DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 17

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 29 ** TOGO - Togolese National Assembly election. BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 ** TASHKENT - Foreign Ministers of Central Asia and Persian Gulf countries meet in Tashkent.

** NAPLES, Italy - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the U.S. Naval Support Activity base in Naples, Italy ahead of the G7 foreign ministers summit in Capri – 0830 GMT. ** SOFIA - Italian President Sergio Mattarella arrives on official visit – 1300 GMT.

** WASHINGTON DC - UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt speaks to media on sidelines of IMF meetings in Washington – 1945 GMT. ** WASHINGTON DC - Zimbabwe finance minister Mthuli Ncube will hold a press conference on the sidelines of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings in Washington DC – 1400 GMT.

** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, gives a press conference with the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Denmark and the Netherlands – 1300 GMT. ** JERUSALEM - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is to deliver a statement after meetings with Israeli officials on a visit amid possible escalation between Israel and Iran and in the background of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas – 1130 GMT.

GENEVA - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk conducts official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (to April 18). ROME - Foreign Minister of Canada Mélanie Joly visits Italy (to April 19).

HAVANA/CARACAS - Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Tran Luu Quang to visit Cuba, Venezuela (To April 19). BEIJING - President of the Republic of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi will pay a state visit to China (Final day). SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to April 22).

MANILA - Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan visits Manila (Final Day). BEIJING - Tanja Fajon, deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Slovenia, will pay an official visit to China (to April 21). BANGKOK - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is scheduled to make an official visit to Thailand (to April 18). BRUSSELS - European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, gives a keynote speech during the European Defence & Security Summit in Brussels – 1200 GMT. BRUSSELS - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki give keynote speeches at a conference titled 'National Conservatism' in Brussels – 0900 GMT. DOHA - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits Qatar for talks with his counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. TUNIS - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is visiting Tunisia.

BANGKOK - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to meet with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in Bangkok followed by joint statements - 0300 GMT. BOGOTA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit Bogota with his foreign minister Mauro Vieira to meet with Colombian President Gustavo Petro. 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 ** JAKARTA/PHNOM PENH/PORT MORESBY - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Indonesia, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) (to April 23).

** ASTANA – President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will make official visit to Kazakhstan upon invitation of President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (to April 19). ** BRUSSELS - EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager speaks at the European Commission's conference on its 20-year-old merger rules.

OTTAWA - The President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, will visit Canada (to April 23). JAKARTA - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to visit Indonesia on Thursday where he will meet his counterpart and discuss geopolitical issues. 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. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, APRIL 19 HELSINKI - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Finland Prime Minister Petteri Orpo meet in Lappeenranta, Finland, and will also visit Finland's border with Russia. BOGOTÁ - Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino will visit Colombia 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. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 21 HANOVER, Germany - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store open the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair in Hanover – 1600 GMT. 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 ** ISTANBUL - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Turkey. During his visit he will meet with President Tayyip Erdogan and visit a quake-hit town and as well as landmarks in Istanbul and Ankara. (To Apr. 24)

ISLAMABAD - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is set to visit Pakistan and hold meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President Asif Ali Zardari and the military leadership BRDO, Slovenia - President of Slovenia Natasa Pirc Musar, Austria Alexander Van der Bellen, Hungary Tamás Sulyok, Croatia Zoran Milanović and Italy Sergio Mattarella will meet in Brdo Slovenia.

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)

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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 COLOMBO - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to visit Sri Lanka. BAKU - President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will pay a state visit to Azerbaijan (to April 25)

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. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, APRIL 26 BANGKOK - Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to meet her counterpart Srettha Thavisin during her visit to Thailand, followed by joint statement. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, APRIL 28 PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 26th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania.

VENICE, Italy - Pope Francis visits Venice. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, APRIL 29 ** TOGO - Togolese National Assembly election.

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.

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** PARIS - OECD Ministerial Council Meeting 2024. (to May 3) 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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** LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia - 42nd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings (to May 11) WASHINGTON - Türkiye's President Tayyip Erdogan will visit the United States.

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LITHUANIA - Lithuanian Presidency Election. LITHUANIA – Referendum Election.

GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MAY 13 Brussels - Eurogroup Meeting.

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BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - 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.

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AREQUIPA, Peru - APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting. (To May 18) 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 SEOUL - South Korea, Britain to host a summit on artificial intelligence in Seoul. (To May 22) 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. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MAY 27 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 28 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 VANUATU - Referendum Election.

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

THURSDAY, MAY 30 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade). PRAGUE - NATO Foreign Affairs ministers hold an informal meeting in Prague (To May 31)

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GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 ICELAND - Icelandic Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JUNE 2 MEXICO - Mexican Senate Election.

MEXICO – Mexican Chamber of Deputies Election. MEXICO - Mexican Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JUNE 6 EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament Election. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JUNE 9 BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives Election.

BULGARIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 13

BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy - Italy hosts G7 summit of world leaders. (To June 15) - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 18

** LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 20 ** LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting

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** LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 22

** Mauritania - Mauritanian Presidency election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 24 ** LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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** LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 27 ** Brussels - European Council meeting (to June 28). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 28

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