News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from May 8

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    MONDAY, MAY 8 
    

    ** OSLO - China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Norway for meetings with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt.

    ** SEOUL - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits South Korea for a summit with President Yoon Suk Yeol.

    ** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with his counterpart from Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov - 1000 GMT.

    ** BERLIN/PARIS/OSLO - Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang to visit Germany, France and Norway (To May 12)

    LONDON - Narayan Prakash Saud, minister of foreign affairs of Nepal, travels to the United Kingdom tomorrow to attend the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty the Queen Consort. (To May 9)

    LONDON - Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah, XVI Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and Her Majesty Seri Paduka Baginda the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Binti Almarhum Al-Mutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al- Haj will undertake a Special Visit to London, United Kingdom (To May 14)

    LONDON - Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Bangladesh will make an official visit to the United Kingdom (UK) (To May 10)

    ISLAMABAD - Taliban’s foreign minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi to travel to Islamabad to meet Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang (To May 9)

    LISBON/ AMSTERDAM - Han Zheng, vice president of the People's Republic of China, to visit Portugal and the Netherlands. (To May 12)

    MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets UN chief Antonio Guterres in Madrid.

    VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and his South Korean counterpart Han Duck-soo give statements to the media after a meeting. - 1645 GMT

    BERLIN - Germany's Economy Minister Robert Habeck and European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager take part in a talk on how the interplay between state and market can succeed. - 1700 GMT

    MOSCOW - Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov will make an official visit to Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.

    GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red and Crescent Day.

    BERLIN - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner gives a keynote address at a conference for German tax advisers - 1315 GMT.

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    TUESDAY, MAY 9 
    

    ** JAKARTA - Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gather for a meeting before the 42nd ASEAN leaders' summit in Indonesia's resort town of Labuan Bajo - 0000 GMT.

    ** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck gives a speech at an economic conference on whether Germany and Europe need a new business model in light of the recent crises - 1600 GMT.

    ** KYIV - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen travels to Kyiv on Europe Day and meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

    TOKYO - Zbigniew Rau Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland will visit Tokyo and Hiroshima (To May 12)

    CACERES, Spain - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will delivers remarks when he receives the Carlos V European Award, at a ceremony at the Royal Monastery of Yuste. - 0900 GMT

    BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck holds a news conference with his Norwegian counterpart, Jan Christian Vestre, after visiting Siemens Energy Sphere and taking part in a roundtable discussion on hydrogen. - 0745 GMT

    BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses the European Parliament.

    LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom - 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. (To May 13)

    LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia - 42nd ASEAN Summit. (to May 11)

    LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia - ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting. (To May 11)

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    WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 
    

    ** BEIJING - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner gives statement in Beijing - 0545 GMT.

    ** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck gives a political keynote to mark real estate industry day at an event in Berlin - 1330 GMT.

    ** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck give a keynote to mark World Economy Day on the occasion of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (DIHK) world conference - 1500 GMT.

    LONDON - Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema speaks at Zambia investment event in London

    MOSCOW - A meeting of Turkish, Syrian and Russian foreign ministers could be held in Moscow.

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    THURSDAY, MAY 11 
    

    ** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck gives a speech at an event discussing how Germany can acheive climate-neutral economic chage - 1420 GMT.

    ** LABUAN BAJO, INDONESIA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo holds closing press conference on the last day of the 42nd ASEAN leaders summit - 0515 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - European Union Military Committee meeting.

    LONDON - Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema, AfCFTA Secretary General Wamkele Mene and some other business leaders are speaking at the Africa Debate conference in London.

    NIIGATA, Japan - G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting in Niigata. (To May 13)

    INDONESIA - Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in the first summit of the year in Indonesia.

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    FRIDAY, MAY 12 
    

    ** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck gives a keynote speech at a real estate and construction industry summit - 0915 GMT.

    GYMNICH, Germany - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers

    GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day

    KORNIK, Poland - European affairs ministers of Poland, France and Germany and the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Olha Stefanishyna, are due to meet in Kornik, Western Poland.

    STOCKHOLM - EU foreign ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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    SATURDAY, MAY 13 
    

    ** STOCKHOLM - Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom and the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell jointly host the "EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum" in Stockholm within the framework of the Swedish EU presidency.

    BERLIN - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to make an official visit to Berlin and Aachen (To May 14)

    NIIGATA, Japan - G7 finance ministers' meeting host country Japan holds conclusion news conference.

