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May 23 (Reuters) –

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——————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————————————– MONDAY, MAY 23 ** HANOI – President of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou landed in Hanoi, starting her four-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc. (To May 25) ** TOKYO – The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will undertake an Official Working Visit to Japan. (To May 28) ** TEHRAN – Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs will pay a visit to Iran to attend the meeting of the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of Economic Cooperation (ECO) Member States on increasing the efficiency of the Organization. (To May 24) ** BRUSSELS – European Economic Area Council meeting. ** BRUSSELS – EU’s 27 member countries meet in Brussels to discuss concerns around Hungary’s democratic track record. ** CAIRO – Egypt’s finance minister and other senior officials discuss efforts to adopt and promote alternative and sustainable finance in the build up to the COP27 climate summit later this year. ** LONDON – Boris Johnson Prime Minister of the United Kingdom meets with Uruguay’s President Luis Lacalle Pou at Downing Street. ** TOKYO – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tokyo with U.S. President Joe Biden meets Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi for a bilateral meeting. ** JAKARTA – Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati to give update on the realization of 2022’s state budget until April – 0900 GMT ** TOKYO – U.S. President Joe Biden visiting Tokyo participates in a private dinner with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida – 1000 GMT ** MUSCAT – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visits Oman as Iran moves to expand trade and diplomatic relations with Gulf Arab neighbors. ** TOKYO – U.S. President Joe Biden visiting Tokyo meets Japanese Emperor Naruhito – 0100 GMT ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Swiss President Ignazio Cassis and Founder and Executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, open Davos World Economic Forum meeting – 0845 GMT ** ISTANBUL – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan chairs a cabinet meeting with NATO to discuss Sweden and Finland joining NATO set to be high on the agenda – 0900 GMT ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the World Economic Forum – 0915 GMT ** SOCHI, Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko in Sochi – 1000 GMT ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader, Saudi’s Princess Haifa bint Faisal Al Saud, Marriott International CEO Anthony Capuano and Singapore’s Minister for transport S. Iswaran panel on rethinking travel and tourism – 1130 GMT ** NIAMEY – Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hold a joint news conference in Niamey – 1315 GMT ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Britain’s COP26 president Alok Sharma addresses WEF on embracing climate adaptation action – 1600 GMT ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy remotely addresses an event at the ‘Ukrainian house’ at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum – 1800 GMT 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) NUR-SULTAN – Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to Kazakhstan (To May 25) DAKAR, Senegal – German Chancellor Scholz travels to Senegal (To May 25) TOKYO – Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visits Japan for Quad Leaders’ Summit (To May 25) BEIJING – The U.N. Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, will visit China (To May 28) TOKYO – U.S. President Joe Biden visiting Tokyo will hold a bilateral meeting with his counterpart Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. 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 ** TOKYO – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds bilateral talks with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida. ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses the World Economic Forum – 0800 GMT ** DAVOS, Switzerland – A panel with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, discusses effects of war in Ukraine – 0845 GMT ** BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets Poland’s Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau in Berlin – 1300 GMT ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Ivory Coast’s Prime Minister Patrick Achi and the executive secretary of the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe, discuss on Africa as fastest growing continent – 1415 GMT ** DAVOS, Switzerland – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg and the Prime Minster of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, Dutch defense minister Kajsa Ollongren and the President of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, address a WEF forum on the steps Europe needs to take to become a security player in the wake of Ukraine war – 1700 GMT ** JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hold a joint news conference in Johannesburg – 0830 GMT ** TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference after meeting leaders of the Quad group, including the United States, Japan, India and Australia in Tokyo. ** BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna – 1410 GMT DAVOS – President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, addresses the World Economic Forum – 1100 GMT DAVOS – Iraqi President Barham Salih attends World Economic Forum event. – 1145 GMT TOKYO – Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will participate in the third Quad Leaders’ Summit in Tokyo along with U.S. President Joe Biden and Australian Prime minister Scott Morrison. MOSCOW – Defense ministers of CSTO countries will discuss new challenges and security threats at a meeting. DAVOS, Switzerland – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg and the defense ministers of Italy and the Netherlands address a WEF forum on the steps Europe needs to take to become a security player in the wake of Ukraine war. – 1430 GMT

