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** JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives in Jeddah to attend an Arab League summit.
** HIROSHIMA, Japan - European leaders, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council Charles Michel hold roundtable at G7 summit in Hiroshima.
** HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G7 summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. - 0010 GMT
** HIROSHIMA, Japan - French President Emmanuel Macron holds bilateral talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G7 summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. – 0600 GMT
** LISBON - Portugal's Foreign Minister Joao Cravinho meets his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba – 1645 GMT
** HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds bilateral talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the sidelines of the G7 summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. – 2345 GMT Nairobi - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is on an official visit to Kenya (Final Day)
PARIS- Yasin Ekrem Serim, Deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Turkey, will visit France. (To May 20) MANILA - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on an official visit to Philippines (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)
BEIJING - Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov on a state visit to China. (To May 20)
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)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 20** HIROSHIMA, Japan - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Japan. – 0600 GMT
** HIROSHIMA, Japan - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G7 summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
** HIROSHIMA, Japan - French President Emmanuel Macron holds bilateral talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the sidelines of the G7 summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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** BEIJING - Democratic Republic of Congo Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula will visit China. (To May 24) 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
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** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel in Berlin – 1530 GMT
** PORT MORESBY - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit Papua New Guinea to meet Pacific Island leaders.
** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Uzbekistan counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov – 0900 GMT 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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** BEIJING - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will pay an official visit to China. (To May 24)
** BEIJING - Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra will visit China (To May 24) 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 25BERLIN - 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 15
** KAMPALA - Uganda's Finance Minister Matia Kasaija presents the 2023/24 (July-June) budget to parliament. – 1100 GMT
LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 16LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 18LISBON - 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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