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** TASHKENT - The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, will visit Uzbekistan.
** TOKYO - Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni visits Japan.
** NEW YORK, United states - UN Security Council to meet on Israel, Gaza – 1400 GMT DAR ES SALAAM - The Danish minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Dan Jørgensen, visits Dar es Salaam (Final day). BAKU - Congolese President Denis Sassou N'Guesso will visit Azerbaijan (Final day). LUANG PRABANG, Laos - 11th ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting (11th AFMGM) (Final day)
BEIJING - Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand will visit China (to April 10) BEIJING - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit China (to April 9).
LEUVEN, Belgium - US and EU trade and technology officials, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, US Trade Representative Katherine and European Commission Vice Presidents Margaret Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis, join the sixth ministerial meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in the university town of Leuven. (Final day)
BEIJING - President of the Federated States of Micronesia Wesley W. Simina will pay a state visit to China (to April 12). GUANGZHOU, China - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen participates in an event with leading representatives of the American business community in China and delivers remarks on the bilateral economic relationship.
COMO, Italy - Turkey's Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek attends investor workshop. (To Apr. 6)
OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa. VILNIUS - Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal visits Lithuania, to meet with leadership and discuss rebuilding Ukraine and military support.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 6BUCHAREST - German chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Romania. SLOVAKIA - Slovakian Presidency election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 7BEIJING - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing. Yellen will also participate in a bilateral meeting with Chinese Finance Minister Lan Fo’an in the evening.
MEXICO CITY - Mexico presidential candidates hold first debate GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day.
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** PARIS - French Minister for Economy, Finance, Industry and Digital Security Bruno Le Maire welcomes German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck and Italy's Minister for Industry and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso as well as French, German and Italian industrial players for a 3rd France-Germany-Italy trilateral meeting on European industrial policy in Meudon near Paris – 0800 GMT.
PARIS - Chinese trade minister Wang Wentao meets French government ministers in Paris.
BEIJING - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen holds a press conference following her meetings with senior Chinese officials, during which she will deliver remarks discussing her trip to China.
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 13th 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 9STOCKHOLM - Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom hosts a two-day meeting of the Nordic and Baltic foreign ministers on Swedish island Gotland in the Baltic Sea (To Apr. 10)
BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova review the troops in Berlin - 0830 GMT.
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** GENEVA - The World Trade Organization publishes its Global Trade Outlook and Statistics – 1300 GMT.
OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in Ottawa (to April 11). SOUTH KOREA - South Korean National Assembly Election. SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 14th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit.
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** WASHINGTON DC - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of New Zealand Winston Peters meets US Secretary of State Blinken – 1300 GMT.
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan at the White House for the first trilateral U.S.-Japan-Philippines leaders' summit. WASHINGTON DC - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses joint meeting of U.S. Congress, affording him one of the higher honors Washington provides to foreign dignitaries – 1500 GMT.
FRANCE – 13th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab.
ABIDJAN – 13th 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.
AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2024 (to April 14).
LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 12BERLIN - 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
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 15BEIJING - 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)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 16BERLIN - 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 17ASTANA - 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 21MALDIVES - 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 22NEW 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 24STOCKHOLM - 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
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** AREQUIPA, 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.
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** BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
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** BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 29VANUATU - Referendum Election. MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly Election. SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly Election.
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** BRUSSELS – 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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