DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 19

VENICE, Italy - Pope Francis visits Venice. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 29 TOGO - Togolese National Assembly election. BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 19 ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the country's army chief Joseph Aoun in Paris to discuss ways to stabilise the country given the current Middle East crisis - 1200 GMT

** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will give a press conference following a virtual meeting between NATO defence ministers and Ukraine in the NATO-Ukraine Council - 1430 GMT ** LISBON - On a visit to Portugal European Parliament president Roberta Metsola meets Portugal Prime Minister Luis Montenegro and speaks to media - 1500 GMT

ANKARA - President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan to visit Turkiye (to April 21) DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN - The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a state visit to the Republic of Tajikistan (final day) ROME - Foreign Minister of Canada Mélanie Joly visits Italy (final day). HAVANA/CARACAS - Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Tran Luu Quang to visit Cuba, Venezuela (To April 19). SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to April 22).

BEIJING - Tanja Fajon, deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Slovenia, will pay an official visit to China (to April 21). WASHINGTON DC - IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings 2024. (To Apr. 20) ROME - G7 foreign ministers meet on Italian island of Capri. (final day) 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 (final day). OTTAWA - The President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, will visit Canada (to April 23). JAKARTA - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends China-Indonesia High-Level Dialogue Cooperation Mechanism meeting with some Indonesian top ministers in Indonesia's Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara province.

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

VICTORIA - Canada's PM Trudeau meets with Poland's President Duda in Victoria. 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

** SEOUL - Romanian President Klaus Iohannis visits the Republic of Korea (to April 24). ** BAGHDAD - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Iraq

** HANOI - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets his Laotian counterpart in Hanoi. - 1030 GMT HANOVER, Germany - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store tour the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair in Hanover - 0900 GMT

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) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, APRIL 23 ** BEIJING - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China

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 BANGKOK - Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina to pay official visit to Thailand (to April 29)

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

** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will receive Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and give a news conference after their talks in Berlin - 0915 GMT ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosts NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Berlin for a meeting in preparation for the defence alliance's 75th anniversary. - 1330 GMT

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.

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

FRIDAY, MAY 3 GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.

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PANAMA - Panamanian Presidency Election. PANAMA - Panamanian National Assembly Election.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 6 CHAD - Chadian Presidency Election.

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** BAKU - President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev is slated to pay a visit to Azerbaijan (to May 8). 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.

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 9 LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia - 42nd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings (to May 11)

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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** ANKARA - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Turkey 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 - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JUNE 21 LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 22 Mauritania - Mauritanian Presidency election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 24

LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JUNE 25 LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 27

Brussels - European Council meeting (to June 28). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 28 Mongolia - Mongolian State Great Hural election.

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