DIARY-Political and General News Events from May 8

** Indicates new events -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 ** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as the long-standing ties between the two countries keep deteriorating. ** MOSCOW - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make a working visit to Moscow (To May 9) ** ISLAMABAD - Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov to make official visit to Pakistan (To May 9) WASHINGTON DC / OTTAWA - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius travels to the United States and Canada.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 ** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as the long-standing ties between the two countries keep deteriorating.

** MOSCOW - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make a working visit to Moscow (To May 9) ** ISLAMABAD - Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov to make official visit to Pakistan (To May 9) WASHINGTON DC / OTTAWA - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius travels to the United States and Canada. (Final Day) PARIS/BELGRADE/BUDAPEST - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit France, Serbia and Hungary (To May 10) BELGRADE - Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Serbia on the NATO bombing anniversary (Final Day) MOSCOW - Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith, at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, will lead a high-level delegation to pay a working visit to Russia (To May 11)

BAKU - President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev is slated to pay a visit to Azerbaijan (Final Day). MALMÖ ARENA, SWEDEN - 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. (To May 11) WASHINGTON DC - President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, delivers the keynote speech at Council of Americas Washington Conference. – 1230 GMT MADRID - Spain's Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo, Central Bank Governor Pablo Hernandez de Cos and Spanish companies' CEOs speak at an event in Madrid (To May 9) ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Rome - 0930 GMT. MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a summit of Eurasian Economic Union in Moscow. As an organisation, the EAEU is an economic union of five post-Soviet states: Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. - 1200 GMT BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Finnish President Alexander Stubb speak to reporters at Berlin's chancellery - 1430 GMT. BERLIN - Finnish 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 ** ABU DHABI - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan pays an official visit to the United Arab Emirates. (To May 10)

** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel, after both leaders attend the Victory Day parade in Red Square. ** MOSOW - Russian president Vladimir Putin hosts President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, for talks in Moscow.

** NEW DELHI - Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs Moosa Zameer will be on an official visit to India. MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with his Guinea-Bissau counterpart, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, in Moscow. LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia - 42nd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings (to May 11)

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

FRIDAY, MAY 10 ROME - Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani at Palazzo Chigi. – 1330 GMT

ROME - Pope Francis attends the "General States of Births" conference in Rome on Italy's sliding birthrate. – 0630 GMT - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 12

LITHUANIA - Lithuanian Presidency Election. LITHUANIA – Referendum Election.

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

MONDAY, MAY 13 STOCKHOLM - Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson hosts a summit in Stockholm with the heads of government from the Nordic countries and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (To May 14) BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck discusses security policy issues - 1215 GMT.

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

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

TUESDAY, MAY 14 COPENHAGEN - Copenhagen Democracy Summit. European Council President Charles Michel, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Alexei Navalny's Chief of Staff Leonid Volkov and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are among the speakers at this year's Copenhagen Democracy Summit. (To May 15) OSLO - Norway's Finance Minister, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, presents the country's revised 2024 budget proposal - 0900 GMT.

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. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 16 ** BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Swiss Confederation President Viola Amherd in Berlin. – 0700 GMT

BERLIN - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius greets his Lithuanian counterpart, Laurynas Kasčiūnas, with military honours before holding talks in Berlin. – 1430 GMT LISBON – 12th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.

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TAPACHULA, MEXICO - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador meets with his Guatemalan counterpart Bernardo Arevalo to talk binational issues, in Tapachula. 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.

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BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives French President Emmanuel Macron at Bellevue castle with military honors in Berlin. - - - - - - - - -

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

TUESDAY, MAY 28 GRANSEE, GERMANY - French President Emmanuel Macron attends Franco-German Council of Ministers in Meseberg. 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 CZECH REPUBLIC - Argentina's President Javier Milei visits Prague. 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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