News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb 11

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 
    
    • BEIRUT - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to meet top Lebanese officials on his visit to Beirut.
    • BRUSSELS - EU's Michel Barnier and UK's Stephen Barclay meet in Brussels.
    • LUXEMBOURG - European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier meets Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel to discuss Brexit and the future relationship between EU and Britain - 1300 GMT.
    • BUDAPEST - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Budapest - 1450 GMT.
    • BERLIN - Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meets Montenegro's Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanović in Berlin - 1530 GMT.
    • ANKARA - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu will visit Ankara upon the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar.
    • LONDON - President of Ireland Michael Higgins is beginning a three-day visit to England, during which he is expected to call for ties between Ireland and the UK to remain strong after Brexit (to Feb. 13) SAPPORO, Japan – 2019 Sapporo Snow Festival (Final Day).

    BERLIN – 69th Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 17). NEW YORK, United States – Women's New York Fashion Week 2019 (to Feb. 13). MANILA - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono is set to undertake an official visit to the Philippines (Final Day) BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - 2019 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (to Feb. 16).

    NEW DELHI - Oil minister of Iran, UAE, Russia, Indonesia, Mexico, Canada and Oman among others, will attend biennial conference Petrotech (to Feb 12). ADDIS ABABA - The African Union summit of heads of state (to Feb. 11).

    BUDAPEST/BRATISLAVA/WARSAW/BRUSSELS/REYKJAVIK - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Belgium and Iceland to discuss bilateral ties and international issues (to Feb. 15) NEW DELHI - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit India and holds 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 will meet in Brussels.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 
    

    • PYONGYANG - Vietnam Foreign Minster Pham Binh Minh to visit North Korea (to Feb. 14) BERLIN - Germany Economy Minister Peter Altmaier holds a conference on liquified natural gases in his ministry that US Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette as well as representatives from U.S. and German companies, and energy lobbies will attend - 0900 GMT. ACCRA - Accra hosts German African Business Summit (to Feb. 14).

    BRATISLAVA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Slovakia.

    BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to hold a news conference ahead of a meeting of defence ministers - 1000 GMT.

    STRASBOURG, France - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg as part of a series of debates with national leaders on the future of the European Union – 1600 GMT. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council to conduct a meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 
    
    • BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel at the Chancellery in Berlin - 1230 GMT.

    WASHINGTON D.C.- U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Ivan Duque Marques confer at the White House on the situation in Venezuela and other matters. BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers meet at the alliance HQ in Brussels (to Feb. 14).

    BERLIN - Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is due to speak at a book presentation by former Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere in Berlin - 1330 GMT. LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May to update House of Commons on Brexit. MADRID - Spanish 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.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 
    

    SOCHI, Russia - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will meet in Russia's coastal city of Sochi.

    LONDON - MPs due will have another chance to vote on British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans. GLOBAL - Valentine's Day.

    BEIRUT - 14th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

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    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 
    
    • REYKJAVIK - U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo visits Iceland where he will meet Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir and Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thordarson.
    • BRUSSELS - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini - 0700 GMT.

    LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2019 (to Feb. 19).

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 
    

    VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2019 (to March 5). ABUJA - Nigerian Presidential Election.

    ABUJA - Nigerian House of Representatives election.

    ABUJA - Nigerian Senate election.

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    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 
    

    PARIS - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili will visit to France (to Feb. 19) PRISTINA - 11th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.

    NEW YORK - 2019 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 
    

    BERLIN - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili will visit Germany (to Feb. 21) BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 20) BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    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.

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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 
    

    BUCHAREST - Informal meeting of trade ministers (to Feb. 22).

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    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.

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    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 
    

    HANOI - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a second summit in Vietnam (to Feb. 28)

    TEHRAN - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Iran.

    CARACAS – 30th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots.

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    THURSDAY, February 28 
    

    VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2019.

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 1 
    

    ATLANTA, United States - 1st APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Meeting (to Mar. 4). CAIRO - Arab foreign ministers to hold regular meeting at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo to discuss regional affairs.

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 5 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU environment ministers meet to discuss foreign affairs matters.

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    THURSDAY MARCH 7 
    

    SANTIAGO, Chile - APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting (to Mar. 8).

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    MONDAY, MARCH 11 
    

    BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers to meet in Brussels.

    BAGHDAD - Iran President Hassan Rouhani to visit Iraq.

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    MONDAY, MARCH 18 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers meet to be held to discuss foreign affairs matters.

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    SUNDAY MARCH 31 
    

    BAGHDAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Iraq.

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