DIARY-Political and General News Events from March 31

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MONDAY, MARCH 31

LONDON - President of Finland Alexander Stubb pays a visit to London to speak at London School of Economics and Political Science, then meet with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer. - 1345 GMT

JOHOR, Malaysia - Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan, Mrs Joy Balakrishnan, and Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing attended the Hari Raya Open House hosted by His Royal Highness Tunku Ismail, the Regent of Johor.

WASHINGTON DC - Argentina's foreign minister Gerardo Werthein is traveling to the United States aiming to bolster ties between the two nations and lay groundwork for a potential trade deal. (To April 1)

GENEVA - 58th Session of the Human Rights Council (to April 4)

BAKU, Azerbaijan - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to visit Azerbaijan and Armenia. (to April 2)

MOSCOW - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Russia. (To April 2)

HANOI - King Philippe and the Queen of Belgium will pay a state visit to Vietnam. (To April 4)

ASTANA - Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar will visit Kazakhstan for bilateral talks. (To April 1)

KHUJAND, Tajikistan - Presidents of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to meet in Khujand for historic trilateral summit.

FRANCE - Denmark's King Frederik X and Queen Mary on State visit to France (to April 2)

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TUESDAY, APRIL 1

WARSAW - Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson participates in a ceremony as Sweden joins the NATO Air Policing mission, together with Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

MOSCOW - Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son will visit Moscow for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (April 4)

NEW DELHI - At the invitation of Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, President of the Republic of Chile H.E. Gabriel Boric Font will pay a state visit to India. (To April 5)

BANGKOK - Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli will officially visit Thailand for the first time in over 60 years. (To April 5)

BERLIN – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Germany. (To April 3)

SLOVAKIA - Slovak President Peter Pellegrini will meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Slovakia's High Tatras mountains.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2

BUDAPEST - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Hungary (to April 6)

NUUK - Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen will visit Greenland (To Apr. 4)

GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day.

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 43rd anniversary of start of Falklands war.

PRISTINA - Britain’s Foreign Minister David Lammy meets Kosovo leaders and visits British troops in Kosovo serving under NATO’s peacekeeping mission.

WARSAW – EU informal meeting of defense ministers (to April 3)

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THURSDAY, APRIL 3

MADRID - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to Madrid where he will hold talks with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez over dinner.

BANGKOK - Foreign minister from South Asia and Southeast Asian countries arrive in Bangkok to join the 20th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting - 0200 GMT.

BANGKOK – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bangkok to participate in the 6th BIMSTEC Summit to be held on 4 April 2025, hosted by Thailand. (to April 4)

SAMARKAND - First EU-Central Asia summit (to April 4)

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FRIDAY, APRIL 4

SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon des Sables (to April 14).

GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 5

NAYPYIDAW - Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan will undertake a humanitarian visit to Myanmar.

COLOMBO - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka for an official visit.

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MONDAY, APRIL 7

GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day.

TALLINN - Polish President Andrzej Duda pays 3-day visit to Estonia. (To April 9).

CAIRO - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Egypt. (To April 8)

LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 8

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 14th anniversary of signing a bilateral treaty between Russia and the United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty).

GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day.

LONDON - Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto discusses European security challenges at RUSI event in London.

OSLO - At the invitation of Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja, the President of Iceland, Halla Tomasdottir, and her husband Bjorn Skulason will pay a state visit to Norway (To April 10)

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THURSDAY, APRIL 10

SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 15th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland.

AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2025 (to April 13)

CAPE TOWN - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit South Africa.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 11

FRANCE – 14th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab.

ABIDJAN – 14th anniversary of the arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with the help of French forces, thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war.

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

WARSAW – EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to April 12)

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SATURDAY, APRIL 12

GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight.

GABON - Gabonese Presidency Election.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 13

Ecuador - Ecuadorian Presidency Election.

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MONDAY, APRIL 14

LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 15

AMSTERDAM - At the invitation of His Majesty King Willem-Alexander, His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said of Oman will pay a state visit to the Netherlands. (To April 16)

BELFAST/NEW YORK – 112th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16

GENEVA - The WTO will release its global trade outlook for 2025 - 1200 GMT

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TUESDAY, APRIL 18

WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 20

UNITED STATES - 15th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.

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MONDAY, APRIL 21

PARIS – 64th anniversary of the first manned mission to space.

BOSTON - 2025 Boston Marathon.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 22

GLOBAL - Earth Day.

DHAKA – Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is scheduled to undertake his first ever three-day high-level visit to Bangladesh. (To April 24).

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23

GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day.

WASHINGTON DC - G20 finance and central bank ministerial meeting (to April 24)

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THURSDAY, APRIL 24

GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2025 (to April 30).

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FRIDAY, APRIL 25

GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.

WASHINGTON DC - World financial leaders gather for the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings (to April 26)

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SUNDAY, APRIL 27

LONDON - 2025 London Marathon.

VENEZUELA - Venezuelan National Assembly Election.

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MONDAY, APRIL 28

CANADA - Canadian House of Commons Election.

PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 27th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania.

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives Election.

NEW YORK, United States - Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up, including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (To April 29)

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TUESDAY, APRIL 29

LONDON – 14th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30

CAYMAN ISLANDS - Cayman Legislative Assembly Election.

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Referendum Election.

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THURSDAY, MAY 1

VATICAN CITY – 14th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II.

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FRIDAY, MAY 2

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 14th 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.

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SATURDAY, MAY 3

GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.

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SUNDAY, MAY 4

ROMANIA - Romanian Presidency Election.

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TUESDAY, MAY 6

GLOBAL - World Asthma Day.

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MONDAY, MAY 7

WARSAW – EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich. (to May 8)

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THURSDAY, MAY 8

GLOBAL - World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day.

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FRIDAY, MAY 9

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to hold talks in Moscow

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SUNDAY, MAY 11

ALBANIA - Albanian Parliament Election.

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MONDAY, MAY 12

GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day.

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

WARSAW – EU Informal meeting of energy ministers. (To May 13)

PHILIPPINES - Philippine Senate Election.

PHILIPPINES - Philippine House of Representatives Election.

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TUESDAY, MAY 13

BASEL, Switzerland - 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. (To May 17)

BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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THURSDAY, MAY 15

GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.

JEJU, Republic of Korea – APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade meeting. (To May 16)

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.

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FRIDAY, MAY 16

LISBON – 13th Anniversary of 78-billion-euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.

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SATURDAY, MAY 17

GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

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SUNDAY, MAY 18

GLOBAL - International Museum Day.

PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election

POLAND - Polish Presidency Election

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MONDAY, MAY 19

LONDON - EU-UK summit

LONDON - European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen visits London for a summit on closer post-Brexit cooperation with Britain.

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TUESDAY, MAY 20

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting

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THURSDAY, MAY 22

GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.

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SUNDAY, MAY 25

SURINAME - Surinamese National Assembly Election

VENEZUELA - Venezuelan National Assembly Election

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MONDAY, MAY 26

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) Meeting.

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TUESDAY, MAY 27

BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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SATURDAY, MAY 31

GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.

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