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** BRASILIA - Singapore's foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan will make an official visit to Brazil (to Apr. 18)
** BRASILIA/CARACAS/MANAGUA/HAVANA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit a number of Latin American countries, namely, Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba (to Apr. 21)
** BELFAST - The European Union's Brexit chief Maros Sefcovic and former Irish president Mary Robinson speak at the second day of a three-day conference at Northern Ireland's Queen's University to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will also deliver an address via video link. (To Apr. 19)
** NEW DELHI - Russia's deputy prime minister and industry and trade minister, Denis Manturov, to hold meetings in India to deepen trade ties and work out non-dollar payment mechanisms between the two countries. (To April 18)
** WARSAW - Italian President Sergio Mattarella visits Poland and meets his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda as well as Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
** WARSAW - Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis visits Poland to discuss the upcoming NATO summit and regional security.
** BAGHDAD - Ukraine's minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani during an official visit to Iraq and holds a press conference with his Iraqi counterpart, Fuad Hussein.
** MANILA - Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala holds a bilateral meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Presidential Palace during his state visit to the Philippines.
MOSCOW - China's defence minister Li Shangfu will visit Russia. (to Apr. 19)
BEIJING - Uruguay's foreign minister Francisco Bustillo will visit China. (to Apr. 20) KARUIZAWA, JAPAN - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends the G7 Foreign Ministers Summit in Karuizawa, Japan (to Apr. 18) KARUIZAWA, Japan - G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano (to April 18). LISBON - Portugal's finance minister Fernando Medina presents the stability programme which holds the country's new macroeconomic scenario.
BERLIN - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gives statement after meeting CDU leader Friedrich Merz in Berlin - 0845 GMT. 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 20). BOSTON - 2023 Boston Marathon.
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** WASHINGTON DC - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks at the opening of the 18th Annual NATO Conference on Arms Control, Disarmament and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Non-Proliferation which is jointly organized by NATO and the U.S. State Department in Washington DC. Stoltenberg will participate online – 1330 GMT.
** CONAKRY - Rwanda's president Paul Kagame will visit Guinea's capital Conakry and tour infrastructure projects launched by the country's military rulers.
BRUSSELS - European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen addresses European Parliament in debate on EU-China relations – 0700 GMT.
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold a news conference with Swiss President Alain Berset in Berlin - 0950 GMT. BEIJING - The President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, will visit China. (To Apr. 21)
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** STOCKHOLM - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visits naval base south of Stockholm, holds news conference with Swedish counterpart Pal Jonson – 1150 GMT.
** BELFAST - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks on the final day of the conference at Northern Ireland's Queen's University to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
** WARSAW - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Israeli President Isaac Herzog meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda to commemorate 80 years since several hundred Jewish fighters fought back against the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto by German occupiers during World War Two.
** LONDON - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will travel to Belfast to address Queen’s University’s ‘Agreement 25’ conference and host a special Gala Dinner to commemorate the anniversary.
BELFAST - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers speech in Belfast to mark anniversary of Good Friday Agreement.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 20CAPE TOWN - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will host President Hage Geingob of the Republic of Namibia who is on a state visit to the country. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg receives Czech President Petr Pavel at NATO Head Quarters in Brussels - 1145 GMT. UNITED STATES - 13th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.
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** RIGA - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavsky, will meet with his Latvian counterparty Edgars Rinkevics to discuss cooperation, security situation in the region, the enlargement of the European Union, and the fight against disinformation – 1055 GMT.
PARIS – 62nd anniversary of the first manned mission to space. SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to May 1).
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** LISBON - Portugal will host a bilateral summit with Brazil as the two countries seek to revive their ties after a seven-year hiatus. (To Apr. 25)
BRASILIA - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits Portugal for a state visit and to attend Portuguese language summit, then continues to Spain - 0100 GMT. GLOBAL - Earth Day.
LISBON - Portugal to host bilateral summit with Brazil (to April 25).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 23GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. LONDON - 2023 London Marathon.
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** OSTEND, Belgium - EU President Ursula von der Leyen joins the leaders of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in Ostend for the second North Sea Summit – 1330 GMT.
LUXEMBOURG - EU-Uzbekistan Cooperation Council meeting. BRUSSELS - Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo inviting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, German Chancelor Olaf Scholz and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in coastal town of Ostend for the 2023 North Sea Summit. NEW YORK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York and will chair two meetings of the Security Council (to April 25). ROAD TOWN - British Virgin Islands House of Assembly Election.
GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2023 (to April 30). LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 25TOKYO - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be on an official visit to Japan at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio (to April 28).
NEW YORK CITY - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chairs open debate on the Middle East as part of Russia's presidency of the UN Security Council this month. GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26WASHINGTON DC - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to meet U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington.
DELPHI, Greece - Greece hosts annual economic conference in Delphi (to April 29).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 28PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 25th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania.
BUDAPEST - Pope Francis to visit Hungary (to April 30).
STOCKHOLM – Eurogroup Meeting.
BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to April 29).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 29STOCKHOLM - EU finance ministers and heads of central banks meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union. LONDON – 12th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 30THIMPHU - Bhutanese National Council Election.
ASUNCIÓN - Presidency of Paraguay Election.
ASUNCIÓN - Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies Election.
ASUNCIÓN - Paraguayan Chamber of Senators Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 1VATICAN CITY – 12th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 2ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 12th 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. GLOBAL - World Asthma Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 3GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 4Goa, India - The foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, comprising China, Russia, India and other central Asian countries, meet in Goa (to May 5). BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of health ministers (to May 5).
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 8GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red Crescent Day. BERLIN - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner gives a keynote address at a conference for German tax advisers - 1315 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 9LIVERPOOL, 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 (AMM) (to May 11).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 11NIIGATA, Japan - G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting in Niigata (to May 13). BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich (to May 12).
INDONESIA - Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in the first summit of the year in Indonesia.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 12GLOBAL - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 13MAURITANIA - Mauritanian National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 14THAILAND - Thailand holds a general election. TURKEY - Grand National Assembly of Turkey Election. TURKEY - Presidency of Turkey Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 15GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 16LISBON – 11th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders. BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 17GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 18GLOBAL - International Museum Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 19HIROSHIMA - Japan to host summit of G7 leaders (to May 21).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 21GENEVA - WHO, World Health Assembly, Seventy-sixth session (to May 30). DILI - Timorese National Parliament Election. GREECE - Greece holds parliamentary election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 22GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity. BRUSSELS - EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 23BRUSSELS - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 25DETROIT, United States – APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting (to May 26).
BRUSSELS - Meeting of EU trade ministers.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 30MIAMI, FL - Miami Beach International Fashion Week (to June 4). BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 31GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day. OSLO - Norway to host meeting of NATO foreign ministers (to June 1).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 8LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to June 9).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 11MONTENEGRO - Montenegrin Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 15LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 16LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
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** BRUSSELS - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on state visit to Belgium. (To June 22)
SATURDAY, JUNE 24 SIERRA LEONE - Presidency of Sierra Leone Election. SIERRA LEONE - Sierra Leonean Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 25GUATEMALA - Guatemalan Congress of the Republic Election. GUATEMALA - Presidency of Guatemala Election.
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