DIARY-Political and General News Events from May 1

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 ** TEL AVIV - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv. – 0430 GMT

** ANKARA - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi to hold press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. – 1030 GMT ** MELBOURNE - Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles to hold a news conference with the Republic of Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul and Minister of National Defense Shin Won-sik. – 0240 GMT

** CAIRO - France's foreign minister Stephane Sejourne will travel to Cairo in an unscheduled stop during a Middle East tour as efforts to secure a truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza reach a critical point. BEIJING - Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina Diana Mondino will visit China (Final Day) MELBOURNE - Australia and South Korea Foreign and Defence Ministers meeting in Melbourne. – 0000 GMT

ANKARA - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi, will pay a visit to Türkiye (To May 3) SLUBICE, Poland - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski give a news conference as part of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of Poland's accession to the EU – 1030 GMT. VATICAN CITY – 13th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II.

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** ROME - Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and King of Jordan Abdullah II meet at Palazzo Chigi. ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Elysee Palace. – 1120 GMT

** VATICAN CITY - King of Jordan Abdullah II meets Pope Francis at the Vatican. – 1200 GMT BEIRUT - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides visit Beirut and will meet Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Azmi Mikati and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. PARIS - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Javier González-Olaechea to visit Paris for OECD meeting.(May 3) 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 ** BRASILIA - Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva welcomes Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an official visit in Brasilia.

SANTIAGO – Chile’s President Gabriel Boric and UN Secretary General António Guterres meet and hold news conference. – 2230 GMT ROME - Swiss President Viola Amherd will travel to Rome this week to meet Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

COPENHAGEN - African and Nordic foreign ministers hold press conference in Copenhagen – 1030 GMT. GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, MAY 4 COLOMBO - Japanese Foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa to visit Sri Lanka. (To May 05) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 5

PARIS/BELGRADE/BUDAPEST - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit France, Serbia and Hungary (To May 10) PANAMA - Panamanian Presidency Election.

PANAMA - Panamanian National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 6 MADRID - Spain's Economy minister Carlos Cuerpo to speak at an event about White Paper on Cross-Border e-Business. – 1000 GMT

OSLO - Moldova President Maia Sandu in Norway for state visit. BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Denis Becirovic with military honors in Berlin – 0830 GMT. STOCKHOLM - Denmark's King Frederik and Queen Mary visit Sweden on their first official overseas visit since Frederik X ascended the throne in January. (To May 7)

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

TUESDAY, MAY 7 GUATEMALA CITY - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo, as part of Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, in Guatemala City.

KATOWICE, Poland - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speak at the European Economic Congress. INDIA - Third phase of India general election.

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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** BERLIN - Finland's President Alexander Stubb visits Germany to meet German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. BUDAPEST - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hungary (to May 10).

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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INDIA - Fourth phase of India's general election. ANKARA - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Turkey

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

TUESDAY, MAY 14 OSLO - Denmark's King Frederik and Queen Mary visit Norway at the invitation of Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja. (To May 15)

BEIJING – Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif will make an official visit to the People's Republic of China. 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 AREQUIPA, Peru - APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting. (To May 18)

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

SATURDAY, MAY 18 VERONA, ITALY - Pope Francis pays a visit to Verona.

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

SUNDAY, MAY 19 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Senate Election.

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

MONDAY, MAY 20 INDIA - Fifth phase of India's general 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. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, MAY 25 INDIA - Sixth phase of India's general election. - - - - - - - - -

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 INDIA - Seventh and last phase of India's general election.

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. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JUNE 10 CAIRO - Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic travels to Egypt. - - - - - - - - -

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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