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PRETORIA – President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to host Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany His Excellency Olaf Scholz on an Official Visit to Pretoria. KRISTIANSAND, Norway – The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) will hold its first ministerial meeting since 2013 in the Norwegian town of Kristiansand, and will be attended by foreign ministers and high-level representatives from ten of the member states and the EU (To May 25) TOKYO – Leaders from Japan, U.S., Australia, and India meets in Tokyo for a Quad meeting. JERUSALEM – Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Israel. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 ** LONDON – James Cleverly Minister of State of the United Kingdom for Europe and North America opens general debate in parliament on Ukraine. ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Ireland Prime minister Micheál Martin, President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Mesola, address a Davos forum on the European Union’s unity in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – 0800 GMT ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, takes part in a panel discussion ‘Ukraine and the EU: Win-win” on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum – 0940 GMT ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, takes part digitally in a panel discussion on the rebuilding of Ukraine on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum – 1430 GMT ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba gives news conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos – 1720 GMT ** BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg meets the Chair of the Presidency in Bosnia, Sefik Džaferović. They will give a joint news conference at NATO headquarters – 1230 GMT ** KRISTIANSAND, Norway – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is in Norway for the two-day Council of the Baltic Sea States (To May 26) ** WASHINGTON DC – UN Security Council holds annual debate, likely to include a strong focus on Ukraine, though also in other places such as Ethiopia, Yemen, and Myanmar. DAVOS – The Estonian Prime Minister and the prime ministers of Moldova and Georgia take part in a Davos panel, titled “Rethinking the EU’s Partnership with its Neighbourhood.” – 0715 GMT DAVOS – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses the World Economic Forum. – 0930 GMT DAVOS – Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer addresses the World Economic Forum – 0945 GMT DAVOS – Latin American leaders discuss how structural weaknesses can be addressed to ensure long-term prosperity in the region. – 1200 GMT DAVOS – Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto and Swedish Finance Minister Mikael Damberg discuss their countries’ NATO membership applications. – 1215 GMT DAVOS – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba addresses the World Economic Forum. – 1300 GMT DAVOS – Israeli President Isaac Herzog addresses the World Economic Forum. – 1300 GMT – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MAY 26 ** DAVOS, Switzerland – Iranian Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks at an event at the World Economic Forum – 0815 GMT ** BISHKEK – Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks via video link at the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) forum held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. DAVOS – The President of the World Economic Forum, Borge Brende, gives his closing remarks as the World Economic Forum in Davos comes to an end. – 0945 GMT DAVOS – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to give a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. During his visit, Scholz will also meet with industry representatives. – 1100 GMT 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. BISHKEK – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will make official visit to Kyrgyzstan. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, MAY 27 ** BISHKEK – Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks via video link at Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting on the second day of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) forum held in Bishkek, 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 CAIRO – Minister of Finance and Treasury of Turkey Nureddin Nebati i will visit Egypt. COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Referendum Election. 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. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JUNE 2 ** BUENOS AIRES – Argentina Economy minister Martin Guzman speaks to business leaders on the country’s economic plan. LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting. VIENNA – 29th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference. – – – – – – – – – 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. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JUNE 7 KINSHASA – Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will take an official visit to Democratic Republic of Congo, leading a delegation that will also include Belgium’s prime minister and other officials (to June 13). – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 MADRID – Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calviño participates in a two-day forum organized by Expansion paper (To June 9) SYDNEY – Sydney Film Festival 2020 (to June 19) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JUNE 9 ** PARIS – OECD 2022 Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) (To June 10) 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 ** GENEVA, Switzerland – Opening of WTO’s 164 member states Ministerial Conference in Geneva (To June 15) PARIS, France – Election for National Assembly of France. 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. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JUNE 19 PARIS, France – Election for National Assembly of France. – – – – – – – – –

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MONDAY, JUNE 20 YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia to have G20 health ministers meeting (to June 21). GLOBAL – World Refugee Day. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JUNE 21 ZURICH – Switzerland and Singapore host fintech confereence. The Forum will be opened by Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer and Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, Heng Swee Keat (to June 23). 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 meeting (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) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JULY 1 CHINA – 101st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China. SONKAJARVI – Wife-Carrying World Championship 2020 (to July 2) – – – – – – – – –

