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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17** TASHKENT - Foreign Ministers of Central Asia and Persian Gulf countries meet in Tashkent.
** NAPLES, Italy - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the U.S. Naval Support Activity base in Naples, Italy ahead of the G7 foreign ministers summit in Capri – 0830 GMT.
** SOFIA - Italian President Sergio Mattarella arrives on official visit – 1300 GMT.
** WASHINGTON DC - UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt speaks to media on sidelines of IMF meetings in Washington – 1945 GMT.
** WASHINGTON DC - Zimbabwe finance minister Mthuli Ncube will hold a press conference on the sidelines of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings in Washington DC – 1400 GMT.
** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, gives a press conference with the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Denmark and the Netherlands – 1300 GMT.
** JERUSALEM - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is to deliver a statement after meetings with Israeli officials on a visit amid possible escalation between Israel and Iran and in the background of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas – 1130 GMT. GENEVA - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk conducts official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (to April 18). ROME - Foreign Minister of Canada Mélanie Joly visits Italy (to April 19). HAVANA/CARACAS - Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Tran Luu Quang to visit Cuba, Venezuela (To April 19).
BEIJING - President of the Republic of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi will pay a state visit to China (Final day). SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to April 22). MANILA - Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan visits Manila (Final Day).
BEIJING - Tanja Fajon, deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Slovenia, will pay an official visit to China (to April 21).
BANGKOK - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is scheduled to make an official visit to Thailand (to April 18). BRUSSELS - European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, gives a keynote speech during the European Defence & Security Summit in Brussels – 1200 GMT.
BRUSSELS - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki give keynote speeches at a conference titled 'National Conservatism' in Brussels – 0900 GMT.
DOHA - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits Qatar for talks with his counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani.
TUNIS - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is visiting Tunisia. BANGKOK - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to meet with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in Bangkok followed by joint statements - 0300 GMT.
BOGOTA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit Bogota with his foreign minister Mauro Vieira to meet with Colombian President Gustavo Petro. 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 18** 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).
** ASTANA – President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will make official visit to Kazakhstan upon invitation of President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (to April 19).
** BRUSSELS - EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager speaks at the European Commission's conference on its 20-year-old merger rules. OTTAWA - The President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, will visit Canada (to April 23). JAKARTA - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to visit Indonesia on Thursday where he will meet his counterpart and discuss geopolitical issues.
NEW 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 19HELSINKI - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Finland Prime Minister Petteri Orpo meet in Lappeenranta, Finland, and will also visit Finland’s border with Russia.
BOGOTÁ - Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino will visit Colombia INDIA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 22** 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 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 24COLOMBO - 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).
- - - - - - - - - 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 29** 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 2** 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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 9** LABUAN 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 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 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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 1ICELAND - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 13BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy - Italy hosts G7 summit of world leaders. (To June 15)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 18** LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion).
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** LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting
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** LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
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** Mauritania - Mauritanian Presidency election.
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** LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
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** LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council
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** Brussels - European Council meeting (to June 28).
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** Mongolia - Mongolian State Great Hural election.
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