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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 ** SUVA - ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (to May 2). ** SUVA - ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (to May 2). ** ADDIS ABABA - World Bank President David Malpas to meet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa. ** WARSAW - European Commissioner for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, Jyrki Katainen visits Warsaw. DOHA - Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Giorgos Katrougalos to visit Qatar.

GLOBAL - World Asthma Day. VATICAN CITY – 8th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II. BAMAKO/ NIAMEY/OUAGADOUGOU - German chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso (to May 3).

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 2 ** PARIS - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, and German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, to address a news conference on European Industrial Policy at the Bercy Ministry in Paris - 0930 GMT

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 8th year since al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces raid, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. MANAMA - Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Giorgos Katrougalos visit to Bahrain. MEXICO CITY - Mexican foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard meets German counterpart Heiko Maas for 20-minute news conference - 1600 GMT TASHKENT - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Tashkent (to May 3).

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 3 ** VIENNA - Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soder meets Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Vienna - 0700 GMT GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi in Paris, gives joint statement to media. - 0930 GMT 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 ** BEIJING - Osman Saleh, Foreign Minister of Eritrea, will pay a visit to China (to May 10).

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). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MAY 6 ** ANKARA - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg pays an official visit to Ankara to mark the 25th anniversary of Mediterranean Dialogue. WARSAW - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili visits Poland (to May 8). VIENNA - IAEA, Board of Governors, Programme and Budget Committee

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

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 7 WASHINGTON, D.C - Mexican foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard due to visit Washington for talks on bilateral issues, including trade and migration. PARIS - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire hosts high level forum on debt, with IMF Christine Lagarde, Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso - 0630 GMT.

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 ** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Moscow. GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red Crescent Day. BELIZE – Referendum election.

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 GLOBAL - International Nurses Day. 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. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 ** BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. ** VINA DEL MAR, Chile – APEC Second Senior Officials’ Meeting (to May 16). TEL AVIV, Israel - 2019 Eurovision Song Contest (to May 18). GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 16 ** BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting. LISBON – 7th anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.

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 ** SANTIAGO, Chile - Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting (to May 18). GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet in Brussels.

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 18 GLOBAL - International Museum Day. AUSTRALIA - Australian Senate election. - - - - - - - - -

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. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 23

EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 24 IRELAND – Referendum election. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, MAY 25 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).

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BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 27 ** BANGKOK - ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting (to May 31). MADAGASCAR – Referendum election.

NETHERLANDS - Dutch Second Chamber election. MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 28 ** BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting. BRUSSELS - EU ministers responsible for trade meet in Brussels.

RIGA - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: Latvia - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 31 GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JUNE 3 LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump will make a state visit to UK (to Jun.5)

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 6 ** LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to June 7).

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.

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 13 ** LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 14 ** LUXEMBOURG - Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 15 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Referendum election. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JUNE 16 GUATEMALA – President election. GUATEMALA - Guatemalan Congress of the Republic election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 17 ** LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 20 ** BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to June 21). ** BANGKOK - ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (to June 23). ** BANGKOK - 34th ASEAN Summit - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JUNE 22 MAURITANIA - President election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 25 ** LUXEMBOURG - General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting.

VIENNA - 176th Meeting of the OPEC Conference - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 VIENNA - 6th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 28 ** OSAKA, Japan - G20 summit (to June 29). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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