DIARY-Political and General News Events from May 12

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MONDAY, MAY 12

OSAKA, Japan - Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo will pay a visit to Japan as an official guest and will participate in National Day Event of Expo 2025. (Final Day)

BEIJING - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will pay a state visit to China. (To May 14)

RIYADH/DOHA/ANKARA - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey. (To May 16)

SANTO DOMINGO - Kenyan Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi will visit the Dominican Republic. (To May 13)

TOKYO - Chilean President Gabriel Boric will make a two-day visit to Japan. (Final Day)

ABU DHABI - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will travel to the United Arab Emirates for talks with senior Emirati officials.

BEIJING - China is hosting a high-profile ministerial meeting with Latin American and Carribean countries, which will be attended by the presidents of Brazil, Colombia and Chile.

BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, ahead of the fourth ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Forum.

ASTANA - Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, will begin an official visit to Kazakhstan aimed at furthering bilateral ties (Final Day).

BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog speak to reporters at Berlin's Schloss Bellevue palace. - 0915 GMT

NAIROBI - President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb and his spouse Suzanne Innes-Stubb will pay a state visit to the Republic of Kenya. (To May 14)

BERLIN - Israel's President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog visit Germany.

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

TOKYO - Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf will make a four-day visit to Japan to attend the World Exposition in Osaka. (To May 16)

ANKARA - NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, will travel to Ankara ahead of the informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, due to take place in Antalya on May 14-15.

MOSCOW - Prime Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will undertake an official visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (To May 16).

MOSCOW - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will pay a four-day visit to Russia (To May 16).

BELGRADE - European Council President Antonio Costa meets with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic, followed by a press conference – 0730 GMT.

BERLIN - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomes Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Berlin with military honours, to discuss bilateral and European cooperation, as well as international politics – 1000 GMT.

SARAJEVO - European Council President Antonio Costa meets with Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, followed by press conference – 1520 GMT.

RIYADH/DOHA/ABU DHABI - US President Donald Trump will visit the Middle East next month on a three-country tour, he will travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (To May 16)

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

BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 14

PODGORICA - European Council President Antonio Costa meets with Montenegro's President Jakov Milatovic, followed by press conference – 0915 GMT.

PRISTINA - European Council President Antonio Costa meets with Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani – 1445 GMT.

JAKARTA - Australia’s newly re-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit Indonesia to underscore a key bilateral relationship.

ANTALYA, Turkey - NATO Foreign Ministers Informal Meeting to take place in Turkey (To May 15)

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THURSDAY, MAY 15

HANOI - Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives in Hanoi for a two-day visit to Vietnam. She will meet Vietnamese leaders during the visit (To May 16).

BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas meets Vivian Motzfeld, minister of foreign affairs and research of Greenland.

SKOPJE - European Council President Antonio Costa meets with North Macedonia's Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, followed by a press conference – 0915 GMT.

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

BANFF, ALBERTA, Canada - G7 finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Banff, Alberta, Canada (To May 22)

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

OTTAWA - Britain King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit Canada. (To May 27)

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) Meeting.

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TUESDAY, MAY 27

BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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THURSDAY, MAY 29

AACHEN, Germany - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen receives the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) 2024 in Aachen - 0915 GMT

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SATURDAY, MAY 31

GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 1

KATHMANDU - 24th anniversary of Nepal King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family assassinated in royal family massacre.

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MONDAY, JUNE 2

WARSAW - EU-US Justice and Home Affairs ministerial meeting. (To June 3)

GENEVA – ILO, International Labour Conference, 113th session. (To June 13)

VILNIUS - Leaders from NATO's eastern flank arrive in Vilnius for a meeting ahead of the Hague NATO summit later in June, including the Bucharest Nine - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia - and the Nordics - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 3

PARIS - OECD Ministerial Council Meeting 2025. (To June 4)

South Korea - South Korean Presidency election

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4

CHILE – 14th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia.

SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2025 (to June 15)

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THURSDAY, JUNE 5

GLOBAL - World Environment Day.

BURUNDI - Burundian National Assembly election

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FRIDAY, JUNE 6

SEOUL - South Korea marks the 70th anniversary of Memorial Day.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 7

MONACO - Monaco welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron for a state visit (to June 8)

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SUNDAY, JUNE 8

ITALY – Referendum election.

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MONDAY, JUNE 9

SPAIN – 33rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (to Jun 12).

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THURSDAY, JUNE 12

LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Meeting. (to June 13)

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SATURDAY, JUNE 14

GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day.

GAZA - 18th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah.

GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).

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SUNDAY, JUNE 15

KANANASKIS, Canada - Canada hosts the G7 Leaders' Summit in the Rocky Mountain resort town of Kananaskis, Alberta (To June 17)

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MONDAY, JUNE 16

LUXEMBOURG - EU energy and environment ministers meet in Luxembourg. (To June 17)

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TUESDAY, JUNE 17

GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

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THURSDAY, JUNE 19

LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting

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FRIDAY, JUNE 20

GLOBAL - World Refugee Day

LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting

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SATURDAY, JUNE 21

GLOBAL - International Yoga Day

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MONDAY, JUNE 23

LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting

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TUESDAY, JUNE 24

BERLIN - 77th 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.

LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Leaders of NATO countries gather in The Hague, Netherlands, for the annual NATO summit. (To June 26)

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25

LOS ANGELES - 16th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 26

GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to June 27)

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SUNDAY, JUNE 29

PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 23rd anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash.

BEJING/TAIPEI - 15th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan.

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