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SATURDAY, JULY 2 GLOBAL – World UFO day on anniversary of the Roswell incident. SIENA – July annual horse race “Palio di Siena.” – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, JULY 3 KINSHASA – Pope Francis visits Congo (To July 4) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 4 UNITED STATES – Independence Day. GLOBAL – International Day of Cooperatives. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JULY 5 JUBA – Pope Francis visits South Sudan, where violence and hunger stalk world’s youngest nation (to Jul. 6). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 7 KATHMANDU – 75th birthday of Nepal’s deposed King Gyanendra. LONDON – 17th anniversary of the attacks on London’s transport network, killing more than 50 and injuring 700. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, JULY 9 TEHRAN – 22nd anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999. JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH – Palestine marks 17th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel’s walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal. SOUTH SUDAN – 11th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State. – – – – – – – – –

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MONDAY, JULY 11 GLOBAL – United Nations World Population Day. MUMBAI – 15th anniversary of deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai’s commuter rail network. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 14 PARIS – Bastille Day. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 17 GLOBAL – World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, on July 17. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 18 HAMPSHIRE – Farnborough International Airshow 2022 (to Jul 22) GLOBAL – Nelson Mandela International Day. – – – – – – – – –

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 CYPRUS – Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974. – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, JULY 21 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 22nd anniversary of conclusion of NASA’s space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135. GLOBAL – International Yoga Day. – – – – – – – – –

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FRIDAY, JULY 22 OSLO – 11th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people killed. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 24 OTTAWA – Pope Francis to visit Canada (to July 30) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 28 GLOBAL – World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 108th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU – 201st Anniversary of Independence. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, JULY 29 BAYREUTH, Germany – Annual Bayreuth festival 2022 (to Aug. 9)

SUNDAY, JULY 31 KINSHASA, Congo – Election for Congolese National Assembly DAKAR, Senegal – Election for Senegalese National Assembly – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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May 20 (Reuters) –

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——————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————————————– FRIDAY, MAY 20 ** SARAJEVO – European Union Council President visits Bosnia, where he is scheduled to meet top officials. ** WARSAW – Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa visits Poland. – 0900 GMT ** BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell and U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi meet with EU development ministers to discuss the implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on food security. – 1000 GMT ** ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan holds talks behind closed doors with Colombian President Ivan Duque in Istanbul. – 1330 GMT ** WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi at the State Department in Washington – 1500 GMT ** SOFIA – North Macedonia’s defense minister Slavjanka Petrovska started an official two-day visit in Sofia, Bulgaria (To May 21) ** ANKARA – Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez will pay a working visit to Turkey (May 22) MOSCOW – Russian and Malian foreign ministers, Sergei Lavrov and Abdoulaye Diop, meet in Moscow, speak at news conference after meeting. – 0900 GMT RALEIGH – Cyril Ramaphosa President of South Africa undertake an oversight visit to Carolina. WARSAW – Slovenian president Borut Pahor pays an official visit to Warsaw. BERLIN – Joint news conference of German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Joachim Nagel President of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Koenigswinter/Bonn at the meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs – 1145 GMT BERLIN – German President Frank Walter Steinmeier meets with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani – 0700 GMT. TURIN, Italy – Foreign Affairs Ministers from the 46 Council of Europe member States meet in Turin under the Italian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting DILI – Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Second Minister for Education Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (To May 20)

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NICOSIA – The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ayman Al Safadi, pays a two-day official visit to Cyprus (To Mya 20) YEREVAN – Gitanas Nausėda President of Lithuania will meet with Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan (To May 20) BELGRADE – EU Council President Charles Michel visits Serbia (To May 20) BONN, Germany – Germany hosts the finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 7 (G7) (to May 20) NEW YORK CITY – Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri V. Muraleedharan (MoS VM) will lead the Indian delegation to United Nations in New York (To May 20) KINGSTON/ KINGSTOWN – President of the Republic of India Ram Nath Kovind to pay visit to Jamaica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (to May 21) TASHKENT – Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to Uzbekistan (To May 21) 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) – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, MAY 21 ** BEIJING – Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will pay an official visit to China (To May 22) ** SEOUL – U.S. President Joe Biden attends a welcome ceremony hosted by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul. 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 ** BRUSSELS – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan meets Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels. NUR-SULTAN – Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to Kazakhstan (To May 25) DAKAR, Senegal – German Chancellor Scholz travels to Senegal (To May 25) GLOBAL – International Day for Biological Diversity. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MAY 23 ** TOKYO – Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visits Japan for Quad Leaders’ Summit (To May 25) ** BEIJING – The U.N. Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, will visit China (To May 28) TOKYO – U.S. President Joe Biden visiting Tokyo will hold a bilateral meeting with his counterpart Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. 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 ** DAVOS – President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, addresses the World Economic Forum. – 0900 GMT ** DAVOS – Iraqi President Barham Salih attends World Economic Forum event. – 1145 GMT ** TOKYO – Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will participate in the third Quad Leaders’ Summit in Tokyo along with U.S. President Joe Biden and Australian Prime minister Scott Morrison. ** MOSCOW – Defense ministers of CSTO countries will discuss new challenges and security threats at a meeting. DAVOS, Switzerland – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg and the defense ministers of Italy and the Netherlands address a WEF forum on the steps Europe needs to take to become a security player in the wake of Ukraine war. – 1430 GMT

