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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5
** WARSAW - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki - 1230 GMT.
** SKOPJE - Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on a one-day official visit - 0900 GMT.
** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, in Russia for bilateral talks on international issues and Union state integration (to Apr. 6)
** SANTIAGO - Chile's President Gabriel Boric and Argentine counterpart President Alberto Fernandez meet to commemorate the historical relationship between the two countries.
** DUSHANBE - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrives in Tajikistan for state visit. HANOI - Governor-General of Australia David Hurley and his spouse start four-day State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong. (To April 6) TOKYO - Raquel Pena, Vice President of the Dominican Republic will conduct a working visit to Japan. (to April 5) NEW DELHI - Bhutan King Jigme Wangchuk arrived in India on Monday for a three-day visit at the invitation of President Droupadi Murmu (To Apr. 5). NEW YORK/GUATEMALA CITY/BELMOPAN - Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen will travel from March 29 to April 7, making a detour in New York before continuing on to Guatemala and Belize and Los Angeles on the way back. (To Apr. 7) BRUSSELS - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Brussels to attend the NATO Foreign Ministerial and the tenth US-EU Energy Council meeting (to April 5). BRUSSELS - NATO Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels (To April 5) WARSAW - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits Poland at the invitation of Polish President Andrzej Duda.
ROME - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visits Italy to meet Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
BEIJING - The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will visit China (To Apr. 7)
BEIJING - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit China. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron for a working lunch on Tuesday (To Apr. 7)
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** BEIJING - Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian will meet in Beijing.
** BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron make a joint declaration, after signing agreements.
** BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
** BEIJING - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen accompanies French President Emmanuel Macron on a visit to China, where she will have a trilateral meeting with Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping. WASHINGTON DC - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva gives curtain raiser speech ahead of IMF World Bank Spring meetings. ANKARA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Türkiye at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu (to April 7).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 7GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 8WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 12th anniversary of signing a bilateral treaty between Russia and the United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day.
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** MANILA - Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and Department of National Defense OIC Carlito will be in Washington, D.C. for the 3rd Philippines-United States 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue (To Apr.12) DUSHANBE - President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov to make official visit to Tajikistan (To April 11)
SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 13th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland.
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** DUBLIN - U.S. President Joe Biden to visit Ireland, Northern Ireland (To April 14)
FRANCE – 12th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab. ABIDJAN – 12th anniversary of the arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with the help of French forces, thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war. AMSTERDAM - French President Emmanuel Macron makes a state visit to the Netherlands, accompanied by first lady Brigitte Macron, where he will meet King Willem-Alexander. (To April 12)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 15BELFAST/NEW YORK – 110th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
SAPPORO, Japan - G7 Ministers' Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in Sapporo (to April 16).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 16KARUIZAWA, Japan - G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano (to April 18).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 17BOSTON - 2023 Boston Marathon.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 20UNITED STATES - 13th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 21PARIS – 62nd anniversary of the first manned mission to space. SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to May 1).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 22GLOBAL - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 24NEW 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 25NEW 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 Apr 30)
STOCKHOLM – Eurogroup Meeting.
BRUSSELS - EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To April 29)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 29LONDON – 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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. (May 5)
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 8BERLIN - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner gives a keynote address at a conference for German tax advisers - 1315 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 9LABUAN 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 12KORNIK, 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 14THAILAND - Thailand holds a general election. TURKEY - Grand National Assembly of Turkey Election. TURKEY - Presidency of Turkey Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 15BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 16BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 19HIROSHIMA - Japan to host summit of G7 leaders (to May 21).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 21DILI - Timorese National Parliament Election. GREECE - Greece holds parliamentary election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 22BRUSSELS - 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 30BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 31OSLO - Norway to host meeting of NATO foreign ministers (To Jun. 1)
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