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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, MAY 23
** TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim in Tokyo.
** SINGAPORE - President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay a state visit to Singapore (To May 24)
** WARSAW - The President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides will pay a two-day official visit to Poland (To May 24) WASHINGTON D.C - Kenyan President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Ruto to visit Georgia and Washington D.C (Final Day) TOKYO - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim undertakes an official visit to Japan (To May 24)
TOKYO - Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, will visit Japan (Final Day) WASHINGTON DC. - Finland's Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen will visit the United States (Final Day)
VIENNA/DODOMA/KIGALI - State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Kiyoto Tsuji is scheduled to visit Austria, Tanzania and Rwanda. (To May 24)
BEIJING - Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato' Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi will undertake an official visit to the People's Republic of China (PRC) at the invitation of Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang. (To June 1)
TOKYO - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala Carlos Ramiro Martínez will visit Japan. (To May 24)
BEIJING - Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sok Chenda Sophea will visit China. (To May 25) ANKARA - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil visits Turkey and meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin meets King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in Moscow. – 0900 GMT VILNIUS - Defence ministers from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Britain, Sweden and Germany meet in Palanga, Lithuania. Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov has also been invited. – 0900 GMT BARCELONA - Spain's Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero talks at Cercle d'Economia conference in Barcelona. – 1000 GMT STRESA, 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 24
RIGA - Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo visits Latvia, meets with the Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina. – 0700 GMT WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken host a luncheon for Kenyan President William Ruto.
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro with military honours in Berlin. – 0930 GMT
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 25ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa in Rome. – 1030 GMT ATHENS - Japan's Princess Kako visits Greece for the 125th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Japan and Greece. INDIA - Sixth phase of India's general election.
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** SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hold a bilateral meeting in Seoul on the sidelines of the trilateral summit.
** SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Chinese Premier Li Qiang hold a bilateral meeting in Seoul on the sidelines of the trilateral summit. SEOUL - South Korea to host a trilateral summit with China and Japan. (To May 27) BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives French President Emmanuel Macron at Bellevue castle with military honors in Berlin.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 27BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 28
** MUENSTER - French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to reporters in the western city of Muenster before he heads to Berlin. – 1120 GMT
** MUENSTER - French President Emmanuel Macron, on a state visit to Germany, is presented with the International Award of the Peace of Westphalia. – 0800 GMT SEOUL - United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will make a state visit to South Korea. (To May 29)
GRANSEE, GERMANY - French President Emmanuel Macron attends Franco-German Council of Ministers in Meseberg. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 29VANUATU - Referendum Election. MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly Election. SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 30BUDAPEST - Hungarian Economy Minister Marton Nagy and central bank Deputy Governor Barnabas Virag to speak at a business conference - 0700 GMT. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade).
PRAGUE - NATO Foreign Affairs ministers hold an informal meeting in Prague (To May 31)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 31
** SINGAPORE - President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers keynote address at the opening of the Shangri-La Dialogue Asia security summit in Singapore. – 1200 GMT GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 1KATHMANDU - 23rd anniversary of Nepal King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family assassinated by Crown Prince in royal family massacre. LONDON - OPEC+ meets online to decide on output policy. 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 4CHILE – 13th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5BERLIN - International Air Show (To June 9).
GLOBAL - World Environment Day.
SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2024 (to June 16)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 6SEOUL - South Korea marks the 69th anniversary of Memorial Day. KAMPALA - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni to give a state of the nation address in parliament. EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 7
** PORT LOUIS - Mauritius' Finance Minister Renganaden Padayachy to present the 2024/25(July-June) budget to parliament. – 1100 GMT
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 9BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives Election. BULGARIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 10CAIRO - Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic travels to Egypt.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour .
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 13DODOMA - Tanzania's Finance Minister Mwigulu Nchemba is due to present the 2024/25 budget to parliament. – 1300 GMT KAMPALA - Ugandan Finance Minister Matia Kasaija is due to present the 2024/25 budget at the parliament. BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy - Italy hosts G7 summit of world leaders. (To June 15)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 14SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2024 (To June 23)
GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day.
GAZA - 9th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah.
GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 17GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 18CZECH REPUBLIC - Argentina's President Javier Milei visits Prague.
LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 20GLOBAL - World Refugee Day. LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 21GLOBAL - International Yoga Day. LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 22Mauritania - Mauritanian Presidency election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 24BERLIN - 76th anniversary of beginning of The Berlin Blockade. Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the United States to organise a massive airlift. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 25LOS ANGELES - 15th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 26GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 27Brussels - European Council meeting (to June 28).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 28Mongolia - Mongolian State Great Hural election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 29PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 22nd anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash.
BEJING/TAIPEI - 14th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 1CHINA – 103rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 2GLOBAL - World UFO Day on the anniversary of the Roswell incident.
SIENA - July annual horse race, "Palio di Siena".
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 4UNITED STATES - Independence Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 5SONKAJARVI - Wife-Carrying World Championship 2016 (to July 6)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 6GLOBAL - International Day of Cooperatives.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 7KATHMANDU - 77th birthday of Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra.
LONDON - 19th anniversary of the attacks on London's transport network, in which more than 50 people where killed and 700 injured.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 9TEHRAN - 24th anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999.
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks 19th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal.
SOUTH SUDAN – 13th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 11GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day.
MUMBAI - 17th anniversary of the deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 14PARIS - Bastille Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 15RWANDA - Rwanda will hold parliamentary elections.
RWANDA - Rwanda will hold a presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 17GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, on July 17,
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 18GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 20CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 21KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 24th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 22HAMPSHIRE - Farnborough Air show 2024 (to Jul 26).
OSLO – 13th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island, where 77 people were killed.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 28GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.
GLOBAL – 110th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.
PERU - 203rd Anniversary of Independence.
VENEZUELA - Venezuela will hold a presidential election.
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