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PRETORIA – President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to host Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany His Excellency Olaf Scholz on an Official Visit to Pretoria. KRISTIANSAND, Norway – The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) will hold its first ministerial meeting since 2013 in the Norwegian town of Kristiansand, and will be attended by foreign ministers and high-level representatives from ten of the member states and the EU (To May 25) TOKYO – Leaders from Japan, U.S., Australia, and India meets in Tokyo for a Quad meeting. JERUSALEM – Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Israel. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 ** DAVOS – The Estonian Prime Minister and the prime ministers of Moldova and Georgia take part in a Davos panel, titled “Rethinking the EU’s Partnership with its Neighbourhood.” – 0715 GMT ** DAVOS – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses the World Economic Forum. – 0930 GMT ** DAVOS – Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer addresses the World Economic Forum – 0945 GMT ** DAVOS – Latin American leaders discuss how structural weaknesses can be addressed to ensure long-term prosperity in the region. – 1200 GMT “** DAVOS – Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto and Swedish Finance Minister Mikael Damberg discuss their countries’ NATO membership applications. – 1215 GMT ** DAVOS – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba addresses the World Economic Forum. – 1300 GMT ** DAVOS – Israeli President Isaac Herzog addresses the World Economic Forum. – 1300 GMT – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MAY 26 ** DAVOS – The President of the World Economic Forum, Borge Brende, gives his closing remarks as the World Economic Forum in Davos comes to an end. – 0945 GMT DAVOS – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to give a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. During his visit, Scholz will also meet with industry representatives. – 1100 GMT 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. 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 CAIRO – Minister of Finance and Treasury of Turkey Nureddin Nebati i will visit Egypt. COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Referendum Election. 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. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JUNE 2 LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting. VIENNA – 29th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference. – – – – – – – – – 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. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JUNE 7 KINSHASA – Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will take an official visit to Democratic Republic of Congo, leading a delegation that will also include Belgium’s prime minister and other officials (to June 13). – – – – – – – – – 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 PARIS, France – Election for National Assembly of France. 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. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JUNE 19 PARIS, France – Election for National Assembly of France. – – – – – – – – –

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MONDAY, JUNE 20 YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia to have G20 health ministers meeting (to June 21). GLOBAL – World Refugee Day. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JUNE 21 ZURICH – Switzerland and Singapore host fintech confereence. The Forum will be opened by Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer and Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, Heng Swee Keat (to June 23). 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 meeting (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) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JULY 1 CHINA – 101st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China. SONKAJARVI – Wife-Carrying World Championship 2020 (to July 2) – – – – – – – – –

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SATURDAY, JULY 2 GLOBAL – World UFO day on anniversary of the Roswell incident. SIENA – July annual horse race “Palio di Siena.” – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, JULY 3 KINSHASA – Pope Francis visits Congo (To July 4) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 4 UNITED STATES – Independence Day. GLOBAL – International Day of Cooperatives. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JULY 5 JUBA – Pope Francis visits South Sudan, where violence and hunger stalk world’s youngest nation (to Jul. 6). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 7 KATHMANDU – 75th birthday of Nepal’s deposed King Gyanendra. LONDON – 17th anniversary of the attacks on London’s transport network, killing more than 50 and injuring 700. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, JULY 9 TEHRAN – 22nd anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999. JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH – Palestine marks 17th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel’s walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal. SOUTH SUDAN – 11th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State. – – – – – – – – –

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MONDAY, JULY 11 GLOBAL – United Nations World Population Day. MUMBAI – 15th anniversary of deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai’s commuter rail network. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 14 PARIS – Bastille Day. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 17 GLOBAL – World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, on July 17. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 18 HAMPSHIRE – Farnborough International Airshow 2022 (to Jul 22) GLOBAL – Nelson Mandela International Day. – – – – – – – – –

