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- KHARTOUM - Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki leaves for a two-day visit to Sudan. (To May 5)
- MEXICO CITY - President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei meets with Mexico's president Lopez Obrador at the National Palace to talk about migration and development on their border.
- LONDON - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds various meetings at the first gathering of G7 foreign ministers in two years. (To May 5)
- WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on COVID-19 response and state of vaccinations.
- LJUBLJANA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Slovenia and holds talks with his counterpart there as well as with Slovenia's president and prime minister.
- JOHANNESBURG - South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni speaks to lawmakers on parliament's oversight role to ensure accountability in public expenditure. - 0800 GMT
- WARSAW - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski hold a press conference after a meeting. - 0900 GMT
- VIENNA - Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger meets Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Vienna. Joint news conference scheduled - 1000 GMT
LONDON - Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will begin a four-day visit to the United Kingdom to participate in the G7 foreign ministers meeting and to hold bilateral meetings with his British interlocutors. (To May 6)
LONDON - G7 foreign ministers convene in London for the first face-to-face meeting in two years (to May 5).
NAIROBI - Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan will make a two-day state visit to Kenya. (To May 5) WARSAW - President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid on an official visit to Poland (to May 5). MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold negotiations with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki in Moscow.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 5
- LONDON - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a trilateral meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong
- OTTAWA - Canada's Foreign Minister Marc Garneau holds a news conference after a G7 meeting. - 0500 GMT
- LONDON - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab meets Australian counterpart Marise Payne on the sidelines of a gathering of G7 foreign ministers and guests. - 0600 GMT
- MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki in Moscow. A news conference is planned after the talks. - 0700 GMT
- BRUSSELS - Jordan's King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein attends a meeting at NATO - 1015 GMT
- ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks at Financial Times digital conference entitled The Global Boardroom - 1030 GMT
- OSLO - Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg to hold news conference regarding the government's COVID-19 regulations, including a status report on vaccine certificates - 1100 GMT KYIV – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. (To May 6) PORTUGAL - Portugal's Economy Minister speaks at a parliamentary committee - 0930 GMT
BRUSSELS - IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath and Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff will debate in a live podcast the uneven recovery from the pandemic. - 1600 GMT YEREVAN - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Armenia (to May 6).
BRUSSELS - EU vice president for values and transparency Vera Jourova speaks at an event on "Defending Liberal Democracy in Digital Transition" - 0800 GMT.
GENEVA - WTO's top decision-making body meets virtually (to May 6).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 6
- LONDON - UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab holds bilateral meeting with his South Korean counterpart Chung Eui-yong after the G7 summit. BEIRUT - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian travels to Beirut and meets President Michel Aoun and Shi'ite Hezbollah ally and Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri.
BRUSSELS - President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech at the European University Institute, via videoconference. - 0500 GMT
MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calviño appears at Economy Affairs Commission in parliament - 1000 GMT
BRUSSELS - EU Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager speaks at Financial Times event - 1100 GMT BRUSSELS - The European Policy Centre holds an on-line conversation with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu - 1130 GMT.
BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for energy Kadri Simson speaks at an event on "Energy Cooperation and Climate Change: A Transatlantic Roadmap" - 0945 GMT. BRUSSELS - European Union ministers of foreign affairs meet to discuss current affairs and exchange views on the Strategic Compass, a strategy for Europe's security and defence. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. SCOTLAND (PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM)- Scottish Parliament election.
WALES - National Assembly for Wales Election.
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- NEW YORK CITY - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will participate alongside his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a United Nations Security Council summit to discuss global cooperation and multilateral institutions. PORTO, Portugal - As part of its six-month rotating presidency of the European Council, Portugal hosts a 'Social Summit' in Porto.
BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice President for promoting the European Way of Life Margaritis Schinas speaks at an event on "Creating an Inclusive Transatlantic Agenda for a Post-COVID-19 World." - 0730 GMT. WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet virtually with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, to discuss migration.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 08PORTUGAL – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Portugal for the India-EU summit. PORTO, Portugal – EU-India summit.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 10BAKU - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Azerbaijan (to May 11). ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, EU's Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni and EU's Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides speaks at six-day economic forum in Athens (to May 15). BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 11BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 12BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis gives a press conference on the bloc's new anti money-laundering legislative package. DUBLIN - EU Financial Services Commissioner McGuiness speaks at green economy conference - 0900 GMT
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 17BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet - 1300 GMT WELLINGTON - Trade ministers of Asia-Pacific countries meet ahead of the APEC Summit in New Zealand (to May 30) BRUSSELS - EU Informal General Affairs Council meeting. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 18LUCERNE, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds annual meeting (to May. 21). BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
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- DUSHANBE - President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Jomart Tokayev will make an official visit to Tajikistan at the invitation President Emomali Rahmon. (To May 20)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 20VIENNA - IMF's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, ECB's Christine Lagarde address conference on Gender, Money and Finance. (To May 21) BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 21WASHINGTON – South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit the White House for talks with U.S. President Joe Biden.
ROME - Italy hosts G20 summit on global health crisis. PORTUGAL – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers, (To May 22).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 22PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Palestinians hold legislative elections
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 23CYPRUS - Cypriot House of Representatives election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 24GENEVA - The World Health Organization is due to hold its annual World Health Assembly of health ministers from its 194 member states where debate is expected to focus on reforms after the COVID-19 pandemic (to Jun. 1).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 25BRUSSELS – EU special meeting of the European Council. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 26CAYMAN ISLANDS - Cayman Legislative Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 27BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 28BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of defense ministers.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 1VIENNA, Austria – 17th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting via videoconference. VALPARAISO, Chile - Chile's President Sebastian Pinera delivers the annual state of the nation address.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 5GAMBIA, THE – Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 6MEXICO - Mexican Chamber of Deputies election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 7BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To June 8)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9MONGOLIA – President Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 10DUSHANBE - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Tajikistan. (To June 12)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 11CORNWALL, England - U.S. President Joe Biden will visit UK to attend the G7 summit in Cornwall, England (To June 13)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 14BRUSSELS - NATO leaders meet in Brussels to discuss substantive and forward-looking NATO 2030 agend Russia’s actions, the threat of terrorism, cyber attacks, emerging and disruptive technologies, the security impact of climate change, and the rise of China. BRUSSELS - U.S. President Joe Biden will visit to Brussels to take part in NATO summit in BRUSSELS, Belgium.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 17LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 18LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. IRAN, Islamic Republic of Iran – President Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 20BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 21LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 22LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. SINGAPORE – APEC Senior Finance Officials Virtual Meeting (To June 23).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 24VIENNA, Austria – 181st Meeting of the OPEC Conference. BRUSSELS – European Council meeting (To June 25)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 25Aruba – Aruban Legislature election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 28MATERA, ITALY - G20 foreign ministers meet in the southern Italian city of Matera for a 3-day summit (to Jun. 30).
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