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** WELLINGTON - New Zealand-China Business Summit.
** ISLAMABAD - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is in Pakistan on Sunday for a two-day visit (Final Day)
** DOHA - Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to speak at the opening of the global security forum in Doha. – 0600 GMT
** ISLAMABAD - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Hakan Fidan met with Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan.
** WASHINGTON DC. - Finland's Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen will visit the United States (To May 23) TASHKENT/ASTANA/BISHKEK - Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong will visit Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (Final Day)
BEIJING - Tanzania's Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation January Yusuf Makamba will pay an official visit to China (Final Day)
VIENNA/DODOMA/KIGALI - State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Kiyoto Tsuji is scheduled to visit Austria, Tanzania and Rwanda. (To May 24) JAKARTA - Indonesia's government presents 2025's economic assumptions to parliament.
MADRID - Spain's economy minister, Carlos Cuerpo, to speak at an event held by Cinco Dias newspaper - 1000 GMT.
INDIA - Fifth phase of India's general election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 21VADUZ - Switzerland's finance minister, Karin Keller-Sutter, and Julius Baer's CEO will speak at the Finance Forum event in Liechtenstein. SEOUL - South Korea, Britain to host a summit on artificial intelligence in Seoul. (To May 22)
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
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** HELSINKI - U.N. Nuclear Chief Rafael Grossi attends Nordic Nuclear Forum in Finland. – 0500 GMT
** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden and Kenyan President William Ruto participate in event with business executives. TOKYO - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala Carlos Ramiro Martínez will visit Japan. (To May 24)
BERLIN - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner speaks at economics Humboldt-Symposium. – 1030 GMT WEIMAR, Germany - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock hosts a meeting of the so-called Weimar Triangle with her French and Polish counterparts, Stéphane Séjourné and Radosław Sikorski. – 1245 GMT ANKARA - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil visits Turkey and meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 23VILNIUS - Defence ministers from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Britain, Sweden and Germany meet in Palanga, Lithuania. – 0900 GMT BARCELONA - Spain's Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero talks at Cercle d'Economia conference in Barcelona. – 1000 GMT STRESA, 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 24BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro with military honours in Berlin. – 0930 GMT
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 25
** ATHENS - Japan's Princess Kako visits Greece for the 125th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Japan and Greece. INDIA - Sixth phase of India's general election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 26SEOUL - South Korea to host a trilateral summit with China and Japan. (To May 27) BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives French President Emmanuel Macron at Bellevue castle with military honors in Berlin.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 27BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 28GRANSEE, GERMANY - French President Emmanuel Macron attends Franco-German Council of Ministers in Meseberg. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 29VANUATU - Referendum Election. MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly Election. SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 30BUDAPEST - Hungarian Economy Minister Marton Nagy and central bank Deputy Governor Barnabas Virag to speak at a business conference - 0700 GMT. 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 1
** KATHMANDU - 23rd anniversary of Nepal King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family assassinated by Crown Prince in royal family massacre. LONDON - OPEC+ meets online to decide on output policy. INDIA - Seventh and last phase of India's general election. ICELAND - Icelandic Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 2MEXICO - Mexican Senate Election. MEXICO – Mexican Chamber of Deputies Election. MEXICO - Mexican Presidency Election.
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** CHILE – 13th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia.
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** BERLIN - International Air Show (To June 9).
** GLOBAL - World Environment Day.
** SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2024 (to June 16)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 6
** SEOUL - South Korea marks the 69th anniversary of Memorial Day. KAMPALA - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni to give a state of the nation address in parliament. EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 9BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives Election. BULGARIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 10CAIRO - Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic travels to Egypt.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12** GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour .
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** DODOMA - Tanzania's Finance Minister Mwigulu Nchemba is due to present the 2024/25 budget to parliament. – 1300 GMT KAMPALA - Ugandan Finance Minister Matia Kasaija is due to present the 2024/25 budget at the parliament. BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy - Italy hosts G7 summit of world leaders. (To June 15)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 14** SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2024 (To June 23)
** GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day.
** GAZA - 9th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah.
** GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 17** GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 18CZECH REPUBLIC - Argentina's President Javier Milei visits Prague.
LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion).
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** GLOBAL - World Refugee Day. LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 21
** GLOBAL - International Yoga Day. LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 22Mauritania - Mauritanian Presidency election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 24
** BERLIN - 76th anniversary of beginning of The Berlin Blockade. Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the United States to organise a massive airlift. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
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** LOS ANGELES - 15th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council
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** GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 27Brussels - European Council meeting (to June 28).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 28Mongolia - Mongolian State Great Hural election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 29** PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 22nd anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash.
** BEJING/TAIPEI - 14th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 1CHINA – 103rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 2GLOBAL - World UFO Day on the anniversary of the Roswell incident.
SIENA - July annual horse race, "Palio di Siena".
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 4UNITED STATES - Independence Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 5SONKAJARVI - Wife-Carrying World Championship 2016 (to July 6)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 6GLOBAL - International Day of Cooperatives.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 7KATHMANDU - 77th birthday of Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra.
LONDON - 19th anniversary of the attacks on London's transport network, in which more than 50 people where killed and 700 injured.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 9TEHRAN - 24th anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999.
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks 19th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal.
SOUTH SUDAN – 13th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 11GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day.
MUMBAI - 17th anniversary of the deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 14PARIS - Bastille Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 15RWANDA - Rwanda will hold parliamentary elections.
RWANDA - Rwanda will hold a presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 17GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, on July 17,
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 18GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 20CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 21KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 24th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 22HAMPSHIRE - Farnborough Air show 2024 (to Jul 26).
OSLO – 13th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island, where 77 people were killed.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 28GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.
GLOBAL – 110th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.
PERU - 203rd Anniversary of Independence.
VENEZUELA - Venezuela will hold a presidential election.
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