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 CYPRUS – Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974. – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, JULY 21 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 22nd anniversary of conclusion of NASA’s space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135. GLOBAL – International Yoga Day. – – – – – – – – –

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FRIDAY, JULY 22 OSLO – 11th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people killed. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 24 OTTAWA – Pope Francis to visit Canada (to July 30) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 28 GLOBAL – World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 108th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU – 201st Anniversary of Independence. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, JULY 29 BAYREUTH, Germany – Annual Bayreuth festival 2022 (to Aug. 9)

SUNDAY, JULY 31 KINSHASA, Congo – Election for Congolese National Assembly DAKAR, Senegal – Election for Senegalese National Assembly – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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BRUSSELS – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Ilia Darchiashvili, is to pay a working visit to Brussels (Final Day)

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 (Final Day). HANOI – Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou will pay an official visit to Vietnam (to May 19) OTTAWA – Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall visits Canada (to May 19)

SINGAPORE – Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah will host his Singaporean counterpart Dr Vivian Balakrishnan in conjunction with his three-day working visit to Malaysia (To May 19)

ISTANBUL – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will be in New York May 16-19 to attend the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF). He will also attend the Global Food Security Call to Action Ministerial Meeting (To May 19) NEW YORK CITY – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will pay an official visit to New York (to May 19) BAKU – Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko will pay a working visit to Azerbaijan (To May 19) NEW YORK CITY – Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri V. Muraleedharan (MoS VM) will lead the Indian delegation to United Nations in New York (To May 20) KINGSTON/ KINGSTOWN – President of the Republic of India Ram Nath Kovind to pay visit to Jamaica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (to May 21) WASHINGTON D.C. – Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist to meet United States secretary of defense Lloyd James Austin ROME – Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, meets with Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin at Palazzo Chigi. AMSTERDAM – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba meets with Dutch Defence Minister Kasja Ollongren and speaks to parliament’s foreign affairs committee. PRISTINA – Montenegro’s President Milo Djukanovic will visit Kosovo where he will meet Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani and other officials. BRUSSELS- Maia Sandu, president of the Republic of Moldova, will address members of the European Parliament on the war in Ukraine and its consequence – 1300 GMT NEW YORK CITY – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to visit New York (To May 19) BERLIN – EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Finance Minister Christian Lindner to attend German Economic Council annual press conference – 0900 GMT ESBJERG – EU’s von der Leyen holds joint press conference with heads of states of Germany, Belgium, Netherland and Denmark at offshore wind summit in Esbjerg, Denmark. NEW YORK – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to host a ‘global food security call to action’ ministerial meeting at the United Nations. 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 ** MADRID – Spain’s Foreign Affairs minister Jose Manuel Albares meets the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet – 1200 GMT ** WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finland President Sauli Niinisto at the White House on Thursday to discuss their NATO applications. ** BEIJING – China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that foreign ministers of BRICS nations will meet. ** TASHKENT – Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to Uzbekistan (To May 21)

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BRUSSELS – NATO military commanders meet for a Chiefs of Defence meeting in Brussels chaired by Admiral Rob Bauer, with one of the sessions attended by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as the alliance prepares for a major summit in Madrid. – 0600 GMT SOFIA – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried visits Bulgaria. Donfried is planned to speak at an event of American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria. – 0700 GMT AMSTERDAM – Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte and King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander. BELGRADE – EU Council President Charles Michel visits Serbia (To May 20) TIRANA – EU Council President Charles Michel visits Albania. BANGKOK – Thai Finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith along with, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Supattapong Punmeechaow Thai central bank governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput and Danucha Pichayanan, chief of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) participate in a business seminar. Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks on economic outlook at a business seminar – 0200 GMT 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 WARSAW – Slovenian president Borut Pahor pays an official visit to Warsaw. BERLIN – Joint news conference of German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Joachim Nagel President of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Koenigswinter/Bonn at the meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs – 1145 GMT BERLIN – German President Frank Walter Steinmeier meets with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani – 0700 GMT. TURIN, Italy – Foreign Affairs Ministers from the 46 Council of Europe member States meet in Turin under the Italian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers. 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. Australia – Australian Senate Election. BANGKOK – APEC holds Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting. (To May 22) – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MAY 22 ** NUR-SULTAN – Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar will undertake working visits to Kazakhstan (To May 25) DAKAR, Senegal – German Chancellor Scholz travels to Senegal (To May 25) GLOBAL – International Day for Biological Diversity. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MAY 23 TOKYO – U.S. President Joe Biden visiting Tokyo will hold a bilateral meeting with his counterpart Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. 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 ** DAVOS, Switzerland – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg and the defense ministers of Italy and the Netherlands address a WEF forum on the steps Europe needs to take to become a security player in the wake of Ukraine war. – 1430 GMT

