Political and General News Events from April 26

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——————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————————————– TUESDAY, APRIL 26 ** NEW DELHI – Foreign Minister of Slovenia Anze Logar will start a three-day visit to India to meet with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and take part in the Raisina Dialogue. (To Apr. 27) ** EDINBURGH – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will travel to Scotland. ** BAKU – Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan. (To Apr. 27) ** WARSAW – German Economy Minister Robert Habeck travels to Poland to hold talks about energy security.

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** SOFIA – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg addresses the conference “The EU meets the Balkans Forum” in Sofia with a video message – 0800 GMT

** WARSAW – European Union energy policy chief Kadri Simson and Poland’s climate minister Anna Mokswa hold a joint press conference – 0810 GMT

** LONDON – Britain’s financial services minister John Glen takes part in House of Lords hearing on the impact of Brexit on the EU-UK relationship in financial services. – 1500 GMT

** WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly at State Department. – 1900 GMT

** WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky. – 2100 GMT

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NEW DELHI – Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau visits India. (To Apr. 27) MONTEVIDEO/ BRASÍLIA/ QUITO/ BOGOTÁ/ PANAMA CITY/ CARACAS – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu will pay official visits to Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama and Venezuela. (To Apr. 29) NEW DELHI – Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt will visit India to take part in the Raisina Dialogue, in addition to holding bilateral talks. (To Apr. 27) NEW YORK, United States – Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (to Apr. 28)

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MOSCOW – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discusses the situation in Ukraine at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

MOSCOW – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discusses the situation in Ukraine with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. – 0930 GMT

– – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 ** TEHRAN – Chinese Minister of National Defense General Wei Fenghe will hold meetings with Iranian officials in Tehran to discuss bilateral, regional and international issues.

BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s Economy Minister, Martin Guzman, speaks about the country’s energy projects in a meeting with industry businessmen in the province of Neuquen. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, APRIL 28 ** RIYADH – Pakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to Saudi Arabia. ** PRETORIA – President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa will host Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of the Republic of Guinea Bissau, on a State Visit to Pretoria. ** TIRANA – EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi will visit Tirana. ** DHAKA – External Affairs Minister (EAM) of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will pay a day-long visit in Dhaka. ** LONDON – Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, who holds the rotating Swiss presidency this year, will meet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in London. ** BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg holds a debate with the European Parliament’s President and the EP’s group leaders

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KYIV – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to undertake a visit to Ukraine. BERLIN – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor in Berlin – 0930 GMT

ATHENS – Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin will meet with Greek Prime Minister Kyriákos Mitsotákis in Athens. TOKYO – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will make a two-day visit to Japan and hold talks with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. (To Apr. 29) PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 24th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, APRIL 29 ** JAKARTA/ HANOI/ BANGKOK/ ROME/ LONDON – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kisida will visit several Asian and European countries. (To May 6) LONDON – 11th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MAY 1 VATICAN CITY – 11th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MAY 2 ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 11th year since al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces raid, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MAY 3 JAKARTA – ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting via Videoconference. BRUSSELS – Video conference of the Eurogroup meeting. GLOBAL – World Asthma Day. GLOBAL – World Press Freedom Day. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MAY 5 VIENNA – 28th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting via videoconference. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MAY 8 ** HAVANA – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador arrives in Cuba (to May 9).

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GLOBAL – World Red Cross Red Crescent Day. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MAY 9 MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Senate election. MANILA, Philippines – Philippine House of Representatives election. MANILA, Philippines – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 TURIN, Italy, – 2022 Eurovision Song Contest (To May 14). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MAY 12 WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden will host leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a summit in Washington (to May 13) GLOBAL – International Nurse’s Day. WEISSENHAUS, Germany – G7 Foreign Minister meeting in Weissenhaus,Schleswig-Holstein (To May 14) – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, MAY 14 BERLIN – Germany hosts an informal meeting for NATO foreign ministers in Berlin to discuss strengthening the alliance in the light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (To May 15). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MAY 15 BERN, Switzerland – Referendum Election. PARIS – EU Commission Vice-Presidents Valdis Dombrovskis and Margrethe Vestager meet their U.S. counterparts in the Paris suburb of Saclay to discuss transatlantic issues and how to counter China’s dominance in key technologies (To May 16). GLOBAL – U.N. International Day of Families. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MAY 16 WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden meets with the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis at White House. LISBON – 10th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MAY 17 ** STOCKHOLM – Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto visits Sweden and will meet Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf and members of government during the 2-day visit (to May 18).

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GLOBAL – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 WASHINGTON, D.C – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu revealed his plans to visit the United States to meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. BONN, Germany – Germany hosts the finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 7 (G7) (to May 20) GLOBAL – International Museum Day. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, MAY 20 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, MAY 21 ** Australia – Australian House of Representatives Election.

** Australia – Australian Senate Election. BANGKOK – APEC holds Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting. (To May 22) – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MAY 22 TOKYO – U.S. President Joe Biden to pay an official visit to Japan. GLOBAL – International Day for Biological Diversity. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MAY 23 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. BRUSSELS – Euro zone finance ministers meet on fiscal rules reform, banking union – 1300 GMT BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MAY 24 JERUSALEM – Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Israel. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MAY 26 ** BISHKEK – President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Kyrgyzstan.

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BISHKEK – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will make official visit to Kyrgyzstan. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MAY 29 BOGOTA, Colombia – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MAY 30 BRUSSELS – EU special meeting of the European Council (to May 31) GENEVA, Switzerland – Human Rights Council – Organizational meeting on the 50th session. BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MAY 31 GLOBAL – World No Tobacco Day. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 KATHMANDU – 21st anniversary of the massacre of Nepal’s royal family, in which King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family were assassinated – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JUNE 3 BRUSSELS – EU trade ministers meet in Brussels. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, JUNE 4 CHILE – 11th anniversary of Chile’s Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia. HONG KONG – Tens of thousands attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JUNE 5 GLOBAL – World Environment Day. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JUNE 6 SEOUL – South Korea marks the 67th anniversary of Memorial Day. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 MADRID – Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calviño participates in a two-day forum organized by Expansion paper. SYDNEY – Sydney Film Festival 2020 (to June 19) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JUNE 9 LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To June 10) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JUNE 10 SHANGHAI – Shanghai International Film Festival 2020 (to June 19) – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JUNE 12 GLOBAL – World Day against Child Labour (ILO) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JUNE 13 GENEVA, Switzerland – 50th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to July 8) – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JUNE 14 GLOBAL – World Blood Donor Day. GAZA – 15th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah. GLOBAL – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JUNE 16 LUXEMBOURG – Euro zone finance ministers meet on ERM2, digital euro, fiscal rules reform, banking union – 1300 GMT LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JUNE 17 LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. GLOBAL – United Nation’s World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JUNE 20 YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia to have G20 health ministers meeting (to June 21).

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GLOBAL – World Refugee Day. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JUNE 21 PHNOM PENH – 16th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting. (To June 22) LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 BERLIN – International Air Show (to June 25). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JUNE 23 BRUSSELS – European Council (to June 24). – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JUNE 24 BERLIN – 74th 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 organize a massive airlift. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, JUNE 25 VIENNA – IAEA International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Exploration, Mining, Production, Supply and Demand, Economics and Environmental Issues (to June 29). LOS ANGELES – 13th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JUNE 26 GLOBAL – International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. BERLIN – G7 summit, Schloss Elmau (to June 28) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 MADRID – NATO Summit is be held in Madrid (to June 30) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JUNE 30 FRANCE – Election for National Assembly of France. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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