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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj, who heads the UN-backed government in Tripoli. ** MOSCOW - Russian Finance Minister Siluanov speaks at the presidential council.
BEIJING - Osman Saleh, Foreign Minister of Eritrea, will pay a visit to China (to May 10). WARSAW - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili visits Poland (Final Day). LONDON - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits London (to May 9).
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). PRAGUE, Czech Republic - European Council President Donald Tusk to visit Prague, to meet Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis - 0730 GMT. THE HAGUE - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to meet Irish PM Leo Varadkar in The Hague to discuss Brexit developments and prepare for European Council - 1600 GMT. 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 ** TRANSYLVANIA, Romania – Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban to pay a two-day visit to Transylvania (to May 10). ** MOSCOW - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono visits Russia (to May 11). HANOI – The Prime Minister of Nepal, K P Sharma Oli, and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam and attend the UN Day of Vesak 2019 (to May 13).
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. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAYDAY, MAY 14 ** WARSAW - President of Switzerland Ueli Maurer visits Poland. SOCHI, Russia - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Russia, to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for rare face-to-face talks in Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 ** SOCHI - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen in Sochi.
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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