DIARY-Political and General News Events from May 8

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FRIDAY, MAY 8 ** MOSCOW - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will pay a working visit to Russia, attend the Victory Day ​Parade in Moscow, and hold a meeting with meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin (To May 9)

** PORT OF SPAIN - India's Minister of External Affairs, Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, will begin an official two-day ​visit to Trinidad and Tobago (To May 9) ** BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul meets with his Czech counterpart Petr Macinka. - 1200 ‌GMT ANKARA - Algerian President ​Abdelmadjid Tebboune will begin an official three-day visit to Türkiye on Wednesday at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Final Day).

ROME - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Rome amid growing US tensions with Italy and the Vatican.(Final day) YEREVAN - Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics will pay an official visit to Armenia to meet Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan, President of the Armenian National Assembly Alen Simonyan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, as well as representatives of Armenian youth organizations. (Final day) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Vietnamese President To Lam will be on a two-day state visit to Sri Lanka. He will hold discussions with President Anura Kumara ‌Dissanayake and other Sri Lankan leaders.(Final day) ROME - Italian Prime Minister Meloni meets U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Palazzo Chigi in Rome. Rubio will meet Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani beforehand. - 0930 GMT 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 ** ALEXANDRIA , Egypt - French President Emmanuel Macron and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attend the opening ceremony of Senghor University’s new campus in Alexandria’s Borg El Arab, alongside several delegates and representatives of international organisations including UNESCO and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. TALLINN - Prime Ministers of the Baltic States and Nordic countries (NB8) will meet in Estonia. MANILA - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos holds a press ‌conference at the conclusion of the 48th ASEAN Summit. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 10 NAIROBI - French President Emmanuel Macron will be in Kenya for a state visit, where he will meet President William Ruto ahead of the Africa–France summit in Nairobi. BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of ministers for European Affairs (To May 11) - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MAY 11 ** BEIJING - President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon will pay a state visit to China (To May 14)

** BEIJING - At the ‌invitation of Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office of Brunei Darussalam, will pay an official visit to China (To May 15) NAIROBI - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to visit Kenya. TOKYO - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet Japanese Prime Minister, Central Bank Governor and Finance Minister during a visit to Tokyo.

MANILA - President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will host Paraguayan President Santiago Peña for an official visit to the Philippines 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

COPENHAGEN - Taiwan's President Lai-Ching-te speaks via video link during a democracy summit in Copenhagen. - 1130 GMT BRATISLAVA - Slovak President Peter Pellegrini will host Czech President Petr Pavel and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen as part of the Slavkov format. 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) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 BUCHAREST - The B9 group of NATO eastern-flank states is holding ⁠a summit in Romanian capital Bucharest. BUCHAREST - Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide attends security conference in Romania. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 14 VILNIUS - Finland's President Alexander Stubb and his spouse Suzanne Innes-Stubb will pay a state visit to Lithuania and will meet the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda. (To May 15). 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 ROME/STOCKHOLM/AMSTERDAM/OSLO - Prime ⁠Minister of India Narendra Modi to visit Europe (To May 20) 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) - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 19

PARIS, France - France hosts a meeting of G7 finance ministers ​and central bankers in Paris. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 Suzhou, People's Republic of China - APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting (To May 23) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 22

MEXICO CITY - EU-Mexico summit 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

TIVAT - EU-Western Balkans summit 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 9 TALLINN - The Prime Ministers of the Baltic States and Nordic countries (NB8) will meet in Estonia.

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BERLIN - International Air Show (to June 14) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE ⁠11

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's Finance Minister John Mbadi to present the 2026/27(July-June) fiscal budget to parliament. - 1100 GMT LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup Meeting.

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

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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) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JUNE 25 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 - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 2 ALGERIA - Algerian National People's Assembly.

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