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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, APRIL 1 ** ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu holds a news conference with his Venezuelan counterpart Jorge Arreaza in Ankara.

** HANOVER, Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven give joint statement at the Hanover Messe fair. ** SANTIAGO - India's President Ram Nath Kovind meets with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera in official visit at the government palace in Santiago - 1130 GMT.

** WASHINGTON DC - Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz is to pay visit to the United States (to April 4). BEIJING - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will pay an official visit to China (Final Day) SANTIAGO - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind to visit Chile (to Apr. 2).

BEIJING - Mongolian Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar will pay an official visit to China (to Apr. 2). JERUSALEM - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will visit Israel (to Apr. 3).

BRUSSELS - Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders will meet Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Alhakim in Brussels - 0930 GMT. BEIJING - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds news conference ahead of a meeting of the military alliance's foreign ministers in Washington - 1130 GMT. IRAN - Independence Day. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, APRIL 2 ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at the Elysee Palace, with Brexit discussions at the top of the agenda. - 1400 GMT SKOPJE - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit North Macedonia. BEIJING - Mongolian Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing - 0300 GMT. BRUSSELS - The European Policy Centre think-tank to hold a Brexit debate with chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier.

ADDIS ABABA - Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan will visit Ethiopia. THAILAND - 23nd ASEAN Finance Ministers' Meeting (to Apr. 6). GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day. BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 37th anniversary of start of Falklands war. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 ** VIENNA - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen meets Czech President Milos Zeman - 0800 GMT MOSCOW - Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will visit Russia. WASHINGTON DC - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to address a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress. - 1500 GMT.

WASHINGTON D.C. - NATO foreign ministers to hold their regular April meeting in Washington, rather than Brussels, as they celebrate the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-led military alliance (to Apr. 4). SOLOMON ISLANDS - Solomon Islander National Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 4

** DUBLIN - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Dublin. MOSCOW - Angolan President Joao Lourenco will visit Russia. GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 5

SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to Apr. 15). PARIS - Foreign affairs and interior ministers of G7 nations to meet in French Brittany sea resort of Dinard (to Apr. 6). BUCHAREST - European Union finance ministers and central bank governors to hold an informal two-day meeting (to Apr. 6). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 6 MALDIVES - Maldivian People's Council election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 7

KIGALI - Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan will visit Rwanda. GLOBAL - World Health Organization observes World Health Day. ANDORRA - Andorran General Council. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 8 MOSCOW - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW - 8th anniversary of signing a bilateral treaty between the Russia and United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day. LUXEMBOURG CITY - EU Foreign Affairs Ministers to meet to discuss foreign affairs matters. DUBAI - 27th Annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference will be hosted by Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) and will feature speeches by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman & Chief Executive of Emirates Group), as well as the Omani Minister of Oil and Gas and other energy industry leaders (to Apr. 9). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 9

** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hold talks at the White House. ISRAEL - Israeli Knesset election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet in Washington. SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, WARSAW - 9th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland. BELIZE – Referendum election.

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 11 ** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in hold talks at the White House. INDIA - Seven-phase general elections begin. AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2019 (to Apr. 14). FRANCE – 8th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab. ABIDJAN – 8th Anniversary of the arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with the help of French forces, thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war.

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 12 LONDON - Deadline set by European Union for Britain to leave the bloc if Prime Minister Theresa May fails to convince MPs to back her Brexit deal with Brussels.

GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight. WASHINGTON, D.C. - 2019 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (to Apr. 14). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 14 FINLAND - Finnish Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 15 BELFAST/NEW YORK – 106th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. BOSTON - 2019 Boston Marathon. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 16 VATICAN CITY – 92st birthday of Pope Benedict.

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 INDONESIA – President election. INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council election. INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 18 INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. MOSCOW - Estonia's President Kersti Kaljulaid will visit Moscow. VIENNA - OPEC and non-OPEC oil ministers' meet in Vienna.

ALGERIA – President election. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 20

UNITED STATES - 9th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 21 LONDON - Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 93nd birthday. PARIS – 58th anniversary of the first manned mission to space. MACEDONIA – President election. COMOROS – President election.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 22 GLOBAL - Earth Day. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 23

INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24

GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2019 (to Apr. 30). - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, APRIL 25 GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 28 PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania - 21th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. LONDON - 2019 London Marathon. BENIN - Beninese National Assembly election.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 29 INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. LONDON – 8th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 5 PANAMA - President election.

PANAMA - Panamanian National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 6

INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 8

SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 12

LITHUANIA – President election. INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MAY 13 PHILIPPINES - Philippine Senate election.

PHILIPPINES - Philippine House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 19

SWITZERLAND - Referendum election. INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 21 MALAWI – President election.

MALAWI - Malawian National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 23

EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 26

BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 27

NETHERLANDS - Dutch Second Chamber election. MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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