DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 27

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MONDAY, APRIL 27 ** ISTANBUL - Turkish President ​Tayyip Erdogan will speak at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Skills Summit in Istanbul, where he may comment on ​the war in Iran and its impact, as well as Turkey's economic policies.

** ATHENS - Greek Prime ‌Minister Kyriakos ​Mitsotakis will meet Teresa Ribera, the executive vice-president of the European Commission, responsible for clean, fair and competitive transition, at the Maximos Mansion – 0830 GMT ** WARSAW - Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski meets with Ireland's Foreign, Trade and Defence Minister Helen McEntee – 0900 GMT

** Bangkok - Minister for Defence of Singapore Chan Chun Sing will be making a working visit to Thailand (To April 28) ** BEIJING - Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime ‌Prevot will visit China (To May 1)

** PARIS - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan will pay a visit to France. (To April 28) ** ADDIS ABABA - President of Mozambique Daniel Chapo will be in Ethiopia at the invitation of the country’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, on an official visit. (To April 28) MOSCOW/BISHKEK - Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun will visit Russia and Kyrgyzstan (To April 28)

MBABANE - Taiwanese President Lai Ching‐te will travel to Eswatini in second overseas trip. (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) - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 28 ** 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 ** 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) - - - - - - - - -

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) - - - - - - - - -

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 - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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