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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24

** NUR-SULTAN - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to visit Kazakhstan, will meet Kazakh counterpart Askar Mamin (to Apr 25). ** ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte meets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for talks in Rome - 1200 GMT. ** ASMARA - Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo visits Eritrea. ** BEIJING - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrives in China for a working visit. ** BEIJING - Chile President Sebastian Pinera arrives in Beijing on a state visit, during which he is set to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and participate in the second Belt and Road Forum. TOKYO - Pakistan Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will visit Japan (Final Day). OSLO/ COPENHAGEN/ HELSINKI/ REYKJAVÍK – New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters is traveling to Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland (to April 28). BEIJING - Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih will attend the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) summit being held in Beijing (to Apr 28). BEIJING - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make a working visit to China (to Apr 27). 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 ** VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea leader Kim Jong to meet, the first between the two leaders, in the Russian city of Vladivostok.

** MOSCOW - North Korean No Kwang Chol Defence Minister, Central African Republic Defence Minister Marie-Noelle Koyara and Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe to take part in an international security conference in Moscow. ** BEIJING - Britain Finance Minister Philip Hammond meets Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, ahead of the Belt and Road Forum - 0700 GMT. ** WASHINGTON DC - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso will meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Washington. BRUSSELS - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU Council President Donald Tusk. BEIJING - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad begins his official visit to Beijing. VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis meets Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis at the Vatican - 1000 GMT. BRATISLAVA - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with the Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini at the Bratislava Castle to discuss Slovak - Japanese relations. They will be joined by the prime minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babis, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Poland Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan - Diplomats from Russia, Turkey and Iran to hold a fresh round of talks in the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, on settling the Syrian civil conflict (to April 26). BRUSSELS - EU-Japan summit. GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 26 ** BEIJING - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to attend the Silk Road Summit in Beijing and meet both President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania welcome Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and first lady Akie Abe to the White House. VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis to meet President of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik - 1030 GMT. LJUBLJANA - Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide to visit Slovenia. BEIJING - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier to travel to China.

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 27 ** OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 28

MAPUTO – Queen Letizia of Spain will visit to Mozambique (to April 30). 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

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron host a dinner at Berlin's chancellery for the six Western Balkans leaders and those of EU members, Croatia and Slovenia, aimed at discussing China's influence in the region and the ongoing conflict between Serbia and Kosovo. VIENNA - Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn delivers speech in Vienna - 1700 GMT INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. LONDON – Eighth wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

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** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump receives Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini. WARSAW - European Council President Donald Tusk to deliver a lecture at Warsaw University on Poland's Constitution Day - 1400 GMT. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 5 ** SOFIA - Bulgarian president Rumen Radev welcomes Pope Francis to Sofia - 0800 GMT.

PARIS - G7 environment ministers meet in France ahead of August summit. PANAMA - President election.

PANAMA - Panamanian National Assembly election. SOFIA - Pope Francis to start three-day trip to Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (to May 7).

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WARSAW - European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans to visit Warsaw. INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election.

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BERLIN - Prince of Wales Charles and his wife Camilla to arrive in Berlin for a four-day visit to Germany where they will be received by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (to May 10). SKOPJE - Pope Francis to visit North Macedonia. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 9

LJUBLJANA - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Slovenia (to May 10). 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

BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers to meet in Brussels. PHILIPPINES - Philippine Senate election.

PHILIPPINES - Philippine House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 16

BRUSSELS - The European Commission holds a conference on plans to strengthen the international role of the euro against the dollar's dominance. Among the speakers: ECB board members Peter Praet and Luis De Guindos, EU Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis and Spain's Finance Minister Nadia Calvino - 0700 GMT. BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet in Brussels. BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MAY 17 BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet in Brussels.

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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.

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TOKYO - U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to Japan for meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and North Korea and trade seen high on the agenda (to May 28). - - - - - - - - -

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

BRUSSELS - EU ministers responsible for trade meet in Brussels. RIGA - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: Latvia

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LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump will make a state visit to UK (to Jun.5) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JUNE 6 PARIS - U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife travel to France, where Trump will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. - - - - - - - - -

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.

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