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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, APRIL 23 ** TASHKENT - Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow will pay a state visit to Uzbekistan (to April 24).
** BEIJING - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to China (to April 24).
** HAVANA, Cuba - Bolivian President Evo Morales visits Cuba and meets President Miguel Diaz-Canel. ** WASHINGTON, D.C. - European Commission Vice President Andrus Ansip responsible for financial services will speak at the New York Federal Reserve. ** HANOVER, Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto tour Hanover Fair, the world's "leading trade show for industrial technology" where Mexico is this year's partner country - 0700 GMT. ** BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Beijing - 0730 GMT. ** LONDON - Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo speaks at Chatham House in England - 1530 GMT. ** WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump host French President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron for dinner at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate - 2230 GMT. SHANGHAI - Indian External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to China and attend the foreign ministers' meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (Final Day).
TOKYO - Sweden King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of the Kingdom of Sweden will pay an Official Visit to Japan (to April 25).
NEW YORK CITY - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. - 2200 GMT.
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 ** TIRANA/ PODGORICA/ BELGRADE/ SARAJEVO/ SKOPJE - European Council President Donald Tusk will travel to Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia (to April 27).
** WARSAW - Ethiopian President Mulat Teshome Wirtu will visit Poland (to April 25).
** BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with visiting foreign ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member countries in Beijing - 0130 GMT. ** VILNIUS - Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit visit Lithuania. ** BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker holds a joint news conference with Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed - 1530 GMT. 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 ** BELGRADE - Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, will visit Serbia. ** BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets the Albanian Prime Minister for bilateral talks in Berlin - 1330 GMT. MANILA - Philippines President Duterte delivers a speech on his initiatives in ASEAN Summit.
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. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, APRIL 26
** ATHENS - European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker will visit Greece. SINGAPORE - Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang delivers opening speech for the 16th ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Council Meeting.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 27
** WUHAN, China – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during an informal summit in Wuhan city in China (to April 28).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House. SOFIA, Bulgaria – Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (ECOFIN) – (to April 28)
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 ** SOFIA - European Union Finance Ministers will meet in Bulgaria to discuss plans to tax the digital economy. SINGAPORE - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong makes opening remarks at the opening ceremony of the 32nd ASEAN Summit.
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 Brussels – EU-Moldova Association Council.
GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day. - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, May 5 SOFIA, Bulgaria – Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers on defence.
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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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FRIDAY, MAY 11
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Second Senior Officials' Meeting and Related Meetings (SOM 2) - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, MAY 12 JAKARTA - 27th Meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) (to May 17).
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 RUSSIA - 15th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials' Meeting (ARSOM) (to May 18). 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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MONDAY, JUNE 4 SINGAPORE - 34th High Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration (HLTF– EI) (to June 5). SINGAPORE - ASEAN SOM, ASEAN Plus Three (APT) SOM, East Asia Summit (EAS) SOM, and ASEAN Regional Forum SOM (to June 7).
JOHANNESBURG - Foreign ministers of the BRICS group of emerging economies meet ahead of the July 25-27 main summit (to June 5).
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TUESDAY, JUNE 5 KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea - Second Senior Finance Officials' Meeting (to June 8).
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