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—————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————– FRIDAY, MARCH 4 ** WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden meets Finnish president Sauli Niinistö at White House after leaders speak to each other twice in past few months. ** LONDON – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba takes part in a discussion at London’s Chatham House about launching a special criminal tribunal over the crisis in Ukraine. Prominent legal experts and former British prime minister Gordon Brown among the speakers. – 1130 GMT ** BRUSSELS – Foreign ministers from the G7 meet to discuss Ukraine during a marathon round of talks in Brussels including with NATO and EU partners. – 1200 GMT ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (Final Day) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (Final Day) ISLAMABAD – President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Pakistan (Final Day).

BRUSSELS/WARSAW/CHIȘINAU/RIGA/TALLINN – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Belgium, Poland, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia (to Mar. 8).

RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio Carnival 2022. (To Mar. 5). GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (To April 1). BRUSSELS – NATO meeting of foreign affairs ministers to discuss response to the Ukraine crisis, with Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg. Brief media afterwards – 0800 GMT

– – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, MARCH 5 ** BISSAU/PRAIA – Portugal Prime Minister António Costa will travel to the Republic of Guinea Bissau and the Republic of Cape Verde (to Mar. 7). ** CHISINAU – United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Moldova (to March 6). ** MOSCOW – Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov meets his counterpart from Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Kazakbayev. – 0900 GMT WARSAW – U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to meet Polish foreign minister Zbigniew Rau in Rzeszow, south-east Poland. MOSCOW – 69th death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, MARCH 6

MONTPELLIER, France – EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell and French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian welcome EU development ministers for a two-day meeting in Montpellier. Outwatching doorsteps, comments on Ukraine. (To March 7) KINSHASA, Congo (DRC) – Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde pay an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (To Mar. 10). – – – – – – – – –

TUESDAY, MARCH 8

GENEVA – Michelle Bachelet, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, to speak at the U.N. Human Rights Council’s month-long session on a host of situations in hotspot countries, followed by a debate – 0900 GMT GLOBAL – International Women’s Day. – – – – – – – – –

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 ANKARA – Israeli President Isaac Herzog will pay a visit to Turkey upon the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (To Mar. 10) SOUTH KOREA – South Korea holds Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 10

WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Colombian President Ivan Duque to the White House, during which the two leaders will discuss regional and global issues including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. VERSAILLES, France – EU leaders gather for summit in Versailles (To March 11). TIBET – 63rd anniversary of Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, MARCH 11

SENDAI, Japan – 11th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami. – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, MARCH 12 TURKMENISTAN – President election. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, MARCH 13 COLOMBIA – Colombian Senate election. COLOMBIA – Colombian House of Representatives election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 14 BRUSSELS – Euro zone finance ministers meet on fiscal stance for 2023, banking union – 1400 GMT BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 15 GLOBAL – World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.

DAMASCUS – Syria marks the 11th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 HALABJA, Iraq – 34th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.

DUBLIN, Ireland – St. Patrick’s Festival (to Mar. 20). AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands holds municipal elections. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 17

ITALY – Anniversary of the unification of Italy – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, MARCH 19 EGYPT – 11th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms. DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 21 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 22 GLOBAL – World Water Day. BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23

DUBLIN – The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are to visit the Republic of Ireland (to Mar. 25)

GLOBAL – World Meteorological Day. – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, MARCH 24 GLOBAL – World Tuberculosis Day. BRUSSELS – Brussels hosts summit of European Union leaders (To Mar 25) BRUSSELS – European Council meeting (to March 25). – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, MARCH 25 PARIS – Finland Finance Minister Annika Saarikko will represent Finland at the informal meeting of finance ministers (Ecofin) in Paris. – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, APRIL 2 VALLETTA – Pope Francis to visit Malta (to April 3) – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY , APRIL 3 COSTA RICA – President election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, APRIL 4

BRUSSELS – Euro zone finance ministers meet on G20, banking union – 1300 GMT LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, APRIL 5 LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, APRIL 10 PARIS, France – Presidential election (First round) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY APRIL 11 LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, APRIL 12 LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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BRUSSELS – EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager speaks on artificial intelligence at a Politico event – 0700 GMT.

– – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, APRIL 24 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Slovenian National Assembly election. PARIS, France – Presidential election (Second round) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, APRIL 25 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. 28) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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