DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 4


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DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 4

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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, APRIL 4 WASHINGTON DC - Concluding day of Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz's visit to the United States THAILAND - 23nd ASEAN Finance Ministers' Meeting (to Apr. 6). BEIJING - Thai princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visits China (to April 10). 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 (final day).

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Angolan President Joao Lourenco in Moscow - 1100 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU-Azerbaijan Cooperation Council meets MOSCOW - Valentina Matviyenko, president of the Federation Council, will hold a meeting with the Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. KIGALI - Governor General of Canada Julie Payette will undertake a visit to Rwanda (to Apr.9)

GREECE - Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen meets Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras in Athens. MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow. DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem will hold a joint news conference with his Venezuelan counterpart Jorge Arreaza in Damascus. DUBLIN - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Dublin - 1330 GMT. MOSCOW - Angolan President Joao Lourenco will visit Russia. GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 5 ** MAZEIKIAI, Lithuania - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Lithuanian Prime minister Saulius Skvernelis visit oil refinery factory Orlen in Mazeikiai - 0800 GMT. BUCHAREST - Eurogroup meeting.

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 TEHRAN – Iraq Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi is set to visit Iran and hold talks with Iranian officials on bilateral ties (to April 7).

MALDIVES - Maldivian People's Council election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 7 ASTANA - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Chairperson-in-Office and Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak is to pay a working visit to Kazakhstan (to Apr. 8) KIGALI - Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan will visit Rwanda.

GLOBAL - World Health Organization observes World Health Day. ANDORRA - Andorran General Council. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 8 BRUSSELS/ZAGREB - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will travel to Europe for the 21st China-EU leaders' meeting in Brussels, the eighth such meeting of China and Central and Eastern European countries in Croatia, and an official visit to the country. 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 PARIS - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: France

BRUSSELS - European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will co-host the 21st EU-China summit. LUXEMBOURG CITY - EU General Affairs Council meeting. 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 BRUSSELS - EU27 leaders will meet to discuss the latest developments on Brexit.

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 - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks to media at start of 2019 Spring Meetings - 1330 GMT 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). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 13 ** JAKARTA - Indonesian presidential debate on economic issues – 1300 GMT.

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 14 FINLAND - Finnish Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 15 TOKYO - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: Japan

BELFAST/NEW YORK – 106th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. BOSTON - 2019 Boston Marathon. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 16 Bratislava - Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman will pay a working visit to Slovakia. BEIJING - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: China

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 JAKARTA, Indonesia - 2nd APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Meeting.

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. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 9 SIBIU, Romania - The informal European Council will bring together EU heads of state or government in Sibiu. - - - - - - - - -

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. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 16 BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 19

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

TUESDAY, MAY 21 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. 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. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 28

RIGA - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: Latvia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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