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** TOKYO - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid arrives in Japan for an official visit.
** BEIJING - Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong to visit China (To May 17)
** AYLESBURY, United Kingdom - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will travel to Britain to discuss military support with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak.
** JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to visit Saudi Arabia.
** BRUSSELS - Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calviño meets Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager in Brussels. – 1100 GMT
** BERLIN - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius receives his Italian counterpart Guido Crosetto with military honours before they hold closed door talks in Berlin, with the focus on the war in Ukraine – 1600 GMT
** BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers address at opening Beyond Growth conference at European Parliament in session called 'Limits to Growth' – 0700 GMT
** COPENHAGEN - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg participates virtually in Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2023 – 1000 GMT
** BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel give a news conference before G7. – 1000 GMT
** BRUSSELS - European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in debate at EPC think tank - "EU foreign policy: Learning the language of power" – 1500 GMT STOCKHOLM - S Jaishankar, minister of external affairs of India, will be paying an official visit to Sweden. (Final Day) BEIJING - Sierra Leone's minister of foreign affairs, David J. Francis, will visit China. (To May 18)
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to hold speech at the Global Solutions Summit - 1200 GMT.
BRUSSELS - S Jaishankar, minister of external affairs of India, will be paying an official visit to Belgium. (To May 16)
COPENHAGEN - Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and former British Prime Minister Liz Truss are among the speakers at the Copenhagen Democracy summit. (To May 16)
GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
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** MANILA - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on an official visit to Philippines (To May 19)
** TEHRAN - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak visits Iran. (To May 17) REYKJAVIK - Council of Europe summit held in Reykjavik. (To May 17)
BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives President of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic in Berlin – 1500 GMT.
BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Brazil's indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire, a representative of the concerns of indigenous peoples in the Amazon and of rainforest protection – 0900 GMT.
DOHA - German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock visits Qatar.
SEOUL - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on an official visit to Seoul, Korea (To May 18)
DETROIT, MI, US - The United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hosts his counterparts from the 21 APEC member economies for the 11th APEC Transportation Ministers' Meeting. (To May 17)
BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan, President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan will pay a state visit to China (To May 20)
MOSCOW - Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik will visit the Russian Federation (To May 17)
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will host Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
LISBON – 11th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.
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** SEOUL - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau deliver a speech at the National Assembly in Seoul.
** BERLIN - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and his British counterpart Ben Wallace speak to reporters in Berlin following their discussions on how to further support Ukraine and the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius. – 1140 GMT LONDON - Norwegian Defence Minister Bjorn Arild Gram visits London. (To May 18)
GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
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** HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during the G7 leaders' summit in Hiroshima.
** MANILA - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong will hold a bilateral meeting with Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo to be followed by a joint news conference. – 0440 GMT
GLOBAL - International Museum Day
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 19HIROSHIMA, Japan - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on an official visit to Hiroshima, Japan. (To May 21)
MOSCOW - The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan hold talks in the Russian capital.
HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.S. President Joe Biden attends the summit of G7 leaders in Hiroshima, Japan (To May 21)
HIROSHIMA - Japan to host summit of G7 leaders. (to May 21)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 21PORT MORESBY - New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will head to Papua New Guinea to attend the United States-Pacific Summit.
SEOUL - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit South Korea.
GENEVA - WHO, World Health Assembly, Seventy-sixth session (to May 30)
DILI - Timorese National Parliament Election
GREECE - Greece holds parliamentary election
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 22PORT MORESBY - United States President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation in Port Moresby.
GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity
BRUSSELS - EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 23MOSCOW - President of the Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik will visit Moscow.
BRUSSELS - 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 24SYDNEY - U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Sydney next month for the first meeting of Quad leaders on Australian soil. Biden will join Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 25DETROIT, United States – APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting (To May 26)
BRUSSELS - Meeting of EU trade ministers
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 29BARCELONA - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and vice-president of the European Commission Josep Borrell speaks at the opening of the 38th reunion of Cercle d'Economia 2023 - 1500 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 30MIAMI, FL - Miami Beach International Fashion Week (To June 4)
BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 31OSLO - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivers speech. He will then hold press conference with Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt - 1600 GMT.
OSLO - Norway to host meeting of NATO foreign ministers (To Jun. 1)
LATVIA - Latvian parliament elects the president
GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day
OSLO - Norway to host meeting of NATO foreign ministers. (To June 1)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 1CHISINAU - The second meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) takes place in Moldova. The EPC brings together leaders of 47 European countries including EU members as well as Britain, Ukraine and countries across the Balkans and the Caucasus to discuss issues facing the continent including security and energy.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 2SINGAPORE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is to deliver keynote address at the opening of the Shangri-La Dialogue Asia security summit in Singapore.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 8NAIROBI - Kenya's Finance Minister Njuguna Ndung'u presents the 2023/24 (July-June) budget to parliament - 1100 GMT
LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To June 9)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 11MONTENEGRO - Montenegrin Assembly Election
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 12DUBLIN - Irish finance minister Michael McGrath speaks at national economic dialogue. (To June 13)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 15LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 16LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 20BRUSSELS - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on state visit to Belgium. (To June 22)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council meeting (To June 22)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 22WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for state visit, which will include state dinner.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 23ANAHEIM, United States - Asia-Pacific (APAC) 2023 Annual Meetings (To July 1)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 24SIERRA LEONE - Presidency of Sierra Leone Election.
SIERRA LEONE - Sierra Leonean Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 25GUATEMALA - Guatemalan Congress of the Republic Election.
GUATEMALA - Presidency of Guatemala Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 26LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 27LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 29BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (To June 30)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 2** BERLIN – French President Emmanuel Macron on a state visit to Germany (To July 4)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 5VIENNA - 8th OPEC International Seminar (To July 6)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 11LABUAN BAJO, INDONESIA - Foreign Ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet their counterparts in the annual ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Indonesia (To July 15).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 14PARIS - On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the India-France Strategic Partnership, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend BasToe Day Parade as Guest of Honour in Paris.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 17BRUSSELS - EU-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) summit (to July 18)
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