DIARY-Political and General News Events from March 13

LUANG PRABANG, Laos - 11th ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (11th AFMGM) (To Apr. 5) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 4 GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. KUWAIT - Kuwaiti National Assembly Election.

For other diaries, please see:

Political and General News Top Economic Events

Emerging Markets Economic Events Government Debt Auctions

U.S. Federal Reserve Today in Washington -------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events --------------------------------------------------------------------

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 ** AMMAN - Spanish Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, meets his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi in Amman.

** CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte hold a news conference in Cairo - 1600 GMT. ** JOHANNESBURG - U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo will on Wednesday meet South Africa's deputy finance minister David Masondo as part his visit to South Africa - 0800 GMT.

** WASHINGTON DC - European Union High Representative Josep Borrell meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at State Department - 1515 GMT. WASHINGTON DC - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar will undertake an official visit to United States. (To March 17) ADDIS ABABA - The United States special envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Mike Hammer will be in Addis Ababa (Final day)

NEW DELHI - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters to visit India (Final day) PORT LOUIS - President of India, Droupadi Murmu, will undertake a State Visit to the Republic of Mauritius to attend the National Day celebrations of Mauritius. (Final day) NEW DELHI - Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik to visit India. (Final day)

STRASBOURG - Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo speaks in European Parliament on his vision on Europe's challenges and future - 0930 GMT. HELSINKI - Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will meet the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili, in Helsinki.

PHNOM PENH - European Union Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen holds a news conference in Phnom Penh after concluding her trip to Cambodia - 0900 GMT. BANGKOK - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo visits Thailand with economic relations strong on the agenda, according to her department's announcement. (To Mar. 14) BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin with military honours at Berlin's chancellery, followed by a news conference - 1700 GMT. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 14

** MADRID - European Commissioner for Economy, Pietro Gentilonia and for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis to speak at an event about EU funds in Madrid with Spain's Budget Minister Maria Jesus Montero and Spain's Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo - 0830 GMT. ** NEW DELHI - Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay will be on an official visit to India. (to March 18)

** HELSINKI - Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will meet Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski in Helsinki. BEIJING - Angola's President João Lourenço will visit China. (To March 17) TÓRSHAVN, DENMARK - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits the Faroe Islands where she will meet Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Faroe Islands' Lagman. BRUSSELS - Polish President Andrzej Duda visits NATO headquarters in Brussels and meets NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg - 1400 GMT. BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte in Berlin - 1300 GMT.

JAKARTA - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters to visit Indonesia (To Mar. 15) TOKYO - Japan's Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Masato Kanda joins a panel discussion during the "Tokyo Roundtable on Capital Market and Financial Reform in Asia" hosted by OECD and Asian Development Bank Institute. – 0100 GMT - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MARCH 15 ** BAKU - Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan and Georgian counterpart Ilia Darchiashvili will hold the ninth trilateral meeting in Baku.

** BERLIN - French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin. ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin.

** CAIRO - European Commision President Ursula von der Leyen travels to Egypt with Belgian, Greek and Italian Prime Ministers. They will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala in Washington. BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives European Council President Charles Michel for talks at Berlin's chancellery - 1500 GMT. NUUK, DENMARK - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Greenland where she will meet Greenland's government chairman Mute Bourup Eged and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen as well as open the EU Commission's new office in Nuuk.

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden will host Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. SINGAPORE - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters to visit Singapore. DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 18).

GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting. DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 13th anniversary of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Russian Presidency Election. (To Mar. 17) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 16

HALABJA, Iraq – 36th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 17 CAIRO - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen travels to Egypt with Belgian, Greek and Italian Prime Ministers. They will meet with Egypt President El Sisi.