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PRETORIA – President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to host Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany His Excellency Olaf Scholz on an Official Visit to Pretoria. KRISTIANSAND, Norway – The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) will hold its first ministerial meeting since 2013 in the Norwegian town of Kristiansand, and will be attended by foreign ministers and high-level representatives from ten of the member states and the EU (To May 25) TOKYO – Leaders from Japan, U.S., Australia, and India meets in Tokyo for a Quad meeting. 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. 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 COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Referendum Election. 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. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JUNE 2 LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting. VIENNA – 29th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference. – – – – – – – – – 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. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JUNE 7 KINSHASA – Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will take an official visit to Democratic Republic of Congo, leading a delegation that will also include Belgium’s prime minister and other officials (to June 13). – – – – – – – – – 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 PARIS, France – Election for National Assembly of France. 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. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JUNE 19 PARIS, France – Election for National Assembly of France. – – – – – – – – –

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MONDAY, JUNE 20 YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia to have G20 health ministers meeting (to June 21). GLOBAL – World Refugee Day. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JUNE 21 ZURICH – Switzerland and Singapore host fintech confereence. The Forum will be opened by Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer and Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, Heng Swee Keat (to June 23). 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 meeting (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) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JULY 1 CHINA – 101st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China. SONKAJARVI – Wife-Carrying World Championship 2020 (to July 2) – – – – – – – – –

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SATURDAY, JULY 2 GLOBAL – World UFO day on anniversary of the Roswell incident. SIENA – July annual horse race “Palio di Siena.” – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, JULY 3 KINSHASA – Pope Francis visits Congo (To July 4) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 4 UNITED STATES – Independence Day. GLOBAL – International Day of Cooperatives. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JULY 5 JUBA – Pope Francis visits South Sudan, where violence and hunger stalk world’s youngest nation (to Jul. 6). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 7 KATHMANDU – 75th birthday of Nepal’s deposed King Gyanendra. LONDON – 17th anniversary of the attacks on London’s transport network, killing more than 50 and injuring 700. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, JULY 9 TEHRAN – 22nd anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999. JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH – Palestine marks 17th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel’s walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal. SOUTH SUDAN – 11th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State. – – – – – – – – –

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MONDAY, JULY 11 GLOBAL – United Nations World Population Day. MUMBAI – 15th anniversary of deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai’s commuter rail network. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 14 PARIS – Bastille Day. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 17 GLOBAL – World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, on July 17. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 18 HAMPSHIRE – Farnborough International Airshow 2022 (to Jul 22) GLOBAL – Nelson Mandela International Day. – – – – – – – – –

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 CYPRUS – Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974. – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, JULY 21 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 22nd anniversary of conclusion of NASA’s space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135. GLOBAL – International Yoga Day. – – – – – – – – –

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FRIDAY, JULY 22 OSLO – 11th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people killed. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 24 OTTAWA – Pope Francis to visit Canada (to July 30) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 28 GLOBAL – World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 108th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU – 201st Anniversary of Independence. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, JULY 29 BAYREUTH, Germany – Annual Bayreuth festival 2022 (to Aug. 9)

SUNDAY, JULY 31 KINSHASA, Congo – Election for Congolese National Assembly DAKAR, Senegal – Election for Senegalese National Assembly – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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** JOHOR – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong visits Malaysia

** BUCHAREST – Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda pays official visit to Romania

** Georgetown – Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro in official visit to Guyana.

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NEW DELHI – Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will pay an official visit to India (final day). JAKARTA/ HANOI/ BANGKOK/ ROME/ LONDON – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kisida will visit several Asian and European countries. (final day) 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. (final day). 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)

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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 – – – – – – – – –

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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

** TOKYO – Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin will visit Japan and meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (May 12). 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 ** OTTAWA – Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and her husband, Pieter van Vollenhoven visits Canada (to May 16).

**TOKYO – EU-Japan summit

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

** STUTTGART, Germany – Ukraine Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi attends G7 Agriculture Minister meeting in Stuttgart – 0800 GMT

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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——————————————————————– 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 – – – – – – – – –

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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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