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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, APRIL 26
** PARIS - Ministers from 72 countries will discuss ways of cutting funding to groups including Islamic State and al-Qaeda at an international conference in Paris, launched by French President Emmanuel Macron.
** JERUSALEM - Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila meets Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem – 0700 GMT. ** TALLINN - Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit visit Estonia. RIGA - Norway Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit visit Latvia (Final Day).
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).
TIRANA/ PODGORICA/ BELGRADE/ SARAJEVO/ SKOPJE - European Council President Donald Tusk will travel to Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia (to April 27).
BERLIN - International Air Show (to April 29).
BERN, Switzerland - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier makes state visit to Switzerland (Final Day). SINGAPORE - The Leaders of ASEAN Member States meet in Singapore to discuss regional and international issues (to April 28).
PRISTIINA - European Council President Donald Tusk visits Kosovo during his visit to the Western Balkans. Tusk will meet President Hashim Thaci and hold a joint press statement after the meeting - 1000 GMT. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Governor General of Canada Julie Payette to undertake working visit to the United States of America (to April 27).
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina President Mauricio Macri meets his Chilean counterpart Sebastian Pinera at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace.
BEIJING - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao at Zhongnanhai in Beijing - 0800 GMT.
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
** BRUSSELS - Acting United States Secretary of State John Sullivan will meet 28 foreign ministers of the NATO alliance in Brussels. ** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Cypriot Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides in Moscow. News conference scheduled after the talks - 0800 GMT. PANMUNJOM, South Korea - North and South Korea will hold their first summit in more than a decade. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will discuss a range of issues, including North Korea's weapons programme. BEIJING - Chinese Transport Minister Li Xiaopeng will meet U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao at Transportation Ministry building in Beijing - 0130 GMT. WUHAN, China – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China and 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 – Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (ECOFIN) – (to April 28)
BRASILIA - 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 ** MOSCOW - The foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey and Iran as the guarantor countries of the Astana process on Syria plan to meet in Russia. ** CAIRO - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian meets officials in Egypt (to April 29). 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 TASHKENT/ SEOUL - Turkey President Recep Tayiip Erdogan will visit Uzbekistan and South Korea (to May 3).
LONDON – 7th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, APRIL 30
** NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - U.N. Security Council envoys visit Myanmar, meeting its civilian leader, Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, army chief Min Aung Hlaing and other ministers. 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 ** SYDNEY - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Australian officials on a three-day tour (to May 04). ** SEOUL - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits South Korea. OTTAWA - Portugese Prime Minister Antonio Costa will visit Canada (to May 5).
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 - The EU General Affairs Council meets to discuss the future of cohesion policy post-2020. ** SOCHI, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi for talks - 0900 GMT. BRUSSELS – EU-Moldova Association Council.
GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 4 ** RUSE, Bulgaria - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will meet Romanian President Klaus Iohanis and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen in the Danube city of Ruse.
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SATURDAY, May 5 SOFIA – 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 8
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
KATHMANDU – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Nepal.
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - APEC Second Senior Officials' Meeting and Related Meetings (SOM 2) (to May 24). - - - - - - - - -
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
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea – APEC ministers responsible for trade meeting (to May 26). 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 ** OTTOWA - G7 finance and development ministers, as well as central bank governors will discuss the theme of "Investing in growth that works for everyone" in Canada.
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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