DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 12

(To April 15) CAIRO - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Egypt, meets President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. DUBLIN - EU economics commissioner Paolo Gentiloni speaks at Irish conference - 0900 GMT.

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, APRIL 12 ** GENEVA - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), to give news conference on the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic – 1330 GMT. ** JERUSALEM - U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visits Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center on second day of his visit in Israel. ** BRUSSELS - EU Council President Charles Michel meets Senegal's President Macky Sall in Brussels – 1230 GMT. ** JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin deliver joint statements after a meeting at Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem – 1030 GMT. ** TRIPOLI - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias meets Libya's Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Atiya Abdul Hafeez Al Qatrani and parliament speaker Aguial Saleh Issa – 1000 GMT. ** BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas welcomes Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi to mark the 70th anniversary of the two countries' bilateral relationship – 0800 GMT. ** ANKARA - Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh holds talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. TEHRAN - Prime Minister of South Korea Chung Sye-kyun will visit Iran for talks on bilateral ties and other issues. (To Apr. 13)

NEW YORK - Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up including the special high-level meetings of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (To April 15) CAIRO - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Egypt, meets President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.

DUBLIN - EU economics commissioner Paolo Gentiloni speaks at Irish conference - 0900 GMT. GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, APRIL 13 ** BAKU - Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will pay a visit to Azerbaijan. ** NEW DELHI - Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, will pay an official visit to India. (To Apr. 15) ** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, at NATO Headquarters. ** BRUSSELS - EU economics commissioner Paolo Gentiloni and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva discuss the outlook for economic renewal in Europe after the COVID-19 pandemic, at a virtual event on the sidelines of the IMF Spring Meeting – 1500 GMT. ** BRUSSELS - EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides speaks at an event organised by the Portuguese government on how to strengthen European health policy in light of the COVID-19 pandemic – 0800 GMT. ** BRUSSELS - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Brussels to discuss Russia, Afghanistan and Iran. (To Apr. 15) ** BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Dubravka Suica speaks on the Conference on the Future of Europe and the role of the European Parliament with European lawmakers – 1445 GMT. ** BRUSSELS - Dubravka Suica, vice-president of the European Commission for democracy and demography, speaks on the EU's strategy on the rights of the child with European lawmakers – 0830 GMT. ** BERLIN - Germans Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer meets U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for conversations of the current challenges of security and defense policy – 0630 GMT. TEHRAN – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to Tehran, Iran, at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 ** BRUSSELS - U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, holds news conference. ** GENEVA - WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to hold conference with vaccine manufacturers, WTO regional heads and civil society on boosting vaccine production, improving distribution, removing trade barriers. ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Turkey. BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Commissioner for Budget Johannes Hahn give a press conference on Next Generation EU funding strategy.

BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas gives a press conference on the "EU Agenda to tackle organized crime (2021-2025)" and on a new "EU strategy towards the eradication of trafficking in human beings." - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 15

BELFAST/NEW YORK – 108th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 16

** BERLIN - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz gives a statement ahead of the virtual Eurogroup meeting of euro zone finance ministers – 0710 GMT. MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Serbia's Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic in Moscow. WASHINGTON - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will meet U.S. President Joe Biden.

VATICAN CITY – 94th birthday of Pope Benedict. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Apr. 17)

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CAPE VERDE - Cape Verde holds legislative election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 19 PARIS - OECD Economic Survey of Spain.

OTTAWA - Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will present the first federal budget in two years that will offer the support needed to those struggling during the pandemic, plus a plan to boost growth as it recedes – 2000 GMT. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 20

UNITED STATES - 11th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 LONDON - Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 95th birthday.

PARIS – 60th anniversary of the first manned mission to space. BRUSSELS - European Commission vice president Valdis Dombrovskis gives a press conference on a communication on a climate change mitigation and adaptation taxonomy. BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis gives a news conference on the review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive. BRUSSELS - European Commission digital chief Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on artificial intelligence and on "A trusted and secure European e-ID." - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 22

GLOBAL - Earth Day. PORTUGAL - Informal meeting of energy ministers - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 23

GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of environment ministers. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 25

GERMANY - German state of Turingia (Thueringen) holds state elections. GLOBAL - World Malaria Day. ALBANIA - Parliament of Albania election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, APRIL 26 GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2021 (to May 2). NEW DELHI - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be visiting India. It will be his first visit abroad since the UK left the European Union. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, APRIL 27 GENEVA - United Nations calls meeting of Greece, Britain, Turkey and the two rival sides on ethnically partitioned Cyprus to establish whether there is common ground for resumption of peace talks. (To April 29) BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic speaks to press regarding better regulation in the EU – 1000 GMT. BRUSSELS - European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Commissioner for Budget Johannes Hahn give a press conference on Next Generation EU funding strategy. BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on "Updating the new industrial strategy for Europe." - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 VIENNA – 16th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting Via videoconference.

PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 23rd anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 29

LONDON – 10th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 30

DJIBOUTI - President election. BENIN - Benin holds presidential elections.

CHAD - Chad holds presidential elections. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 4 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 6 SCOTLAND (PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM)- Scottish Parliament election. WALES - National Assembly for Wales Election.

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 08 PORTUGAL – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Portugal for the India-EU summit. PORTO, Portugal – EU-India summit. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MAY 10 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 11 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 17 BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet - 1300 GMT

WELLINGTON - Trade ministers of Asia-Pacific countries meet ahead of the APEC Summit in New Zealand (to May 30) BRUSSELS - EU Informal General Affairs Council meeting.

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 18 LUCERNE, Switzerland - World Economic Forum holds annual meeting (to May. 21).

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 20

VIENNA - IMF's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, ECB's Christine Lagarde address conference on Gender, Money and Finance. (To May 21) BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 21 ROME - Italy hosts G20 summit on global health crisis.

PORTUGAL – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers, (To May 22). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 23

CYPRUS - Cypriot House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 25 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26 CAYMAN ISLANDS - Cayman Legislative Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 27 BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich

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