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——————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————————————– TUESDAY, APRIL 12 ** BRAZZAVILLE – Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on a state visit to the Republic of Congo (to April 13) ** HELSINKI/ TALLINN – Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin to visit Finland and Estonia ** MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko to meet in Russia’s Amur Region. ** SEOUL – Admiral Rob Bauer, the chairman of NATO’s military committee, holds a press conference in Seoul after meeting with South Korean defense officials. ** TOKYO – Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti meets with his Japanese counterpart Nobuo Kishi in Tokyo – 0930 GMT ** WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in a a U.S.-India Higher Education Dialogue at Howard University with India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. – 1630 GMT HANOI – Canadian foreign minister Melanie Jolie visits Hanoi to boost bilateral ties. She will meet her Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son and Vietnamese leaders. WARSAW – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Warsaw for an official visit, during which he will meet Poland’s President Andrzej Duda. GLOBAL – International Day of Human Space Flight. LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. SINGAPORE – Panama’s Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes is in Singapore for an official visit (to April 13) LISBON – President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev on a state visit to Portugal (to April 13) JAKARTA/ HANOI – Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will visit Indonesia and Vietnam to reinforce bilateral relations and expand partnerships in Indo-Pacific (to April 14) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 ** KINGSTON – Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame is scheduled to visit Jamaica for a three-day visit (to April 15) ** DUBLIN – Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering of Finland Tytti Tuppurainen to visit Dublin. ** TOKYO – Japan Foreign Minister Hayashi meets Greek counterpart Nikos Dandias – 1630 GMT ** MERIDA, Spain – Spain’s economy minister Nadia Calvino to hold a meeting with Guillermo Fernandez Vara, the president of the Extremadura region followed by a press conference – 0730 GMT ** STOCKHOLM – Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin hold a press conference in Stockholm after a meeting on the security situation following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. – 1010 GMT – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, APRIL 15

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BELFAST/NEW YORK – 109th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, APRIL 16 SKOPJE – Iliana Iotova Vice President of Bulgaria will be visiting North Macedonia (to April 17) VATICAN CITY – 95th birthday of Pope Benedict. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, APRIL 18 ** SINGAPORE – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Singapore from April 18, holding meetings with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and local entrepreneurs and business leaders to boost trade ties between the two countries. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, APRIL 19 MOSCOW – The Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan to make official visit to Russia. DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 OSLO – Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on official visit to Norway (to April 22). UNITED STATES – 12th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. – – – – – – – – –

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THURSDAY, APRIL 21 LONDON – Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 96th birthday.

PARIS – 61th anniversary of the first manned mission to space. BRUSSELS – EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager speaks on artificial intelligence at a Politico event – 0700 GMT. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, APRIL 22

GLOBAL – Earth Day.

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GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, APRIL 24 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Slovenian National Assembly election. PARIS, France – Presidential election (Second round) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, APRIL 25 GLOBAL – World Malaria Day. 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) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, APRIL 28

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PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 24th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, APRIL 29

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 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 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 GLOBAL – International Nurse’s Day. WEISSENHAUS, Germany – EU 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 LISBON – 10th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MAY 17 GLOBAL – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 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 BANGKOK – APEC holds Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting. (To May 22) – – – – – – – – –

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SUNDAY, MAY 22 GLOBAL – International Day for Biological Diversity. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MAY 23 BRUSSELS – Euro zone finance ministers meet on fiscal rules reform, banking union – 1300 GMT BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MAY 24 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MAY 26 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 SYDNEY – Sydney Film Festival 2020 (to June 19) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, June 10 SHANGHAI – Shanghai International Film Festival 2020 (to June 19) – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JUNE 12 GLOBAL – World Day against Child Labour. – – – – – – – – – 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 – 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 GLOBAL – World Refugee Day. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JUNE 21 ** LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 BERLIN – International Air Show (to June 25).

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– – – – – – – – – 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) – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, JUNE 30 FRANCE – Election for National Assembly of France.

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