DIARY-Political and General News Events from May 20

- 0630 GMT BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ‌to hold a news conference in Brussels ahead of a Foreign ministers meeting, which will take place in Helsingborg, Sweden, on 21-22 May 2026. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 12 GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour. LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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** GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala - European Council President Antonio Costa starts official visit in Guatemala. Mozambique/Namibia - Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek ​Kulubaev visits (To May 22).

ROME - Indian PM Modi visits Italy at the invitation of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. (Final Day) LONDON - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya visits the United Kingdom. (To May 23) LONDON - Irish ​President Catherine Connolly on a three-day Britain visit, which is due to include a meeting with King Charles. (Final Day) ROME/STOCKHOLM/AMSTERDAM/OSLO - Indian PM Modi ‌visits Europe. (Final ​Day) PARIS - Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette visits. (Final Day)

BAKU - The Deputy Prime Minister of Albania, Albana Koçiu, will visit Azerbaijan to participate in the 13th session of the World Urban Forum in Baku. (To May 22) OSLO - India's Modi visits Norway. Modi will meet Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and King Harald as well as representatives of the Indian and Norwegian business communities at a business and research conference. (Final day) PARIS - France hosts a meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers. (Final day) BEIJING - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits China and hold meetings with President Xi Jinping. (Final Day)

SEOUL - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hold ‌a summit in Lee's hometown of Andong. The meeting will be their second this year, after Lee visited Takaichi's hometown of Nara in January. The two leaders will have summit meetings, joint statement, and banquet on May 19. (Final Day) ISTANBUL - Mauritanian Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug visits Türkiye.

VILNIUS - Foreign ministers Margus Tsahkna from Estonia, Baiba Braze from Latvia and Kestutis Burdrys from Lithuania meet Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand in Tallinn, Estonia and hold a joint press conference after the meeting. - 1405 GMT ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rome. - 0930 GMT HELSINKI - Slovakia's Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar meets with Finland's foreign minister Elina Valtonen in Helsinki. - 0915 GMT TALLINN - Foreign ministers Margus Tsahkna from Estonia, Baiba Braze from Latvia and Kestutis Burdrys from Lithuania meet Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anad in Tallinn, Estonia and hold a joint press conference after the meeting. - 1405 GMT STRASBOURG, ‌France - EC President von der Leyen participates in a European Parliament debate entitled "high time to deliver on the Single Market, providing certainty and predictability for EU businesses and quality jobs".

PRAGUE - Israeli Foreign Minister Saar visits Prague for talks on economic cooperation, debate Middle East situation. - 0930 GMT TOKYO - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds news conference in Tokyo during his visit to Japan. - 0630 GMT BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ‌to hold a news conference in Brussels ahead of a Foreign ministers meeting, which will take place in Helsingborg, Sweden, on 21-22 May 2026. - 0700 GMT BERLIN - German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche is scheduled to speak at Humboldt Forum event entitled “Globale Asymmetries - Who owns today?” - 1100 GMT

SANTIAGO, Chile - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele makes an official visit to Chile. WARSAW, Poland - Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar travels to Poland on his first official visit. Suzhou, People's Republic of China - APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting. (To May 23) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 21

BEIJING - Moldova's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi visits China at the invitation of China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (To May 25) VIENNA - Hungarian PM Magyar and Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker speak to reporters in Vienna. - 0830 GMT REVINGE, Sweden - NATO Secretary-General Rutte and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson hold a press conference in southern Sweden. - 1210 GMT - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 22

* HELSINGBORG, Sweden - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends NATO foreign ministers’ meeting, discusses burden sharing and defense investment; meets Arctic Seven counterparts. HELSINGBORG, Sweden - NATO foreign ministers meet in Sweden's Helsingborg to discuss ⁠the follow-up to last year’s new ​defence spending commitments agreed at the summit in The Hague, as well as continued support for Ukraine. - 0600 GMT

NICOSIA - ⁠Euro zone finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Cyprus. - 0700 GMT BRUSSELS - EU trade ministers to discuss trade impact of Iran crisis and WTO impasse. - 0800 GMT

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) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 23

** NEW DELHI - U.S. ⁠Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit India (To May 26) BEIJING - Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visits China and holds meetings with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang for several memoranda of understanding. (To May 25)

- - - - - - - - - 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 BERLIN - German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil speaks to Germany's Foreign Press Association. - 0930 GMT.

BEIJING - Pakistani ​Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit China (To May 27). 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) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 29 WARSAW - Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna and Icelandic Minister of Foreign Affairs ⁠Katrín Gunnarsdótti after the meeting of the Council of the Baltic Sea States. - 1300 GMT - - - - - - - - -

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 will meet in Estonia. - - - - - - - - -

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

THURSDAY, JUNE 11 DODOMA - Tanzania's Finance Minister Khamis Mussa Omar presents the 2026-27 (July-June) budget to Parliament. - 1200 GMT NAIROBI - Kenya's Finance Minister John Mbadi to present the 2026-27 (July-June) fiscal budget to Parliament. - 1100 GMT

LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JUNE 12 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. - - - - - - - - -

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

THURSDAY, JUNE 18 THE HAGUE - Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on state visit to the Netherlands. BRUSSELS - European ⁠Council. (To June 19) - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JUNE 20 GLOBAL - World Refugee Day. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JUNE 21 GLOBAL - International Yoga Day. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24

BRUSSELS - Japanese Emperor Naruhito and ⁠Empress Masako on state visit to Belgium. 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.

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 7 ANKARA - Turkey hosts NATO summit. (To Jul 8)

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 24 MANILA - The ‌Philippines hosts foreign ministers from 59 countries to commemorate the 50th year anniversary of the signing of Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia.

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