DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 10

For other diaries, please see:

Political and General News Top Economic Events

Emerging Markets Economic Events Government Debt Auctions

U.S. Federal Reserve Today in Washington

----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10

** VATICAN CITY - South Sudan President Salva Kiir, his first vice president and other opposition leaders are invited to attend a retreat at the Vatican. ** WASHINGTON D.C, - Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen addresses U.S. think tank by videolink on the 40th anniversary of Taiwan Relations Act - 1230 GMT. ** WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde moderates "Bretton Woods at 75 - Rethinking International Cooperation" discussion - 1530 GMT. ** WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde moderates "Money and Payments in the Digital Age" discussion - 1800 GMT. ** WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde participates in "Beyond Certainty: Leveraging Trade to Reduce Poverty" discussion - 1930 GMT. ** STRASBOURG, France - Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze addresses the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. BEIJING - Thai princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visits China (final day). SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to April 15).

BEIRUT - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev visits Lebanon (final day). HANOI - Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte will pay an official visit to Vietnam (to April 11). WASHINGTON, D.C. - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit the United States (to April 11). BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Theresa May gives a news conference after meeting fellow EU leaders for an extraordinary summit following the rejection of the Withdrawal Agreement by the House of Commons on March 29. BRUSSELS - European Union (EU) leaders meet for extraordinary summit to discuss Brexit - 1400 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU 27 leaders will meet to discuss the latest developments on Brexit - 1600 GMT.

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 ** BEIRUT - Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos will visit Lebanon at the invitation of its President Michel Aoun (to April 12). ** WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde moderates "Key Global Trends and Implications for the Fund's Policy Advice" discussion - 1815 GMT. ** WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde participates in event, "One-on-One with Christine Lagarde, featuring Sir David Attenborough: Balancing Nature and the Global Economy." - 1600 GMT. ** BERLIN, Germany - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier is due to speak at a digital transformation congress in Berlin - 0800 GMT. PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic will pay a visit to Prague and meet with Czech President Milos Zeman. Grabar-Kitarovic and Zeman will give press statements after their meeting. 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

** SANTIAGO - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero to discuss economic ties, bilateral partnerships and security cooperation. ** WARSAW - Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz will debate the future of Europe with German counterpart Heiko Maas at the Raffles European Hotel in Warsaw - 1330 GMT. ** BERLIN, Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speak to reporters after their working lunch - 1200 GMT. ** WASHINGTON D.C. - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks on "The transatlantic partnership – common values in a changing world" - 1600 GMT. ** WASHINGTON D.C. - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz holds a speech at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington D.C. - 1630 GMT. 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 ** ASUNCION - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Paraguay's President Abdo Benitez and Foreign Minister Luis Alberto Castiglioni. ** LIMA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra and Foreign Minister Nestor Popolizio. ** WASHINGTON D.C - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde participates in International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) press briefing - 1645 GMT. JAKARTA - Indonesian presidential debate on economic issues – 1300 GMT. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, APRIL 14 ** WASHINGTON D.C, - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde participates in "Boosting Investment in People and Infrastructure" discussion - 1400 GMT. FINLAND - Finnish Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 15 ** TOKYO - OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria will hold a press conference to mark the release of the Economic Survey of Japan 2019 - 0130 GMT. 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 ASHGABAT - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Turkmenistan (to April 18). MOSCOW - Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi will visit Russia. 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 ** VIENNA - 176th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference. MOSCOW - Saudi King Salman's son Sultan bin Salman bin Adbulaziz Al Saud will visit Moscow. INDONESIA – President election. INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council election. INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 18

TASHKENT - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Uzbekistan (to April 21). 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

ASTANA - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Kazakhstan (to April 23). 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 ** TOKYO - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will visit Japan (to April 23). GLOBAL - Earth Day.

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 23 INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day.

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 ** LONDON - British Finance Minister Philip Hammond speaks to lawmakers on parliament's Treasury Committee about the Spring Statement budget update he announced in March - 1315 GMT. JAKARTA - 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 SEOUL - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera will make a state visit to South Korea (to April 29).

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 - Euro zone finance ministers meet in Brussels. 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

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 9 ASTANA - Kazakhstan to hold early presidential election.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx