a bilateral meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to discuss areas of mutual concern such as political, security, and economic cooperation. (To Mar 2) BUDAPEST – Hungary’s parliament to debate on the ratification of Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership – 0800 GMT ANKARA – WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visits Turkey. NEW DELHI – Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit India for the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting. (To Mar 2) NEW DELHI – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in India to participate in G20 foreign ministers’ meeting and to boost bilateral ties between Washington and New Delhi. BEIJING – Liu Kun, minister of finance of the People’s Republic of China, will address a press conference about fiscal policy implementation. – 0200 GMT BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Kariņs hold news conference in Berlin. – 1245 GMT BRUSSELS – Maros Sefcovic, Vice-President of the European Commission, chairs meeting of European Battery Alliance. RABAT – European Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi visits Morocco. (To Mar 2) NEW DELHI – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be on a three-day visit to India to participate in the G2O foreign ministers’ meeting and will also meet External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during the trip. (To March 3) LONDON – Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit travel to London on a two-day visit. (to March 2). PRAGUE – Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen will visit the Czech Republic. (to March 2). NEW DELHI – The G20 foreign ministers will meet in New Delhi, India. (To March 2) STOCKHOLM – EU defense ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 2

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** NEW DELHI – G20 Foreign Ministers meeting begins with a session on strengthening multilateralism and need for reforms; food and energy security; development cooperation, followed by second session on counterterrorism; new and emerging threats; global skill mapping and talent pool; humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

** STOCKHOLM – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Stockholm for a working dinner with Ulf Kristersson, prime minister of Sweden.

** GENEVA, Switzerland – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov to address the Conference on Disarmament – 0900 GMT.

GENEVA, Switzerland – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov holds a briefing on the sidelines of the U.N. Human Rights Council – 1130 GMT. WASHINGTON DC – Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commissioner, meets Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative, in Washington. NEW DELHI – Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, will meet S. Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs of India and Droupadi Murmu, President of India. DUBLIN/ COPENHAGEN/ HELSINKI – Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, conducts a tour of Ireland, Denmark and Finland (To March 3) GENEVA, Switzerland – Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, to speak at UN rights council in Geneva. NEW DELHI – U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, participates in G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in the Indian capital New Delhi being held under the shadow of Russia-Ukraine conflict. BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan holds news conference in Berlin – 1430 GMT WASHINGTON DC – Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commissioner for Trade, meets U.S Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen in Washington. NEW DELHI – Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, will pay a state visit to India. She will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H.E. Antonio Tajan and a high-powered business delegation (To March 3) STOCKHOLM – EU defense and foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, MARCH 3

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** NEW DELHI – Foreign ministers of the Quad countries — the United States, Japan, Australia and India — to meet in New Delhi – 0230 GMT. NEW DELHI – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in Quad Foreign Ministers meeting in the Indian capital New Delhi and delivers a lecture at an event organized by India’s leading think-tank. LUANDA/ BRAZZAVILLE – French President Emmanuel Macron visits Angola and Congo Republic during his four-nation tour of Central Africa. BERLIN – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Berlin – 0930 GMT. GLOBAL – International Day for Ear and Hearing. WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden is to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House. STOCKHOLM – EU foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MARCH 5 MOSCOW – 70th death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. TALLINN – Estonian Parliament Election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 6 OTTAWA – OECD Economic Surveys: Canada 2023 MOSUL, Iraq – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Audrey Azoulay visits northern Iraq. WASHINGTON DC – Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto travels to United States. The president’s meetings will focus on Finland’s membership of NATO, the transatlantic partnership and European security. (To March 10) BERLIN – Germany’s association of local utilities VKU hosts a conference in Berlin with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner, among others, speaking at the event. (To March 7) – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 7 GENEVA, Switzerland – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk to give a speech to Human Rights Council to share an update on the human rights situation around the world – 1030 GMT BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of defense ministers (To March 8) PALIKIR – Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 STOCKHOLM – EU ministers for defense, development and trade hold informal meetings in Stockholm (To Mar 10) GLOBAL – International Women’s Day. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 9 BRUSSELS – A trilateral meeting between the delegations of Turkey, Finland and Sweden on the NATO accession of the latter two will take place in Brussels. BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To March 10) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To March 10) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, MARCH 10 TIBET – 64th anniversary of Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising. PARIS – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit France for British-French summit. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, MARCH 11 SENDAI, Japan – 12th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 13

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** BERLIN – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with Bhutan’s Prime Minister Lotay Tshering in Berlin – 0900 GMT BERN, Switzerland- Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change meet in Switzerland (to Mar 17). BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 14 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 GLOBAL – World Day of Action against Seal Hunting. DAMASCUS – Syria marks the 12th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. LONDON – British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt presents the UK government’s budget and has commissioned the Office for Budget Responsibility to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast to go with it. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 16 BRUSSELS – EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Council meeting. HALABJA, Iraq – 35th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack. DUBLIN, Ireland – St. Patrick’s Festival (to Mar. 19). PRAGUE – New Czech President Petr Pavel will visit Poland, soon after taking office on March 9. (to March 17). – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, MARCH 17 BRUSSELS – EU-Republic of North Macedonia Stabilisation and Association Council meeting. ITALY – Anniversary of the unification of Italy VIENNA – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) foreign ministers will meet in Vienna, Austria. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MARCH 19 PODGORICA – Montenegro holds presidential elections EGYPT – 12th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms. ASTANA – Kazakh House of Representatives Election. PODGORICA – Montenegro Referendum Election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 20 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 21 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 GLOBAL – World Water Day. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 23 GLOBAL – World Meteorological Day. BRUSSELS – European Council meeting. (To March 24) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, MARCH 24 GLOBAL – World Tuberculosis Day. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 27

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PHNOM PENH – Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim visits Cambodia. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 28 BEIJING – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping BALI, Indonesia – 1st ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting. (To March 29) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 BALI, Indonesia – Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Finance Deputies Meeting. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 30 BALI, Indonesia – Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, MARCH 31 BALI, Indonesia – ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, APRIL 2 SOFIA – Bulgarian National Assembly Election. HELSINKI – Finnish Parliament Election. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, APRIL 11 AMSTERDAM – French President Emmanuel Macron makes a state visit to the Netherlands, accompanied by first lady Brigitte Macron, where he will meet King Willem-Alexander. (To Apr. 12) – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, APRIL 22

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** LISBON – Portugal to host bilateral summit with Brazil. (To April 25) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, APRIL 24 LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26

** DELPHI, Greece – Greece hosts annual economic conference in Delphi. (To April 29) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, APRIL 28 BUDAPEST – Pope Francis to visit Hungary (To Apr 30) STOCKHOLM – Eurogroup Meeting. BRUSSELS – EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Apr. 29) – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, APRIL 30 ASUNCIÓN – Presidency of Paraguay Election. ASUNCIÓN – Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies Election. ASUNCIÓN – Paraguayan Chamber of Senators Election. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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