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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, MAY 3 ** BUDAPEST - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Hungary and holds talks and a joint news conference with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto. ** BEIRUT - Spain's Foreign Minister Josep Borrell meets with his Lebanese counterpart Gebran Bassil in Beirut.
BAMAKO/ NIAMEY/OUAGADOUGOU - German chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso (final day). TASHKENT - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Tashkent (final day). 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
** SOFIA - Pope Francis meets with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov in Sofia International Airport just after his arrival to start his visit to the country. - 0715 GMT 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 ** ROVANIEMI, Finland - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets other Arctic Council ministers on the Arctic Circle in Finland (to May 7).
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 LONDON - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits London (to May 9).
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 ** LONDON - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in London.
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 ** NUUK - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Greenland Prime Minister Kim Kielsen and Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen in Nuuk. ** WARSAW - European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen takes part in a debate with former Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski on the occasion of Europe Day - 1300 GMT ** SIBIU, Romania - News conference by European Council President Donald Tusk and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on the sidelines of Informal Summit of Heads of State or Government of the European Union in Sibiu, Romania. - 1500 GMT 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 OTTAWA – Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic visits Canada (to May 17).
GLOBAL - International Nurses Day. LITHUANIA – President election. INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, MAY 13 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House. 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). - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, MAY 26 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. For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx
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