DIARY - Political and General News Events From Feb 24

Reuters will issue this diary daily at around 1130 GMT

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 ** BEIRUT - Palestine President Mahmud Abbas is on a three-day visit to Lebanon (Second Day). ** LISBON - European Commission Vice president Valdis Dombrovskis will meet Portuguese Finance Minister Mario Centeno - 1430 GMT. ** BUDAPEST - Hungarian Economy Minister Mihaly Varga speaks about economy at American Chamber of Commerce - 1330 GMT. ** LONDON - Zambia Finance Minister Felix Mutate is scheduled to give an interview in London - 1230 GMT. ** JOHANNESBURG - South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to speak at PWC post-budget event - 0530 GMT.

DHAKA - Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is on a visit to Bangladesh (Final Day).

WASHINGTON - Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is on a visit to United States (to Feb. 27).

ANKARA - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is on a visit to Turkey (Final Day).

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

CANBERRA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Australia (Final Day).

MADRID - Argentinean President Mauricio Macri is on a three-day visit to Spain (Final Day).

WASHINGTON - Peru President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski will meet U.S. President Donald Trump.

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet European Parliament President Antonio Tajani - 1000 GMT.

NHA TRANG, Vietnam - APEC Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (Final Day).

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2017.

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

BALI, Indonesia - World Ocean Summit 2017 (Final Day).

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 ** LONDON - Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will pay an official five-day visit to U.K. (to Mar. 1).

CANBERRA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit Australia (to Feb. 26).

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.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 ** KHARTOUM - African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina will visit Sudan (to Mar. 1). ** DODOMA - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will visit Tanzania. ** TUNIA - Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, Mobashar Jawed Akbar will pay an official visit to Tunisia (to Feb. 28).

BEIJING - Finland Foreign Minister Timo Soini will pay an official visit to China (to Mar. 1).

KUALA LUMPUR - Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will visit Malaysia (to Mar. 01).

SYDNEY , Australia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo will pay official visit to Sydney (to Feb. 27).

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27

ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

DUSHANBE - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Tajikistan (to Feb. 28).

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

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 ** LONDON - Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond and his Treasury ministers speak in the House of Commons - 1130 GMT. ** TALLINN - Estonian prime minister Juri Ratas is scheduled to give an interview - 0730 GMT. ** JAKARTA - French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will meet Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.

BISHKEK - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Kyrgyzstan.

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

NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2017

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1

BALI, Indonesia - Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulazis Al Saud will visit Bali (to Mar. 9).

SYDNEY, Australia - French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will visit Australia (to Mar. 2).

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

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THURSDAY, MARCH 2

UNITED KINGDOM - National Assembly Election.

LJUBLJANA - European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker will visit Slovenia.

IRELAND - National Assembly Election.

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

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FRIDAY, MARCH 3 ** ATHENS - French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve will meet Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

VALLETTA - Meeting of EU heads of state or government.

GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 4

NIUE - Niue Assembly Election.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 5

BANGKOK - Japanese Emperor Akihito will visit Thailand.

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

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MONDAY, MARCH 6

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 7

BRUSSELS - Meeting of General Affairs Council.

MICRONESIA - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8

BRUSSELS - Tripartite Social Summit - 1300 GMT.

GLOBAL - International Women's Day.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 9

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

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

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FRIDAY, MARCH 10

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

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SATURDAY, MARCH 11

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

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SUNDAY, MARCH 12 ** TOKYO - Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will visit Japan (to Mar. 15).

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TUESDAY, MARCH 14

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

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15

WASHINGTON - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will meet U.S. President Donald Trump (to Mar. 16).

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.

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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).

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FRIDAY, MARCH 17

NEW YORK - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will visit New York (to Mar. 18).

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

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SUNDAY, MARCH 19

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

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MONDAY, MARCH 20

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting to be held in Brussels.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 21

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22

GLOBAL - World Water Day.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 23

GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 24

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

GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

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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.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 26

BULGERIA - National Assembly Election.

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MONDAY, MARCH 27

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

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SATURDAY, APRIL 1 ** IRAN - Independence Day.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 4

TOKYO - King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia will visit Japan (to Apr. 7).

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