Twitter
Advertisement

DIARY - Political and General News Events From Feb 17

** BONN, Germany - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will meet European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se.

Latest News
article-main
FacebookTwitterWhatsappLinkedin

Reuters will issue this diary daily at around 1130 GMT

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 ** MUNICH, Germany - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko will meet U.S. Vice President Michael Richard Pence, Poland President Andrzej Duda and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (to Feb. 18). ** BONN, Germany - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. ** BONN, Germany - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will meet European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se. ** ACCRA - Moroccan King Mohamed VI is on a three-day visit to Ghana (Second Day). ** SHANGHAI, China - Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre is on a Four-Day visit to China (Second Day).

BELGRADE - Austrian Chancellore Christian Kern will visit Belgrade (Final Day).

BERLIN - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is on a four-day official visit to Germany (Second Day).

BONN, Germany - G20 Foreign Ministers meet in Bonn (Final Day).

HAVANA - Irish President Michael Higgins is on a official Four-Day visit to Cuba (Third Day).

MUNICH, Germany - Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will meet Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian (Final Day).

MOSCOW/BERLIN/HELSINKI - Uruguay President Tabare Vazquez and a group of businessmen will visit Russia, Germany and Finland (Final Day).

BRUSSELS - Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev is on a working visit to Brussels (Final Day).

CANBERRA - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is on a five-day visit to Australia (Final Day).

SEOUL - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is on a visit to South Korea (to Feb. 18).

MUNICH, Germany - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will undertake a Four-Day official visit to Germany (to Feb. 20).

MUNICH, Germany - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Munich.

MUNICH, Germany - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will meet New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English.

ROME – Pope Francis will visit Roma Tre University – 1000 GMT.

MUNICH, Germany - German chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to participate in Munich Security Conference (MSC) (to Feb. 19).

MUCNICH, Germany - Munich Security Conference (MSC) (to Feb. 19).

STRASBOURG, France - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on a official visit to the European Parliament (Final Day) - 1000 GMT.

BERLIN - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will pay an official visit to Berlin and Humburg (Final Day)

BONN, Germany - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se will visit Germany (to Feb. 19).

NEW YORK – Women's New York Fashion Week 2017 (Final Day).

BERLIN – 67th Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 19).

ERZURUM, Turkey - 2017 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (to Feb. 18).

VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2017 (to Feb. 28).

PRISTINA - 9th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.

LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2017 (to Feb. 21).

- - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, FEBUARY 19 ** BEIJING - Mongolian Foreign Minister Tsend Munkh-Orgil is to pay an official visit to China (to Feb. 21). ** KIGALI - Indian Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari will pay an official visit to Rwanda (to Feb. 21). ** STOCKHOLM - Canadian General Governor David Johnston will visit Sweden (to Feb. 23).

BRUSSELS - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will meet Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel for official dinner – 1700 GMT.

Ecuador - Presidential, Referendum and National Congress Election.

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES - 2017 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony.

- - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, FEBUARY 20 ** BEIJING - Australian Trade Minister Steven Michele Ciobo will visit Beijing.

BRUSSELS - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble and Belgian Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt to speak at the Belgian Business Federation - 1130 GMT.

BRUSSELS - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will meet EU institutions leaders and European Commission President Donald Tusk – 0915 GMT.

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting to be held in Brussels.

- - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBUARY 21 ** KAMPALA - Indian Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari will pay an official visit to Uganda (to Feb. 23). ** CANBERRA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Australia.

BEIJING - French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve will pay an official visit to China (to Feb. 23).

MOSCOW - Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will visit Russia (to Feb. 22).

MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will be the honor of guest at ADB's 50th anniversary celebration – 2300 GMT

BEIJING - Italian President Sergio Mattarella will pay a state visit to China (to Feb. 26).

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 22).

- - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde. ** LJUBLJANA - Slovenian Finance Minister Mateja Vranica Erman talks about tax reform at the Chamber of Commerce - 1400 GMT.

LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2017

- - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23

MEXICO CITY - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and U.S. Homeland Security Head John Kelly will visit Mexico.

DHAKA - Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Bangladesh (to Feb. 24).

PARIS - Spanish, Italian, French Economy Minister and European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis are scheduled to speak in Paris at a capital markets conference.

NHA TRANG, Vietnam - APEC Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (to Feb. 24).

VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2017

- - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2017.

- - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

OKINAWA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Okinawa to take part in an anniversary ceremony (to Feb. 26).

LOS ANGLES - Oscars Ceremony/ 89th Academy Awards.

- - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26

KUALA LUMPUR - Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will visit Malaysia

SYDNEY , Australia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo will pay official visit to Sydney.

- - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27

GENEVA - 34th Session of the Human Rights Council (to Mar. 24).

- - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

HANOI - Japanese Emperor Akihito will visit Vietnam (to Mar. 5).

NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2017

- - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1

JAKARTA - Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will visit Indonesia to strengthen bilateral ties (to Mar. 9).

- - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MARCH 2

IRELAND - National Assembly Election.

VALLETTA - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (to Mar. 3).

- - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 3

VALLETTA - Meeting of EU heads of state or government.

GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.

- - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, MARCH 4

NIUE - Niue Assembly Election.

- - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MARCH 5

BANGKOK - Japanese Emperor Akihito will visit Thailand.

MOSCOW – 64th Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.

- - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 6

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council.

- - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MARCH 7

BRUSSELS - Meeting of General Affairs Council.

MICRONESIA - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election.

- - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8

BRUSSELS - Tripartite Social Summit.

GLOBAL - International Women's Day.

- - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MARCH 9

BRUSSELS - Meeting of European Council (to Mar. 10).

GENEVA – 87th Geneva International Motor Show (to Mar. 19).

- - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 10

TIBET - 58th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.

- - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, MARCH 11

SENDAI, Japan – 5th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.

- - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MARCH 14

GRAZ, Austria - Special Olympics Canada 2017 Winter Games (to Mar. 25).

- - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15

NETHERLANDS - Second Chamber Elections.

GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.

DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 6th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

- - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MARCH 16

HALABJA, Iraq - 28th anniversary of 5000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.

DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 19).

- - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 17

PARIS - Prince William and his wife, Duchess Kate of Cambridge will pay an official two-day visit to France (to Feb. 18).

- - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MARCH 19

EGYPT – 5th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.

- - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 20

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting to be held in Brussels.

- - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MARCH 21

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

- - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22

GLOBAL - World Water Day.

- - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MARCH 23

GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.

- - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 24

SYDNEY, Australia - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is set to visit Australia.

GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

- - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, MARCH 25

ROME - 60th anniversary of the Rome treaties

ROME - Meeting of EU heads of state or government.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico - 45th Session of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC)(to Mar. 31).

DHUBAI - Dubai World Cup.

- - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MARCH 26

BULGERIA - National Assembly Election.

- - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 27

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Council (to Mar. 28).

NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean

that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

** Means - New Events added to the Diary on a given day

For Content related query/feedback please Contact Diaries@thomsonreuters.com

For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) link: https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx

 

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Find your daily dose of news & explainers in your WhatsApp. Stay updated, Stay informed-  Follow DNA on WhatsApp.
Advertisement

Live tv

Advertisement
Advertisement