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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, APRIL 25
** BANGKOK - Saleumxay Kommasith, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR pays a working visit to Thailand (Final day)
** JOHANNESBURG - Namibia hosts international energy conference. (Final day)
** BRATISLAVA - EU commissioner Vera Jourova holds a news conference during visit to Slovakia – 1600 GMT.
** STOCKHOLM - Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and his Latvian counterpart Evika Silina hold press conference in Stockholm following a meeting – 1135 GMT.
** KUWAIT CITY - Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis meets his Kuwaiti counterpart in Kuwait City.
ABU DHABI – South Africa Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile is undertaking a working visit to Dubai and Abu-Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Final day)
JAKARTA - Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan to make working visit to Indonesia (to April 26)
ASTANA - Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs of the UK David Cameron will visit Kazakhstan.(Final day) ANKARA - New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters is set to visit Turkey (to April 28). 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. (Final day) BEIJING - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia Dato' Seri Utama Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hasan will pay an official visit to China(Final day).
BEIJING - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China. (To Apr. 27) BANGKOK - Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina to pay official visit to Thailand (to April 29) BAKU - President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will pay a state visit to Azerbaijan (Final day) STOCKHOLM - Finland's President Alexander Stubb on state visit to Sweden (Final day) GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2024 (to April 30).
LAAGE, Germany - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visits the northern German air base Laage, holds a joint news conference with German air chief Ingo Gerhartz – 1130 GMT.
BERLIN - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius presents NATO Secretary-General with Eric. M. Warburg prize, honouring him for his engagement for the trans-Atlantic partnership – 1600 GMT. STOCKHOLM - Prime Minister of Latvia Evika Silina will pay her first bilateral visit to Sweden (to April 26). ISURAVA, Papua New Guinea - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will commemorate ANZAC Day alongside Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister at a dawn service ceremony on the Kokoda Track.
NEW YORK - UN Security Council meeting on Syria - 1400 GMT GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.
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** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosts Bolivian counterpart Celinda Sosa Lunda for talks in Moscow – 0900 GMT.
GENEVA - WTO dispute settlement body meets in Geneva.
STOCKHOLM - Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen hold a news conference after they visit defense materials company BAE Systems Hagglunds in Ornskoldsvik in northern Sweden – 1330 GMT.
ANKARA - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
ANKARA - New Zealand's Foreign Minister Mark Peters to have press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
PARIS - French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu hosts his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, for bilateral talks and a joint news conference.
INDIA - Second phase of India's general elections.
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will receive Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and give a news conference after their talks in Berlin - 0915 GMT BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosts NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Berlin for a meeting in preparation for the defence alliance's 75th anniversary. - 1330 GMT BANGKOK - Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to meet her counterpart Srettha Thavisin during her visit to Thailand, followed by joint statement.
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** RIYADH - Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif to visit Saudi Arabia.(to April 30)
** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo in Berlin – 1700 GMT.
NAIROBI - Kenya's President William Ruto and World Bank's head Ajay Banga will host African heads of state for a summit in the Kenyan capital. (To Apr. 29) BEIRUT - French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne is scheduled to arrive in Lebanon. PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 26th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. VENICE, Italy - Pope Francis visits Venice.
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** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Montenegro's Prime Minister Milojko Spajic with military honors, followed by a news conference in Berlin – 1000 GMT.
** HELSINKI - Norway's Minister for Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide will meet Finland's President Alexander Stubb and Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen in Helsinki.
BANGKOK - Brunei leader Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah is scheduled to meet Thai Prime Minsiter Srettha Thavisin, followed by joint statements during his visit to Thailand.
PRAGUE - Czech President Petr Pavel welcomes German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Prague Castle in Prague. Both presidents will speak at conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic in the European Union. 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.
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** 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 3GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 5PANAMA - Panamanian Presidency Election. PANAMA - Panamanian National Assembly Election.
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** 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 7KATOWICE, 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)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 8NORTH 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 14BEIJING – 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 18GLOBAL - 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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