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** NEW DELHI - World Bank Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva will meet Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel.
Updated : Feb 27, 2017, 06:49 PM IST
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 ** GENEVA, Switzerland - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov will meet UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. ** NEW DELHI - World Bank Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva will meet Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel. ** WASHINGTON - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo is on a three-day visit to Washington (to Mar. 1). ** ACCRA - FIFA President Gianni Infantino will meet Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Flagstaff House. ** KHARTOUM - African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina is on a visit to Sudan (to Mar. 1). ** WASHINGTON - Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi will visit the United States (to Feb. 28). ** ABUJA - OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo gives a news conference on the oil industry outlook - 1100 GMT. ** VIENNA - Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel hold a news conference - 1230 GMT. ** ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano will meet German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel - 1600 GMT. ** ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano will meet the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini - 1830 GMT. ** AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Timor-Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo will meet New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English.
TUNIA - Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, Mobashar Jawed Akbar is on a official visit to Tunisia (to Feb. 28).
BEIJING - Finland Foreign Minister Timo Soini is on a official visit to China (to Mar. 1).
KUALA LUMPUR - Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is on a visit to Malaysia (to Mar. 01).
SYDNEY , Australia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo is on a official visit to Sydney (to Feb. 27).
LONDON - Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is on a official five-day visit to U.K. (to Mar. 1).
WASHINGTON - Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is on a visit to United States (Final Day).
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).
VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2017 (to Feb. 28).
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 ** KUWAIT CITY - Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa will visit Kuwait (to Mar. 1). ** WASHINGTON - Indian Foreign secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will pay an official four-day visit to United States (to Mar. 3). ** BAMAKO - Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, Mobashar Jawed Akbar will pay an official visit to Mali (to Mar. 4). ** BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis is scheduled to speak in European Parliament's econ committee - 0800 GMT.
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 ** ATHENS - Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat - 1530 GMT. ** VILSHOFEN - Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern and German Social Democratic leader Martin Schulz will participate the "Political Ash Wednesday" - 0630 GMT.
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 Sydney (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 ** CAIRO - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. ** BERN, Switzerland - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Switzerland. ** VIENNA - Austrian Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner speaks with journalists about progress on reforms which can make or break the fragile centrist government - 0900 GMT.
LJUBLJANA - European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker will visit Slovenia.
IRELAND - National Assembly Election.
VALLETTA - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (to Mar. 3).
UNITED KINGDOM - National Assembly Election.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 3 ** TUNIS - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Tunis. ** MELBOURNE, Australia - French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will meet Australian Foreign Minister Julia Bishop.
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 ** KINSHASA - Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, Mobashar Jawed Akbar will pay an official visit to Congo (to Mar. 6).
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 ** MOSCOW - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Moscow (to Mar. 10).
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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SUNDAY, APRIL 2 ** ECUADOR - Presidential Election. ** ARMENIA - National Assembly Election.
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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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THURSDAY, APRIL 6 ** GAMBIA - National Assembly Election.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 9 ** SERBIA - Presidential Election.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 16 ** TURKEY - Referendum Election.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 23 ** FRANCE - Presidential Election.
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