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** TEL AVIV - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv. – 0430 GMT
** ANKARA - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi to hold press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. – 1030 GMT
** MELBOURNE - Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles to hold a news conference with the Republic of Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul and Minister of National Defense Shin Won-sik. – 0240 GMT
** CAIRO - France's foreign minister Stephane Sejourne will travel to Cairo in an unscheduled stop during a Middle East tour as efforts to secure a truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza reach a critical point. BEIJING - Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina Diana Mondino will visit China (Final Day)
MELBOURNE - Australia and South Korea Foreign and Defence Ministers meeting in Melbourne. – 0000 GMT ANKARA - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi, will pay a visit to Türkiye (To May 3) SLUBICE, Poland - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski give a news conference as part of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of Poland's accession to the EU – 1030 GMT.
VATICAN CITY – 13th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II.
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** ROME - Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and King of Jordan Abdullah II meet at Palazzo Chigi.
** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Elysee Palace. – 1120 GMT
** VATICAN CITY - King of Jordan Abdullah II meets Pope Francis at the Vatican. – 1200 GMT BEIRUT - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides visit Beirut and will meet Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Azmi Mikati and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.
PARIS - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Javier González-Olaechea to visit Paris for OECD meeting.(May 3)
PARIS - 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.
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** BRASILIA - Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva welcomes Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an official visit in Brasilia. SANTIAGO – Chile’s President Gabriel Boric and UN Secretary General António Guterres meet and hold news conference. – 2230 GMT ROME - Swiss President Viola Amherd will travel to Rome this week to meet Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. COPENHAGEN - African and Nordic foreign ministers hold press conference in Copenhagen – 1030 GMT.
GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 4COLOMBO - Japanese Foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa to visit Sri Lanka. (To May 05)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 5PARIS/BELGRADE/BUDAPEST - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit France, Serbia and Hungary (To May 10) PANAMA - Panamanian Presidency Election. PANAMA - Panamanian National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 6MADRID - Spain's Economy minister Carlos Cuerpo to speak at an event about White Paper on Cross-Border e-Business. – 1000 GMT OSLO - Moldova President Maia Sandu in Norway for state visit.
BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Denis Becirovic with military honors in Berlin – 0830 GMT. STOCKHOLM - Denmark's King Frederik and Queen Mary visit Sweden on their first official overseas visit since Frederik X ascended the throne in January. (To May 7) CHAD - Chadian Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 7GUATEMALA CITY - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo, as part of Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, in Guatemala City. KATOWICE, Poland - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speak at the European Economic Congress. 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)
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** BERLIN - Finland's President Alexander Stubb visits Germany to meet German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. BUDAPEST - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hungary (to May 10). NORTH 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
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 13INDIA - Fourth phase of India's general election. ANKARA - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Turkey Brussels - Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 14OSLO - Denmark's King Frederik and Queen Mary visit Norway at the invitation of Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja. (To May 15) BEIJING – Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif will make an official visit to the People's Republic of China. BRUSSELS - 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 18VERONA, ITALY - Pope Francis pays a visit to Verona. GLOBAL - International Museum Day
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 19DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Senate Election. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Chamber of Deputies Election. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 20INDIA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 25INDIA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 1INDIA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 10CAIRO - 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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