March 29 (Reuters) -
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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29** BERLIN - Charles III King of the United Kingdom will begin his three-day visit to Germany (To March 31)
** ANKARA - Katalin Novák President of Hungary will pay an official visit to Turkey (To March 31)
** ANKARA - Turkey-Hungary relations will be reviewed, and steps that would enhance the cooperation between the two countries will be addressed at the official talks to be held in Ankara.
** LONDON - Press conference with the Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace and the Swedish Minister for Defence Pål Jonson takes place after a bilateral meeting of the two ministers in London. - 0830 GMT
- GENEVA - WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will brief the media on global health issues. - 1300 GMT BEIJING - Zambry Abdul Kadir, Malaysia's minister of foreign affairs, to visit China (final day) WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in second Summit for Democracy in Washington. United States, Costa Rica, Netherlands, Korea and Zambia co-host summit (to March 30) BERLIN/ BRUSSELS - Kenyan President William Ruto on a four-day visit to the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of Belgium (final day)
BEIJING - Lee Hsien Loong, prime minister of Singapore, on an Official Visit to China (to April 1)
BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn will pay an official visit to China. (final day)
ACCRA/ DODOMA/ LUSAKA - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris starts week-long travel to Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia (to March 30).
BEIJING - Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. (To March 31) VISAKHAPATNAM, Andhra Pradesh - Andhra Pradesh to host G-20 Summit (final day) BALI, Indonesia - 1st ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Deputies' Meeting. (final day) BEIJING - Malaysia Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to attend the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023 (BFA 2023) and kickstart his four-day official visit to China (April 1) VILNIUS - France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna visits Lithuania (to March 30)
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)
JERUSALEM - Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov will visit Israel.
BALI, Indonesia - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Finance Deputies Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 30** BRUSSELS - The NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with the Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister, Hadja Lahbib, at NATO Headquarters.
** PRAGUE - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Secretary-General Mathias Corrman visits Prague, meets Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, and the jointly present OECD's economic review of the country - 1115 GMT BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to deliver speech on EU-China relations on eve of a trip to China BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans speaks at the 8th Clean Energy Summit MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with Nicaraguan counterpart Denis Moncada in Moscow BEIJING - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping GUATEMALA CITY - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen meets with his Guatemalan counterpart Alejandro Giammattei in Guatemala City. BALI, Indonesia - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Finance and Central Bank Deputies' Meeting
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 31BEIJING - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit China and meet President Xi Jinping (to April 1) TOKYO - Luis Abinader President of the Dominican Republic and First Lady Raquel Arbaje Soni will conduct a working visit to Japan (to April 5)
ABU DHABI - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, to visit the United Arab Emirates MADRID - European Commission for lifestyle vice-president Margaritis Schinas participates in economic forum (Forum Europa) - 0700 GMT BALI, Indonesia - ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 1IRAN - Independence Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 2GUATEMALA CITY - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen meets with her Guatemalan counterpart Alejandro Giammattei in Guatemala City; will also meet Taiwanese expatriates (to April 3) GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 41st anniversary of start of Falklands war MONTENEGRO - Presidency of Montenegro Election
ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra - Andorran General Council Election
SOFIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election
HELSINKI - Finnish Parliament Election
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 3BUCHAREST - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to Romania BELMOPAN - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen arrives to Belize and will meet the Taiwanese community
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 4
** ATHENS - Greece holds event on the Greek economy. The head of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers Paschal Donohoe and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be keynote speakers. BEIJING - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen accompanies French President Macron on a visit to China BELMOPAN - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen meets with Belize's Prime Minister John Briceno; delivers a speech at Belize Parliament, visits an aid project and attends an exhibition on women's rights GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
BRUSSELS - NATO Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels (To April 5)
- - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 10SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 13th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 11FRANCE – 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 24GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2023 (to April 30). LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 25GLOBAL - 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 30ASUNCIÓN - 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 12STOCKHOLM - 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 Finance ministers meet in Brussels
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 19HIROSHIMA - Japan to host summit of G7 leaders (to May 21).
- - - - - - - - - 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
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