ITALY - Anniversary of the unification of Italy. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 18

** PARIS - OECD Economic Survey of Slovakia. ACCRA - International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva will brief journalists in Ghana on its loan programme - 1130 GMT. SEOUL - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in South Korea to meet South Korean officials and attend the third Summit for Democracy. (To Mar. 19)

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 19

RAMSTEIN, GERMANY - U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosts the 7th in-person Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at Ramstein U.S. Air Base in Germany "to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine with ministers of defense and senior military officials from around the world." HANOI - The King and Queen of the Netherlands meet Vietnam's leaders during a state visit. ULAANBAATAR - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Ulaanbaatar to meet Mongolian officials. EGYPT – 13th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms. BERLIN - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discusses the topic "Is Europe being left behind?" at the EUROPE 2024 media summit – 0910 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 ** BRUSSELS - EU-Ukraine Association Council. BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck discusses European competitiveness at a German media summit called EUROPE 2024. – 1630 GMT

BRUSSELS – EU Tripartite Social Summit. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 21

** MANILA - Philippine Finance Secretary Ralph Recto administers the oath of officers of the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines. ** COPENHAGEN - Around 40 climate leaders and ministers meet in Copenhagen to discuss the path towards the COP29 in Azerbaijan in November (To Mar. 22) BRUSSELS - European Council (To Mar. 22)

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 22

BRUSSELS - Euro Summit. GLOBAL - World Water Day. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, MARCH 23 SLOVAKIA - Slovakian Presidency election.

GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 24

SENEGAL - Senegal holds presidential election. GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 29

DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2024 Dubai World Cup. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 2

GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 42nd anniversary of start of Falklands war. LUANG PRABANG, Laos - 11th ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting (11th AFMGM) (To Apr. 5) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, APRIL 4 GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.

KUWAIT - Kuwaiti National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 7 GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, APRIL 8 WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 13th anniversary of signing a bilateral treaty between Russia and the United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 SOUTH KOREA - South Korean National Assembly Election.

SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 14th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit.

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 11

FRANCE – 13th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab. ABIDJAN – 13th anniversary of the arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with the help of French forces, thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war. AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2024 (to Apr. 14). LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, APRIL 12 GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight.

SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to Apr 22). LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, APRIL 15 BOSTON - 2024 Boston Marathon.

BELFAST/NEW YORK – 111th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of energy ministers. (To Apr. 16)

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 16

OTTAWA - Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will present the 2024-25 budget to parliament - 2000 GMT. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17

SOLOMON ISLANDS - Solomon Islander National Parliament Election. AMSTERDAM - Queen Letizia and King Felipe VI of Spain will make a state visit to the Netherlands, at the invitation of the King of the Netherlands. (To Apr. 18) ROME - G7 foreign ministers meet on Italian island of Capri. (To Apr. 19) BRUSSELS - Special European Council. (to Apr. 18) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, APRIL 18 WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting.

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 19

WASHINGTON DC - Annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Spring meetings. (To Apr. 21) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 20

UNITED STATES - 14th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. TOGO - Togolese National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 21

MALDIVES - Maldivian People's Council Election. LONDON - 2024 London Marathon. PARIS – 63rd anniversary of the first manned mission to space.

ECUADOR – Ecuador Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 22

GLOBAL - Earth Day. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council.

NEW YORK, United states - Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up, including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (To Apr. 25) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, APRIL 23 BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of health ministers. (To April 24)

STOCKHOLM - Finnish President Alexander Stubb visits Sweden on his first state trip since taking office on March 1. GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 NORTH MACEDONIA - North Macedonian Presidency Election. GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2024 (to April 30). - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, APRIL 25 GLOBAL - World Malaria Day. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 28

PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 26th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. VENICE, Italy - Pope Francis visits Venice.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 29

BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council. (To April 30) LONDON – 13th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 ** VATICAN CITY – 13th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II.

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 2

** ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 13th year since Al-Qaeda Chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces raid, ending a near decade-long worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MAY 3 ** GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 7

** GLOBAL - World Asthma Day. ** MALMÖ ARENA, SWEDEN - 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. (To May 11)

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 8

** GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red and Crescent Day. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 12 ** GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 15

** GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 16 ** LISBON – 12th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 17

** GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, MAY 18 ** GLOBAL - International Museum Day

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 22

** GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MAY 31 ** GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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

(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)