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BELFAST - Irish President Catherine Connolly begins a three-day official visit to Northern Ireland (To Feb 6).
CANBERRA - Concluding day of German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul’s visit to Australia
ROME - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis meets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome - 1430 GMT
WASHINGTON DC - Colombian President Gustavo Petro holds news conference after meeting U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House. - 0130 GMT
RIYADH/DOHA/ABU DHABI - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz departs for a three-day diplomatic tour of Gulf states, visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. (To Feb. 6) WASHINGTON DC - Pasi Rajala, State Secretary to Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen and Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen, will visit Washington D.C. in the United States (Final day) ASTANA - Permanent Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Hoa Binh, begins his working visit to Kazakhstan (Final day) BEIJING - President of Uruguay Yamandú Orsi arrived in the People’s Republic of China to begin a seven-day official visit with an agenda focused on strengthening political, commercial, academic, and cultural ties between Montevideo and Beijing. (To Feb. 7) RIYADH/CAIRO - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Saudi Arabia and Egypt to discuss regional developments. (Final day) HELSINKI, Finland - Finnish foreign ministry State Secretary Pasi Rajala visits Washington, where he will represent Finland at U.S.-convened ministerial meetings on critical minerals supply chains, hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and hold talks with U.S. administration officials (Final day) ABU DHABI/LUSAKA/JOHANNESBURG - Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto will visit the United Arab Emirates, Zambia and South Africa. (To Feb. 10) WASHINGTON DC - India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will begin a three-day visit to the United States to participate in the Critical Minerals Ministerial convened by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (Final day) TOKYO - Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel is embarking on his first bilateral state visit to Japan on Sunday. The four-day visit marks the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Japan.(Final day) BEIJING - President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Yamandu Orsi will pay a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping (To Feb. 7) OSLO - Governor General of Canada Mary Simon, will travel to the Kingdom of Norway (Final day) VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2026 (to Feb. 17). TROMSØ, Norway - Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Arctic Norway. Greenland’s foreign minister Vivian Motzfeldt to speak at conference about Arctic affairs. Also attending: Norwegian foreign minister Espen Barth Eide (Final day) OSLO - Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt to speak at conference about Arctic affairs. (To Feb. 5) ISLAMABAD - President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay a state visit to Pakistan. (Final day) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai hosts the World Government Summit (to Feb 5) WASHINGTON DC - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore, Vivian Balakrishnan, will attend the Critical Minerals Ministerial (CMM) in Washington D.C., at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. CAIRO, Egypt - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Cairo on an official trip likely to focus on issues including Gaza, Iran and Syria. BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas meets Moldova’s Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi in Brussels. WASHINGTON DC - Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan makes a visit to Washington DC for the Critical Minerals Ministerial. LUSAKA - Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama to embark on a three-day state visit to the Republic of Zambia. (To Feb. 6) LEUVEN - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets the International Monetary Fund’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. COPENHAGEN/NUUK - Governor General of Canada Mary Simon will travel to the Kingdom of Denmark including Greenland (To Feb. 7) GLOBAL - World Cancer Day. SAPPORO, Japan – 2026 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5
ROME - Chile’s President-elect Jose Antonio Kast meets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni - 1430 GMT
JAKARTA - First day of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s state visit to Indonesia, where he is set to meet President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta for bilateral talks. (To Feb. 6) MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Brazil, where he will take part in a meeting of the Russian-Brazilian High-Level Commission on cooperation. NEW DELHI - Seychelles’ President Patrick Herminie to undertake a state visit to India. (To Feb. 10) PARIS - The OECD will present its latest Economic Survey of Bulgaria. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis in Moscow. NUUK - French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot opens a consulate in Greenland. GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7
KUALA LUMPUR - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay an official visit to Malaysia (To Feb 8) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8 JAPAN - Japanese House of Representatives Election. SYDNEY - Israel’s president Isaac Herzog will make a five-day visit to Australia for talks with federal leaders and will meet with survivors of the Bondi terror attack (to Feb 12). PORTUGAL - Portuguese Presidency Election. THAILAND - Thai Referendum Election. THAILAND - Voting begins in Thailand’s national election. TOKYO - President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, will visit Japan. (To Feb. 10) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 BOHOL, Philippines - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (AFCDM) - WG Meeting. (To Feb. 13) RIYADH - Prince William of Wales will make his first official visit to Saudi Arabia (to Feb. 11). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2026 - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 BARBADOS - Barbadian House of Assembly Election. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 BANGLADESH - Bangladesh Referendum Election. CAPE TOWN - South African President Cyrl Ramaphosa delivers an annual state of the nation address to parliament. - 1700 GMT BERLIN – 76th Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 22). BEIRUT - 18th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2026 BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers will meet in the Brussels headquarters. The meeting will be chaired by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi National Parliament Election - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 GLOBAL - World Radio Day RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2026 (to Feb. 21) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 GLOBAL - St. Valentine’s Day BEIRUT – 21st anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 PRISTINA – 18th anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2026 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19
NEW DELHI - Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s visits to India to significantly strengthen bilateral ties amid a rapidly changing global order (To Feb 21) LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2026 (to Feb. 23). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 LONDON – EE British Academy Film Awards 2026 LAOS - Laotian National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 CARACAS – 37th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2026 - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 2 NICOSIA – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (To March 3) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 5 NEPAL - Nepalese House of Representatives Election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 8 COLOMBIA - Colombian House of Representatives Election. COLOMBIA - Colombian Senate Election. SWITZERLAND - Switzerland Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 10 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 14 CANBERRA - Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese will welcome the King and Queen of Denmark to Australia (to March 19). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 16 BRUSSELS – EU general affairs council (To March 17) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 19 BRUSSELS – EU European council (To March 20) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 22 ITALY - Italy Referendum Election. SLOVENIA - Slovenian National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 26
YAOUNDE - WTO ministerial meeting in Cameroon. (To March 29) BRUSSELS – EU foreign affairs council (trade) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 27 NICOSIA - EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (To March 28) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 29 BRUSSELS – EU foreign affairs council (trade) - - - - - – - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Technical Issues Please Contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at here

DIARY-Political and General News Events from February 4