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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, MARCH 24** BERLIN - German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser hosts a meeting with her counterparts from France, Italy, Sweden, Spain and Belgium to discuss the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) - 0800 GMT
** STOCKHOLM – Sweden Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson to present budget news - 1000 GMT COPENHAGEN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck visits Denmark to meet Danish ministers. (final day). RIYADH - The prime minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, will undertake an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (final day)
CANBERRA - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will welcome the Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa, Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa, to Australia. (To Mar. 25)
BEIJING - New Zealand's foreign minister, Nanaia Mahuta, will travel to China on Tuesday to meet her counterpart Qin Gang on the first such visit by a New Zealand minister since 2019. (to March 25) BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang, Simeon Oyono Esono Angue, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Equatorial Guinea, will pay an official visit to China. (To Mar. 26)
MANILA - Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong will visit Philippines. (final day)
NEW YORK - U.N. Water Conference takes place in New York (final day) OTTAWA - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and address Canada's parliament. (final day)
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting. (final day) BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn will pay an official visit to China. (To Mar. 29)
TBILISI - German Foreign Minister Baerbock to visit Georgia and meet with counterpart in Tbilisi. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg meets Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store at NATO headquarters, holds news conference - 1415 GMT. BRUSSELS - Euro Summit.
GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 25ACCRA/ DODOMA/ LUSAKA - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris starts week-long travel to Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia (to March 30).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 26BEIJING - Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. (To March 31) HAVANA - Cuban National Assembly of People's Power Election. ASHGABAT - Turkmenistan National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 27BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jan Lipavský, at NATO Headquarters.
BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Kenya's President William Samoei Ruto - 0930 GMT PHNOM PENH - Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim visits Cambodia.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 28BEIJING - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.
BALI, Indonesia - 1st ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Deputies' Meeting. (To March 29)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29NEW YORK/GUATEMALA CITY/BELMOPAN - Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen will travel from March 29 to April 7, making a detour in New York before continuing on to Guatemala and Belize and Los Angeles on the way back. (To Apr. 7)
JERUSALEM - Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov will visit Israel.
BALI, Indonesia - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Finance Deputies Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 30** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with Nicaraguan counterpart Denis Moncada in Moscow.
** BEIJING - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. GUATEMALA CITY - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen meets with his Guatemalan counterpart Alejandro Giammattei in Guatemala City. BALI, Indonesia - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Finance and Central Bank Deputies' Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 31BALI, Indonesia - ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 1
IRAN - Independence Day.
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** GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day.
** BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 41st anniversary of start of Falklands war. MONTENEGRO - Presidency of Montenegro Election.
ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra - Andorran General Council Election.
SOFIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election.
HELSINKI - Finnish Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 4
** GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
BRUSSELS - NATO Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels (To April 5)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 7
** GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 8
** WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 12th anniversary of signing a bilateral treaty between Russia and the United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty).
** GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 10
** SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 13th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 11** FRANCE – 12th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab.
** ABIDJAN – 12th anniversary of the arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with the help of French forces, thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war. AMSTERDAM - French President Emmanuel Macron makes a state visit to the Netherlands, accompanied by first lady Brigitte Macron, where he will meet King Willem-Alexander. (To April 12)
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** GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight.
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** BELFAST/NEW YORK – 110th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
SAPPORO, Japan - G7 Ministers' Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in Sapporo (to April 16).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 16KARUIZAWA, Japan - G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano (to April 18).
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** BOSTON - 2023 Boston Marathon.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 20
** UNITED STATES - 13th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 21
** PARIS – 62nd anniversary of the first manned mission to space.
** SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to May 1).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 22** GLOBAL - Earth Day.
LISBON - Portugal to host bilateral summit with Brazil. (To April 25)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 23
** GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day.
** LONDON - 2023 London Marathon.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 24** GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2023 (to April 30). LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 25
** GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26WASHINGTON DC - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to meet U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington.
DELPHI, Greece - Greece hosts annual economic conference in Delphi. (To April 29)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 28** PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 25th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania.
BUDAPEST - Pope Francis to visit Hungary (To Apr 30)
STOCKHOLM – Eurogroup Meeting.
BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To April 29)
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** LONDON – 12th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 30ASUNCIÓN - Presidency of Paraguay Election.
ASUNCIÓN - Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies Election.
ASUNCIÓN - Paraguayan Chamber of Senators Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 4Goa, India - The foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, comprising China, Russia, India and other central Asian countries, meet in Goa. (to May 5). BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of health ministers. (May 5)
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 8BERLIN - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner gives a keynote address at a conference for German tax advisers - 1315 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 9LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia - 42nd ASEAN Summit. (To May 11) LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia - ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM). (To May 11)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 11NIIGATA, Japan - G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting in Niigata (to May 13). BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich. (To May 12)
INDONESIA - Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in the first summit of the year in Indonesia
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 12STOCKHOLM - EU foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 14THAILAND - Thailand holds a general election. TURKEY - Grand National Assembly of Turkey Election. TURKEY - Presidency of Turkey Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 15BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 16BRUSSELS - EU Finance ministers meet in Brussels
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 19HIROSHIMA - Japan to host summit of G7 leaders (to May 21).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 22BRUSSELS - EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 23BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) Meeting.
GENEVA - Switzerland holds a ministerial debate on the themes it will raise as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 25DETROIT, United States – APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting. (To May 26)
BRUSSELS - Meeting of EU trade ministers.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 30BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 31OSLO - Norway to host meeting of NATO foreign ministers
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