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** MINSK – Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov is visiting Belarus to participate in and address the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Minsk.
** HAVANA - Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell is paying an official visit to Cuba (to April 14).
** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan meet with Philippines' Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro and National Security Advisor Eduardo M. Año at the State Department – 1200 GMT.
** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Albanian President Edi Rama at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris – 1300 GMT.
** VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer will receive several heads of state and government and the President of the European Council Charles Michel for talks on the "Strategic Agenda of the EU". Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob and the President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulidis have already confirmed their participation – 1600 GMT.
** BRUSSELS - British Foreign Minister David Cameron and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic meet to discuss the post-Brexit future of British Overseas Territory Gibraltar with the EU and neighbouring Spain, including the issue of borders – 1000 GMT.
** ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets Polish counterpart Donald Tusk – 0915 GMT.
** DUBLIN - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will meet Ireland’s new prime minister Simon Harris in Dublin to discuss recognising an independent Palestinian state.
BEIJING - President of the Federated States of Micronesia Wesley W. Simina will pay a state visit to China (Final day). BANGKOK - At the invitation of Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of Thailand, Bui Thanh Son, minister of foreign affairs of Vietnam, is scheduled to pay an official visit to Thailand. (Final day)
BEIJING - President of the Republic of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi will pay a state visit to China (to April 17). AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2024 (to April 14).
CHIȘINĂU - The OSCE Chair-in-Office, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta Ian Borg will visit the Republic of Moldova. OSLO - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in Oslo to discuss the situation in the Middle East among other things – 0945 GMT.
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze speak to reporters at Berlin's chancellery following military honours for Kobakhidze – 0930 GMT.
BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobachidse as he signs the Golden Book at Bellevue Castle - 1315 GMT. GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight. SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to April 22). LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 13BEIJING/HONG KONG - San Francisco Mayor London Breed will depart on April 13 and visit Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing as well as Shanghai
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** MANILA - Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan visits Manila (to April 17).
** LONDON - Swedish Foreign Minister, Tobias Billström, will visit London for a working lunch with the UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron in London.– 1230 GMT.
MADRID - Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro to visit Spain and meet Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
PARIS - Stephane Sejourne, France's minister of foreign affairs, will host a conference co-chaired by Germany's Annalena Baerbock and top EU officials Josep Borrell and Janez Lenarcic to rally humanitarian support for Sudan and neighbour countries of the war-torn African nation.
BEIJING - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to China with a business delegation. (To Apr. 16)
NEW YORK - UN Security Council to meet on Yemen - 1400 GMT MEXICO CITY - Mexican Finance Minister Rogelio Ramirez de la O speaks with the Atlantic Council at an event to kick off IMF-World Bank Week - 1530 GMT. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to the White House to coordinate on common priorities and reinforce the strong bilateral partnership between the United States and Iraq.
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcome Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala to the White House to further strengthen the U.S.-Czech relationship. BOSTON - 2024 Boston Marathon. BELFAST/NEW YORK – 111th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of energy ministers. (To April 16)
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** COPENHAGEN - Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen will hold a press conference with Argentina's President Javier Milei and Defence Minister Luis Alfonso Petri over Denmark's sale of F-16 fighter jets to the South American country.
** BRUSSELS - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will give keynote speech at a conference titled 'National Conservatism' in Brussels.
MANILA - Singapore foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan meets with his Filipino counterpart Enrique Manalo during an official visit to the Philippines.
BANGKOK - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is scheduled to make an official visit to Thailand (to April 18). NEW YORK CITY, United states - 2024 Columbia Global Energy Summit. BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Estonian President Alar Karis – 1200 GMT. NEW YORK - UN Security Council to meet on Libya - 1400 GMT OTTAWA - Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will present the 2024-25 budget to parliament - 2000 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17BANGKOK - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to meet with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in Bangkok followed by joint statements.
BOGOTA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit Bogota with his foreign minister Mauro Vieira to meet with Colombian President Gustavo Petro. ASTANA - President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan WASHINGTON DC - IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings 2024. (To Apr. 20)
CROATIA - Croatian Assembly Election. SOLOMON ISLANDS - Solomon Islander National Parliament Election. AMSTERDAM - Queen Letizia and King Felipe VI of Spain will make a state visit to the Netherlands at the invitation of the King of the Netherlands. (To April 18)
ROME - G7 foreign ministers meet on Italian island of Capri. (To April 19)
BRUSSELS - Special European Council. (To April 18)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 18NEW YORK - UN Security Council to meet on Middle East at ministerial level - 1400 GMT. WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 19INDIA - Indian People's Assembly Election. WASHINGTON DC - Annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Spring meetings. (To April 21)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 20UNITED STATES - 14th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 21HANOVER, Germany - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store open the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair in Hanover – 1600 GMT.
MALDIVES - Maldivian People's Council Election. LONDON - 2024 London Marathon.
PARIS – 63rd anniversary of the first manned mission to space. ECUADOR – Ecuador Referendum Election.
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** 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)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 23PARIS - 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24BAKU - President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov 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).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 25NEW YORK - UN Security Council meeting on Syria - 1400 GMT GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 26BANGKOK - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 29BRUSSELS - 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 2ABBOTTABAD, 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 7BRUSSELS - 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 9WASHINGTON - 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 13Brussels - 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 21BRUSSELS - 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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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** ICELAND - Icelandic Presidency Election.
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** MEXICO - Mexican Senate Election.
** MEXICO – Mexican Chamber of Deputies Election.
** MEXICO - Mexican Presidency Election.
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** EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament Election.
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** BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives Election.
** BULGARIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election.
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** BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy - Italy hosts G7 summit of world leaders. (To June 15)
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