    STOCKHOLM - Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom and the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell jointly host the "EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum" in Stockholm within the framework of the Swedish EU presidency.

    MAURITANIA - Mauritanian National Assembly Election

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    SUNDAY, MAY 14 
    

    GERMANY - The German state of Bremen holds elections.

    THAILAND - Thailand holds a general election.

    TURKEY - Grand National Assembly of Turkey Election.

    TURKEY - Presidency of Turkey Election.

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    MONDAY, MAY 15 
    

    COPENHAGEN - Czech President Petr Pavel hosts press conference at Global Democracy Summit in Copenhagen - 1300 GMT.

    GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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    TUESDAY, MAY 16 
    

    ** BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan, President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan will pay a state visit to China (To May 20)

    MOSCOW - Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik will visit the Russian Federation (To May 17)

    JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will host Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two countries.

    LISBON – 11th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 
    

    GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

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    THURSDAY, MAY 18 
    

    GLOBAL - International Museum Day

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    FRIDAY, MAY 19 
    

    HIROSHIMA - Japan to host summit of G7 leaders. (to May 21)

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    SUNDAY, MAY 21 
    

    GENEVA - WHO, World Health Assembly, Seventy-sixth session (to May 30)

    DILI - Timorese National Parliament Election

    GREECE - Greece holds parliamentary election

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    MONDAY, MAY 22 
    

    PORT MORESBY - United States President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation in Port Moresby.

    GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity

    BRUSSELS - EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels.

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    TUESDAY, MAY 23 
    

    BRUSSELS - 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.

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    WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 
    

    SYDNEY - U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Sydney next month for the first meeting of Quad leaders on Australian soil. Biden will join Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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    THURSDAY, MAY 25 
    

    DETROIT, United States – APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting (To May 26)

    BRUSSELS - Meeting of EU trade ministers

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    TUESDAY, MAY 30 
    

    MIAMI, FL - Miami Beach International Fashion Week (To June 4)

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting

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    WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 
    

    ** OSLO - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivers speech. He will then hold press conference with Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt - 1600 GMT.

    ** OSLO - Norway to host meeting of NATO foreign ministers (To Jun. 1)

    LATVIA - Latvian parliament elects the president

    GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day

    OSLO - Norway to host meeting of NATO foreign ministers. (To June 1)

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    FRIDAY, JUNE 2 
    

    ** SINGAPORE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is to deliver keynote address at the opening of the Shangri-La Dialogue Asia security summit in Singapore.

    SINGAPORE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is to deliver keynote address at the opening of the Shangri-La Dialogue Asia security summit in Singapore.

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    THURSDAY, JUNE 8 
    

    NAIROBI - Kenya's Finance Minister Njuguna Ndung'u presents the 2023/24 (July-June) budget to parliament - 1100 GMT

    LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To June 9)

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    SUNDAY, JUNE 11 
    

    MONTENEGRO - Montenegrin Assembly Election

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    THURSDAY, JUNE 15 
    

    LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting

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    FRIDAY, JUNE 16 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, JUNE 20 
    

    BRUSSELS - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on state visit to Belgium. (To June 22)

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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council meeting (To June 22)

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    FRIDAY, JUNE 23 
    

    ANAHEIM, United States - Asia-Pacific (APAC) 2023 Annual Meetings (To July 1)

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    SATURDAY, JUNE 24 
    

    SIERRA LEONE - Presidency of Sierra Leone Election.

    SIERRA LEONE - Sierra Leonean Parliament Election.

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    SUNDAY, JUNE 25 
    

    GUATEMALA - Guatemalan Congress of the Republic Election.

    GUATEMALA - Presidency of Guatemala Election.

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    MONDAY, JUNE 26 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, JUNE 27 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    MONDAY, JUNE 29 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (To June 30)

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    WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 
    

    VIENNA - 8th OPEC International Seminar (To July 6)

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    TUESDAY, JULY 11 
    

    ** LABUAN BAJO, INDONESIA - Foreign Ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet their counterparts in the annual ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Indonesia (To July 15).

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    FRIDAY, JULY 14 
    

    PARIS - On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the India-France Strategic Partnership, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend BasToe Day Parade as Guest of Honour in Paris.

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    MONDAY, JULY 17 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) summit (to July 18)

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