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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, MAY 18
** Nairobi - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is on an Official Visit to Kenya (To May 19)
** HIROSHIMA, Japan - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hold bilateral talks over dinner in Hiroshima before the G7 summit kicks off.
** HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hold bilateral meeting a day before G7 leaders' summit kicks off in Hiroshima.
** BUCHAREST - Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean, give opening remarks at a conference on the Black Sea and the Balkans.
** MOSCOW - Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov on working visit to Russia PARIS- Yasin Ekrem Serim, Deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Turkey, will visit France. (To May 20)
BEIJING - Sierra Leone's minister of foreign affairs, David J. Francis, will visit China. (Final Day) MANILA - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on an official visit to Philippines (To May 19)
SEOUL - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on an official visit to Seoul, Korea (Final Day)
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)
LONDON - Norwegian Defence Minister Bjorn Arild Gram visits London. (Final Day)
HIROSHIMA, Japan - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives Hiroshima to attend the G7 leaders' summit. TOKYO - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives in Japan for G7 Summit.
LISBON - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visits Portugal and meets Prime Minister Antonio Costa. – 1600 GMT
HIROSHIMA, Japan - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives in the Japanese city of Hiroshima for G7 summit.
BEIJING - Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov on a state visit to China. (To May 20) 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 19
** HIROSHIMA, Japan - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in Hiroshima to join G7 leaders for a summit. – 0345 GMT
** HIROSHIMA, Japan - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives in Hiroshima to join G7 leaders for a summit. – 0740 GMT
** BARCELONA - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calviño participates in the Tribuna Catalunya Europe forum – 0700 GMT
** HIROSHIMA, Japan - European Council President Charles Michel holds a news conference on the sidelines of the G7 summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. – 0030 GMT
** HIROSHIMA, Japan - Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrives in Hiroshima to join G7 leaders for a summit. – 0845 GMT TOKYO - Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on an official visit to Japan to attend G7 summit. (To May 21)
HIROSHIMA, Japan - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on an official visit to Hiroshima, to attend G7 Summit. (To May 21)
MANILA - Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly and Philippine counterpart Enrique Manalo deliver opening remarks at the start of a bilateral meeting. – 0200 GMT
PRAGUE - Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky to welcome new Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Wlachovsky in Prague – 1115 GMT
HIROSHIMA, Japan - French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in the Japanese city of Hiroshima for G7 summit.
HIROSHIMA, 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)
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** HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.S. President Joe Biden holds a news conference after attending the G7 leaders' summit
** CAIRO - Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tarik to visit Egypt (To May 22)
** ULAANBAATAR - French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Mongolia (To May 22)
PORT 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 22
** BERLIN - German finance minister Christian Lindner speaks at the annual reception of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation – 1630 GMT SEOUL - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits South Korea to hold a summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.
PORT 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.
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** BERLIN - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner speaks at CDU economics day – 1700 GMT
MOSCOW - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 25
** BERLIN - German finance minister Christian Lindner gives the opening speech at the 24th German Private Equity Day of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association – 0800 GMT
DETROIT, 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 6KUWAIT CITY - Kuwaiti National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 18** LISBON - Finland's prime minister Sanna Marin to visit Portugal (To June 21)
- - - - - - - - - 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 2BERLIN – 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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