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DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 19

Published 19/04/2018, 08:51 pm
Updated 19/04/2018, 09:00 pm
DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 19

DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 19

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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, APRIL 19

LONDON – Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in London to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2018) (to April 20). BERLIN/DELHI – Finland's minister for environment, energy and housing, Kimmo Tiilikainen, will visit Germany and India (to April 20). BOSTON – Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos leaves on Tuesday for Boston, United States (Final Day).

STOCKHOLM/LONDON – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sweden and the United Kingdom for bilateral meetings with the two key European countries as well as two multilateral summits -- the India-Nordic Summit and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) (to April 20).

AMMAN – Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen will begin a three-day official visit to Jordan (Final Day).

BEIJING – Nepali Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali will visit China (to April 21) ZURICH - European Gold Forum meeting in Zurich (Final Day).

MBABANE - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to visit Swaziland (to April 21).

WASHINGTON D.C. - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to visit the United States (to April 20).

WASHINGTON – Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos visits Washington to attend the spring summit of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank (to April 21). VIETNAM – Myanmar State Counselor, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the President's Office Aung San Suu Kyi is scheduled to make an official visit to Vietnam. (to Apr 20).

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, delivers lecture on "How NATO Adapts to a Changing World" - 1230 GMT. BERLIN - EU Commissioner Guenther Oettinger discusses the future of EU finances after Britain leaves the European Union - 1230 GMT.

WASHINGTON D.C. - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim holds a news conference ahead of the spring meeting of the IMF and World Bank - 1245 GMT. WASHINGTON D.C. - Ahead of the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, the Group of 24 developing nations hold a news conference - 2115 GMT.

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FRIDAY APRIL 20

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Senegalese President Macky Sall. PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara - 1400 GMT.

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi - 1700 GMT.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Spring meetings (to April 22). BHUTAN - Bhutanese National Council election PARAGUAY – Presidential election

PARAGUAY - Paraguayan Chamber of Senators election PARAGUAY - Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies election

WASHINGTON, D.C. - 2018 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (to April 22). UNITED STATES - 8th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. WASHINGTON, D.C. - United Nations Annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Spring meetings (to Apr. 22).

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SATURDAY, APRIL 21 LONDON - Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 92nd birthday. PARIS – 57th anniversary of the first manned mission to space. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, APRIL 22

HANOVER, Germany - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will join German Chancellor Angela Merkel to open the Hannover Messe, the world's leading trade show for industrial technology. - 1600 GMT.

SHANGHAI - Indian External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to China and attend the foreign ministers' meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (to Apr.23).

FRENCH POLYNESIA - Assembly of French Polynesia Election. GLOBAL - Earth Day. LONDON - 2018 London Marathon. TOKYO - Sweden King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of the Kingdom of Sweden will pay an Official Visit to Japan (to April 25).

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MONDAY, APRIL 23 WASHINGTON D.C. - French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in the United States for a state visit. LJUBLJANA – Slovakian President Andrej Kiska will meet his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor and other state officials.

STOCKHOLM - United Nation's Secretary-General Anotnio Guterres meets Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven.

RIGA - Norway Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit visit Latvia (to April 26).

NEW YORK – Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up, including the special high-level meetings of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, the World Trade Organization and UNCTAD (to April 27).

GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day.

WASHINGTON D.C. - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit the United States (to April 25). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 24 LONDON - Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission Vice-President speaks in London on financial stability and the finacnial services industry ahead of Brexit - 0800 GMT.

BEIJING – Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif to attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

ULAANBAATAR - Indian External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Mongolia (to April 25).

LONDON - City Lecture with François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor, Bank of France. LONDON – Lunch discussion with François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor, Bank of France.

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 BERLIN - International Air Show (to April 29).

WASHINGTON D.C. - French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. VILLERS-BRETONNEUX , France - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attends the Dawn service at the Australian War Memorial in France to commemorate 100 years since the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux

BERN, Switzerland - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier makes state visit to Switzerland (to April 26). SINGAPORE - The Leaders of ASEAN Member States meet in Singapore to discuss regional and international issues (to April 28).

FAROE ISLANDS - Referendum Election.

GLOBAL - World Malaria Day. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 27

** WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House.

BRASILIA, Brazil - Chilean President Sebastian Piñera visits Brazil to deepen business and political ties now that both countries are ideologically in tune with pro-market governments. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Moldovan President Igor Dodon visits Russia (to April 28).

RIGA - Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel visit Latvia.

SOFIA - Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to April 28). SOFIA - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 28 GABON - Gabonese National Assembly election. PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania - 20th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 29 LONDON – 7th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, APRIL 30

NEW YORK - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari meets U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.

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TUESDAY, MAY 1 GLOBAL - World Asthma Day.

VATICAN CITY – 6th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul.

CANBERRA – French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Australia (to May 03)

NEW YORK, United States – United Nation Economic and Social Council, Substantive session, integration segment (to May 3).

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – 7th anniversary of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's killing, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.

MANILA - ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (to May. 4). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 3

GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 6 FRENCH POLYNESIA - Assembly of French Polynesia election LEBANON - Lebanese National Assembly election - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY MAY 08

GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red Crescent Day. ALTICE ARENA, Lisbon - 2018 Eurovision Song Contest (to May 12). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 MALAYSIA - Malaysian House of Representatives election.

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SATURDAY, MAY 12 GLOBAL - International Nurses Day.

TIMOR-LESTE - Timorese National Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 14 NEW YORK, United States – United Nation General Assembly, Intergovernmental conference to adopt a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration and its preparatory process (to May 18). NEW YORK, United States - United Nations High-level International Conference on Nuclear Disarmament (to May 16). BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 15 GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.

IRAQ - Iraqi council of representatives election.

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WEDNESDAY MAY 16

LISBON – 6th anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.

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THURSDAY, MAY 17 GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

BURUNDI - Referendum election. NEW YORK, United States - Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, United Nations Forum on the Question of Palestine,“70 Years after 1948 - Lessons to Achieve a Sustainable Peace” (to May 18). SOFIA - EU-Western Balkans summit in Sofia. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 18 GLOBAL - International Museum Day.

NEW YORK, United States - Economic and Social Council, Special meeting of the Council on international cooperation in tax matters.

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SUNDAY, MAY 20 VENEZUELA – Presidential elections.

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MONDAY, MAY 21 NEW YORK, United States - Economic and Social Council, Substantive session, high-level segment, Development Cooperation Forum (to May 22).

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BUCHAREST - OMFIF Economists Meeting with the National Bank of Romania. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 24 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 25 BRUSSELS - Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 27 COLOMBIA - Presidential elections

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MIAMI, FL - Miami Beach International Fashion Week (to June 3). - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 31 GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.

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