DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 29

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 ** BISHKEK - At the invitation of President Sadyr Zhaparov, Togolese Prime Minister Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé will make an official visit to Kyrgyzstan. (To ​April 30)

** ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Kazakhstan ** BEIJING - At the invitation of Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, President ​of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Annalena Baerbock will visit China. (To April 30)

** NEW DELHI - Ecuador's Foreign Minister Gabriela ‌Sommerfeld arrived in ​New Delhi for three-day visit to India aimed at strengthening the bilateral ties. (To May 1) ** ASTANA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Kazakhstan. (To April 30) BEIJING - Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Prevot will visit China (To May 1) 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) BEIJING - Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong will visit China (To April 30) HELSINKI - President of the Republic of Estonia, Alar Karis, accompanied by his spouse Sirje Karis, will pay a state ‌visit to Finland. (Final Day) 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) LONDON – 15th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton

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** REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson travels to Reykjavik, Iceland, for ‌the Nordic-Baltic governors' meeting at the World Bank. ** HAMILTON - Britain's King Charles visits Bermuda for a trip. (To May 2) 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)

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA - Antiguan and Barbudan House of Representatives Election. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MAY 1 HANOI - Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae will pay an official visit to Vietnam (To ‌May 3)

VATICAN CITY – 15th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 2

** SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan - 29th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting. ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 15th 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. NIUE - Niuean Assembly election - - - - - - - - -

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) GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day - - - - - - - - -

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) BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 5 ** BAKU - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to visit Azerbaijan. BAKU - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is scheduled to travel to Baku. YEREVAN - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will host the President of the European Council, António Costa, and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, ⁠in Yerevan, focusing on strengthening ​bilateral ties between Armenia and Brussels. GLOBAL - World Asthma Day BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 7 HELSINKI - German President Frank-Walter ⁠Steinmeier will visit Finnish President Alexander Stubb. WALES (part of the United Kingdom) - Welsh National Assembly election SCOTLAND (part of the United Kingdom) - Scottish Parliament election - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, MAY 8 GLOBAL - World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day MACTAN, Philippines - The Philippines hosts the annual ASEAN Summit of the regional bloc (To May 9) NAPLES, ITALY - Pope Leo marks the first anniversary of his election with visits To Pompeii and Naples, beginning his Italy tour at the Marian pilgrimage shrine in Pompeii. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 9 MANILA - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos holds a press conference at the conclusion of the 48th ASEAN Summit. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 10 BRUSSELS - Informal ⁠meeting of ministers for European Affairs (To May 11) - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MAY 11 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council. NAIROBI - Kenya and France are hosting the "Africa Forward" Summit, the first time the meeting will be held outside a Francophone African country. The meeting will discuss the reform of the international financial architecture, energy transition, green industrialisation, blue economy, artificial intelligence, sustainable agriculture and health. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 12 GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) BAHAMAS - Bahaman house of assembly election.

BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU energy ministers (To May 13) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 14 ** VILNIUS, Lithuania - Finland's President ​Alexander Stubb will meet the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda. 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) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 15 GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 16 LISBON – 15th Anniversary of 78-billion-euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 17 GLOBAL - World ⁠Telecommunication and Information Society Day CABO VERDE - Cabo Verdean National Assembly election - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 18

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting GLOBAL - International Museum Day 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

ASHGABAT - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Turkmenistan to participate in a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States. GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting BRUSSELS - Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) LEFKOSIA, Cyprus - Informal meeting of EU economic and ⁠financial ​affairs ministers (To May 23) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 24 CYPRUS - Cypriot House of Representatives election ACERRA, Italy - Pope Leo visits Acerra in southern Italy's so-called "Land of Fires," an area long plagued by illegal toxic waste dumping and burning. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 26

TOKYO - President of Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., will make a state visit to Japan (To May 29) BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 GYMNICH, Germany - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (To May 28) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 31 GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day Colombia - Colombian Presidency election - - - - - - - - - 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) ETHIOPIA - Ethiopian House of People's Representatives Election. - - - - - - - - -

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 ARMENIA - Armenian National Assembly Election. VIENNA – OPEC 66th JMMC Meeting. LEFKOSIA – EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To June 8) - - - - - - - - -

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

THURSDAY, JUNE 11 LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup Meeting.

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GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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GAZA - 19th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

SWITZERLAND – ⁠Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 15

LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council. 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) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JUNE 16 LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

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