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——————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————————————– THURSDAY, MAY 5 ** SOFIA – Bulgarian Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov will give a press-conference after hosting a regional meeting on energy security after Russia cut gas supplies to the Balkan country. Deputy energy minister of Turkey and economy minister of North Macedonia are also attending. – 0930 GMT ** ANKARA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu holds a news conference with his Liberian counterpart Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr.. – 1115 GMT ** MADRID – Spain´s Foreign Affairs minister José Manuel Albares holds a meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias – 1230 GMT ** OTTAWA – Canada’s International Trade Minister Mary Ng and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai speak at a news conference. – 1830 GMT NICOSIA – Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel visits Cyprus. UNITED NATIONS – U.N. Security Council to meet on Ukraine. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to brief. Meeting convened by the United States, which is president of the 15-member body for May. – 1900 GMT LONDON – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for bilateral talks at Downing Street and holds news conference. PRISTINA, Kosovo – German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht travels to Kosovo. BELGRADE, Serbia – German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht travels to Belgrade. BERLIN – German President Steinmeier meets Czech prime minister Petr Fiala – 1400 GMT

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UNITED KINGDOM – 2022 United Kingdom local elections

VIENNA – 28th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting via videoconference. ABUJA – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visit to Nigeria (Final Day). NEW DELHI – Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will pay an official visit to India (to May 6). JAKARTA/ HANOI/ BANGKOK/ ROME/ LONDON – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kisida will visit several Asian and European countries. (To May 6) Washington D.C – Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan will pay a working visit to the United States of America to participate in the session of Armenia-US Strategic Dialogue. (to May 6). BUCHAREST / BRATISLAVA – U S. First lady Jill Biden will visit Romania and Slovakia (to May 9) NEW YORK – Maldives Vice President Faisal Naseem on Sunday evening departed on an official visit to New York City, the United States of America. The Vice President is accompanied by his spouse Aishath Shamsadha and a high-level delegation. (To May 11) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, MAY 6

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FLORENCE, Italy – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks at a European University Institute event in Florence called “A Europe Fit for the Next Generation?” – 1000 GMT SLIAC, Slovakia – German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht travels to Slovakia. GEORGETOWN – President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro in official visit to Guyana. SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Mexican President Lopez Obrador in official visit to El Salvador – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, MAY 7

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Mexican President Lopez Obrador in official visit to Honduras – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, MAY 8 ** WASHINGTON DC – Finland’s Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Tytti Tuppurainen will be in Washington and attend the Munich Leaders Meeting hosted by the Munich Security Conference and hold bilateral meetings with several colleagues. (to May 11). 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 ** BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron meet for talks in Berlin and speak to reporters beforehand, with the focus expected to be the war in Ukraine. – 1610 GMT JERUSALEM – President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso visits Israel (to May 12). STRASBOURG, France – French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will be among the speakers at an event at the European Parliament in Strasbourg at which a report on the final outcome of the Conference on the Future of Europe will be presented. – 1000 GMT BERLIN – Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo meets German federal president Steinmeier in official visit in Berlin, followed by a speech at the Friedrich-Naumann foundation.

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MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Senate election. MANILA, Philippines – Philippine House of Representatives election. MANILA, Philippines – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MAY 10

Ankara – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visits Turkey (to May 11) WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Prime Minister Mario Draghi of Italy to White House to discuss “ongoing coordination with Allies and partners on measures to support of the people of Ukraine and to impose economic costs on Russia for its unprovoked aggression.”

BERLIN – Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo meets German chancellor Scholz in official visit in Berlin, followed by a roundtable on Belgo-German cooperation in relation to hydrogen.

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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) – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, MAY 13

DUSHANBE – Foreign Ministers of Armenian Ararat Mirzoyan, Azerbaijani Jeyhun Bayramov, Russian Sergey Lavrov will meet in Dushanbe. WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden hosts leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a summit in Washington D.C.

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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 BRUSSELS – EU-Armenia Partnership Council. 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. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MAY 19 UNITED NATIONS – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to chair U.N. Security Council meeting on conflict and food security. The United States is president of the 15-member council for May. – 1500 GMT – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, MAY 20 SEOUL/TOKYO – U.S. President Joe Biden will visit South Korea and Japan and hold talks with his Korean and Japanese counterparts. (To May 24) BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, MAY 21 Australia – Australian House of Representatives Election.

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Australia – Australian Senate Election. BANGKOK – APEC holds Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting. (To May 22) – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MAY 22 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 ** BERLIN – Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck and Environment Minister Steffi Lemke to host their G7 colleagues in Berlin (To May 27) 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. SUNDAY, JULY 3 KINSHASA – Pope Francis visits Congo (To July 4) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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