DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 4

WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 11 OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in Ottawa.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 4 ** ACCRA - Kenyan President William Ruto visits Ghana (Final day)

** DAR ES SALAAM - The Danish minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Dan Jørgensen, visits Dar es Salaam (to April 5). ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris – 1100 GMT.

** SARAJEVO - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban visits Sarajevo. BAKU - Congolese President Denis Sassou N'Guesso will visit Azerbaijan (to April 5). LUANG PRABANG, Laos - 11th ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting (11th AFMGM) (To April 5) BEIJING - Vietnam's Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son arrives in China for a 2-day visit. Son is scheduled to meet China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (Final day) VILNIUS - Norway's Crown Prince Haakon will visit Lithuania and meet with the country's president and Norwegian troops serving in NATO's multinational battlegroup stationed in Rukla. (Final day) BEIJING - Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand will visit China (to April 10)

BEIJING - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit China (to April 9). KUALA LUMPUR - Minister of Defense of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto meets Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur – 0100 GMT. BRUSSELS - Meeting of NATO-Ukraine council - 0830 GMT

LEUVEN, Belgium - US and EU trade and technology officials, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, US Trade Representative Katherine and European Commission Vice Presidents Margaret Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis, join the sixth ministerial meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in the university town of Leuven. (To Apr. 5) BRUSSELS - NATO marks 75th anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty and holds meetings with alliance foreign ministers, Ukraine's foreign minister and Indo-Pacific partners – 0500 GMT. GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.

KUWAIT - Kuwaiti National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, APRIL 5 BEIJING - President of the Federated States of Micronesia Wesley W. Simina will pay a state visit to China (to April 12).

GUANGZHOU, China - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen participates in an event with leading representatives of the American business community in China and delivers remarks on the bilateral economic relationship. COMO, Italy - Turkey's Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek attends investor workshop. (To Apr. 6) OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa. VILNIUS - Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal visits Lithuania, to meet with leadership and discuss rebuilding Ukraine and military support. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 6

** BUCHAREST - German chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Romania. SLOVAKIA - Slovakian Presidency election. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, APRIL 7 BEIJING - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing. Yellen will also participate in a bilateral meeting with Chinese Finance Minister Lan Fo'an in the evening. MEXICO CITY - Mexico presidential candidates hold first debate

GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 8

** PARIS - Chinese trade minister Wang Wentao meets French government ministers in Paris. BEIJING - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen holds a press conference following her meetings with senior Chinese officials, during which she will deliver remarks discussing her trip to China. 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. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, APRIL 9 STOCKHOLM - Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom hosts a two-day meeting of the Nordic and Baltic foreign ministers on Swedish island Gotland in the Baltic Sea (To Apr. 10) BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova review the troops in Berlin - 0830 GMT.

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OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in Ottawa (to April 11). 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.

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OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in Ottawa. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan at the White House for the first trilateral U.S.-Japan-Philippines leaders' summit. WASHINGTON DC - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses joint meeting of U.S. Congress, affording him one of the higher honors Washington provides to foreign dignitaries.

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 April 14). LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, APRIL 12 BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobachidse as he signs the Golden Book at Bellevue Castle - 1315 GMT. GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight.

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

SATURDAY, APRIL 13 BEIJING/HONG KONG - San Francisco Mayor London Breed will depart on April 13 and visit Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing as well as Shanghai - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, APRIL 15 BEIJING - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to China with a business delegation. (To Apr. 16) NEW YORK - UN Security Council to meet on Yemen - 1400 GMT

MEXICO CITY - Mexican Finance Minister Rogelio Ramirez de la O speaks with the Atlantic Council at an event to kick off IMF-World Bank Week - 1530 GMT. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to the White House to coordinate on common priorities and reinforce the strong bilateral partnership between the United States and Iraq. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcome Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala to the White House to further strengthen the U.S.-Czech relationship. BOSTON - 2024 Boston Marathon.

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

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BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Estonian President Alar Karis – 1200 GMT. NEW YORK - UN Security Council to meet on Libya - 1400 GMT OTTAWA - Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will present the 2024-25 budget to parliament - 2000 GMT. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 ASTANA - President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan

WASHINGTON DC - IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings 2024. (To Apr. 20) CROATIA - Croatian Assembly Election. 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 April 18) ROME - G7 foreign ministers meet on Italian island of Capri. (To April 19) BRUSSELS - Special European Council. (To April 18) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 18

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to meet on Middle East at ministerial level - 1400 GMT. WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting.

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INDIA - Indian People's Assembly Election. WASHINGTON DC - Annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Spring meetings. (To April 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 NEW YORK - UN Security Council to meet on Haiti - 1900 GMT

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 April 25) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, APRIL 23 PARIS - OECD to release study on French economy

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 (To Apr. 25)

GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24

STOCKHOLM - Finland's President Alexander Stubb on state visit to Sweden (to April 25) NORTH MACEDONIA - North Macedonian Presidency Election. GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2024 (to April 30). - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, APRIL 25 NEW YORK - UN Security Council meeting on Syria - 1400 GMT 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.

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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.

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GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 5 PANAMA - Panamanian Presidency Election.

PANAMA - Panamanian National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 6

CHAD - Chadian Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 7 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) Meeting.

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

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NORTH MACEDONIA - North Macedonian Assembly Election. GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red and Crescent Day.

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WASHINGTON - Türkiye's President Tayyip Erdogan will visit the United States. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 12 LITHUANIA - Lithuanian Presidency Election.

LITHUANIA – Referendum Election. GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day

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Brussels - Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 14 BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.

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LISBON – 12th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MAY 17 GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

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GLOBAL - International Museum Day - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 19 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Senate Election.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Chamber of Deputies Election. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 21 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

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

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STRESA, ITALY - G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meet in Stresa, Italy, to debate global economic developments. (To May 25) WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Kenyan President William Ruto for state visit to mark 60th anniversary of U.S.-Kenya diplomatic relations. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 VANUATU - Referendum Election.

MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly Election. SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 30 PRAGUE - NATO Foreign Affairs ministers hold an informal meeting in Prague (To May 31)

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