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** ANKARA - New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters is set to visit Turkey (to April 28).
** MOSCOW - The Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan, Vladimir Putin, and Ilham Aliyev, who will arrive in Russia on a working visit, will hold talks in Moscow.
** ABU DHABI - Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq will hold a state visit to the UAE.
** BANGKOK - Foreign Minister of Mongolia Battsetseg Batmunkh will pay an official visit to Thailand (to April 24).
** DHAKA - Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is arriving in Bangladesh.
** BUDAPEST - EU affairs minister Janos Boka to speak at a conference marking the 20-year anniversary of Hungary's accession into the European Union – 1100 GMT. SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (Final day). JAKARTA/PHNOM PENH/PORT MORESBY - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Indonesia, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) (to April 23).
OTTAWA - The President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, will visit Canada (to April 23). SEOUL - Romanian President Klaus Iohannis visits the Republic of Korea (to April 24). BAGHDAD - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Iraq HANOI - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets his Laotian counterpart in Hanoi. - 1030 GMT HANOVER, Germany - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store tour the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair in Hanover - 0900 GMT ISTANBUL - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Turkey. During his visit he will meet with President Tayyip Erdogan and visit a quake-hit town and as well as landmarks in Istanbul and Ankara. (To Apr. 24)
ISLAMABAD - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is set to visit Pakistan and hold meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President Asif Ali Zardari and the military leadership. (To Apr. 24) BRDO, Slovenia - President of Slovenia Natasa Pirc Musar, Austria Alexander Van der Bellen, Hungary Tamás Sulyok, Croatia Zoran Milanović and Italy Sergio Mattarella will meet in Brdo Slovenia. NEW YORK - UN Security Council to meet on Haiti - 1900 GMT GLOBAL - Earth Day. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council. NEW YORK, United states - Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up, including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (To April 25)
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** KATHMANDU - Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani visits Nepal (to April 24).
** BEIJING - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia Dato' Seri Utama Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hasan will pay an official visit to China(to April 25).
** WARSAW - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg meets with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Poland.
** WARSAW - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives in Warsaw, meets Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
** AMMAN - Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives at Amman's airport for Jordan visit.
PARIS - OECD to release study on French economy BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of health ministers. (To April 24) STOCKHOLM - Finnish President Alexander Stubb visits Sweden on his first state trip since taking office on March 1 (To Apr. 25) GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day.
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** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speak to reporters at Berlin’s chancellery – 1030 GMT.
** KATHMANDU - Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meets with Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal for bilateral talks and improvement of ties between the two nations.
BEIJING - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China. BANGKOK - Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina to pay official visit to Thailand (to April 29) COLOMBO - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to visit Sri Lanka. BAKU - President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will pay a state visit to Azerbaijan (to April 25) STOCKHOLM - Finland's President Alexander Stubb on state visit to Sweden (to April 25) NORTH MACEDONIA - North Macedonian Presidency Election.
GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2024 (to April 30).
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** STOCKHOLM - Prime Minister of Latvia Evika Silina will pay her first bilateral visit to Sweden (to April 26).
** ISURAVA, Papua New Guinea - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will commemorate ANZAC Day alongside Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister at a dawn service ceremony on the Kokoda Track.
NEW YORK - UN Security Council meeting on Syria - 1400 GMT GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.
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** PARIS - French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu hosts his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, for bilateral talks and a joint news conference.
** INDIA - Second phase of India's general elections.
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will receive Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and give a news conference after their talks in Berlin - 0915 GMT BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosts NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Berlin for a meeting in preparation for the defence alliance's 75th anniversary. - 1330 GMT BANGKOK - Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to meet her counterpart Srettha Thavisin during her visit to Thailand, followed by joint statement.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 28PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 26th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. VENICE, Italy - Pope Francis visits Venice.
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** BANGKOK - Brunei leader Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah is scheduled to meet Thai Prime Minsiter Srettha Thavisin, followed by joint statements during his visit to Thailand.
** PRAGUE - Czech President Petr Pavel welcomes German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Prague Castle in Prague. Both presidents will speak at conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic in the European Union. TOGO - Togolese National Assembly election. BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council. (To April 30)
LONDON – 13th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 1VATICAN CITY – 13th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 2PARIS - OECD Ministerial Council Meeting 2024. (to May 3) ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 13th year since Al-Qaeda Chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces raid, ending a near decade-long worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 3GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 5PANAMA - Panamanian Presidency Election. PANAMA - Panamanian National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 6CHAD - Chadian Presidency Election.
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** INDIA - Third phase of India general election. BAKU - President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev is slated to pay a visit to Azerbaijan (to May 8). BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) Meeting. GLOBAL - World Asthma Day. MALMÖ ARENA, SWEDEN - 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. (To May 11)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 8NORTH MACEDONIA - North Macedonian Assembly Election. GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red and Crescent Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 9LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia - 42nd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings (to May 11) WASHINGTON - Türkiye's President Tayyip Erdogan will visit the United States.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 12LITHUANIA - Lithuanian Presidency Election. LITHUANIA – Referendum Election. GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day
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** INDIA - Fourth phase of India's general election. ANKARA - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Turkey Brussels - Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 14BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 15GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 16LISBON – 12th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 17AREQUIPA, Peru - APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting. (To May 18) GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 18GLOBAL - International Museum Day
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 19DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Senate Election. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Chamber of Deputies Election. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 20** INDIA - Fifth phase of India's general election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 21SEOUL - South Korea, Britain to host a summit on artificial intelligence in Seoul. (To May 22)
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 22GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 23STRESA, ITALY - G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meet in Stresa, Italy, to debate global economic developments. (To May 25)
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Kenyan President William Ruto for state visit to mark 60th anniversary of U.S.-Kenya diplomatic relations.
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** INDIA - Sixth phase of India's general election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 27BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 28BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 29VANUATU - Referendum Election. MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly Election. SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 30BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade).
PRAGUE - NATO Foreign Affairs ministers hold an informal meeting in Prague (To May 31)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 31GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.
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** INDIA - Seventh and last phase of India's general election. ICELAND - Icelandic Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 2MEXICO - Mexican Senate Election. MEXICO – Mexican Chamber of Deputies Election. MEXICO - Mexican Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 6EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 9BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives Election. BULGARIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election.
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** CAIRO - Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic travels to Egypt.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 13BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy - Italy hosts G7 summit of world leaders. (To June 15)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 18LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 20LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 21LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 22Mauritania - Mauritanian Presidency election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 24LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 25LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 27Brussels - European Council meeting (to June 28).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 28Mongolia - Mongolian State Great Hural election.
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