DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 28

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TUESDAY, APRIL 28 ** BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - Minister for Foreign Affairs ​of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan attended the 25th ASEAN-European Union Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) in Brunei Darussalam.

** ASTANA – Concluding day of Israeli President Isaac Herzog's two-day official visit ​to Kazakhstan. ** ROME - A delegation led by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General ‌Zakir Hasanov, ​is on an official visit to the Italian Republic.

** ZAGREB - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits Croatia to participate in the 11th Summit of the Three Seas Initiative, a regional platform of states on the Baltic, Adriatic, and Black Seas created to speed up north–south infrastructure connections. ** JERUSALEM - Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar and Serbian foreign minister Marko Djuric to hold a press conference in Jerusalem Bangkok - Defense Minister of Singapore Chan Chun Sing will be making a working visit to Thailand (Final Day) BEIJING - Belgium's ‌Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Prevot will visit China (To May 1)

PARIS - Concluding day of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan's visit to France. ADDIS ABABA - Concluding day of an official visit by President of Mozambique Daniel Chapo to Ethiopia MOSCOW/BISHKEK - Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun will visit Russia and Kyrgyzstan (Final Day) GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2025 (To April 30) BEIJING - President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari is set to visit China where he will hold meetings with senior Chinese leadership (To May 1) WASHINGTON DC - Britain's King Charles will visit the United States. (To April 30) LISBON - European Council President Antonio Costa delivers speeches at the Universidade do Minho and Universidade Católica Portuguesa. BEIJING - Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong ‌will visit China (To April 30) MOSCOW - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left for a visit to Russia HELSINKI - President of the Republic of Estonia, Alar Karis, accompanied by his spouse Sirje Karis, will pay a state visit to Finland. (To April 29) - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 ** VIENNA – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Austria for ‌a two-day visit to discuss bilateral issues and global developments, including the war between Russia and Ukraine and the crisis in the Middle East (to April 30) STRASBOURG - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participates in a European Parliament plenary debate on the EU strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis, its implications on energy prices and the availability of fertilizers – 0700 GMT BELGIUM - European Council President Antonio Costa attends the European Economic and Social Committee plenary debate on competitiveness – 1300 GMT PRAGUE - Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš, is scheduled to pay an official visit to Uzbekistan (To April 30) KURESSAARE, Estonia - The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Baltic States and Nordic countries (NB8) will meet in Estonian island of Saaremaa. (To April 30)

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** SEOUL - South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyunl meets his Australian counterpart, Penny Wong, for talks ⁠in Seoul. ** HAMILTON - Britain's ​King Charles visits Bermuda for a trip from April (to May 2)

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** HANOI - ⁠Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae will pay an official visit to Vietnam (To May 3) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 3

** COLOMBO - The President of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka on May 3 on an invitation extended by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (to May 5). ** CANBERRA - Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese will welcome the Prime Minister of Japan, Her Excellency Sanae Takaichi, to Australia (To May 5) - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MAY 4 PRAGUE - ⁠Finland President Alexander Stubb will pay an official visit to the Czech Republic. (To May 5) ARMENIA - EU-Armenia Meeting. (To May 5) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 7 HELSINKI - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Finnish President Alexander Stubb. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 8 MACTAN, Philippines - The Philippines hosts the annual ASEAN Summit of the regional bloc (To May 9) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 10 BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of ministers for European Affairs (To May 11) - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 12 BAHAMAS - Bahaman house of assembly ​election.

BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU energy ministers (To May 13) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 14 BEIJING - United States President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing for a highly anticipated meeting between leaders of the two countries. (To May 15) NEW DELHI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is planning to visit New Delhi (To May 15) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 18 PARIS - France ⁠hosts a meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers in Paris (To May 19) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 Suzhou, People's Republic of China - APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting (To May 23) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 22 LEFKOSIA, Cyprus - Informal meeting of EU economic and financial affairs ministers (To May 23) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 26 TOKYO - President of Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., will make a state visit to Japan (To May 29) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 GYMNICH, Germany - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (To May ⁠28) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, ​JUNE 1

KATHMANDU - 25th anniversary of the assassination of Nepal King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family SANTO DOMINGO - Suriname's President, Jennifer Geerlings-Simons will make a two-day visit to the Dominican Republic (To June 2) GENEVA - International Labour Conference, 114th session (To June 12) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3

SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2026 (to June 14) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 4

CHILE – 15th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia. LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council. (To June 5) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 5

GLOBAL - World Environment Day - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 6

SEOUL - South Korea marks the 71st anniversary of Memorial Day - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 7 LEFKOSIA – EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To June 8) - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 BERLIN - International Air Show (to ⁠June 14) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JUNE 12 GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 14

GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day GAZA - 19th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah

GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 15 ATHENS - Greece hosts defence conference in Athens (To June 16) EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France - G7 summit starts in Evian-les-Bains, France (To June 17) - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, ⁠JUNE 17 GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JUNE 18 BRUSSELS - European Council (To ⁠June 19) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 20

GLOBAL - World Refugee Day - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 21 GLOBAL - International Yoga Day - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 BERLIN - 78th anniversary of beginning of The Berlin Blockade. Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the United States to organise a massive airlift MACAO SAR, People's Republic of China - APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting (To June 28)

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LOS ANGELES - 17th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 26

GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 29

PYEONGTAEK - South Korea ‌observes the 24th anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash BEJING/TAIPEI - ‌16th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a ​story based on the event. For Technical Issues Please Contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx