DIARY-Political and General News Events from May 15

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THURSDAY, MAY 15

SARAJEVO - Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides due to visit Bosnia, where he will meet Bosnia's tripartite presidency members.

ANKARA - President Tayyip Erdogan will welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Ankara and hold bilateral talks – 1000 GMT

ANTALYA, Turkey - An informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs will be held in Antalya, Turkey (Final Day).

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

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)

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).

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)

ANTALYA, Turkey - NATO Foreign Ministers Informal Meeting to take place in Turkey (Finald Day)

STOCKHOLM - Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard meets with her Estonian counterpart Margus Tsahkna to talk support for Ukraine, transatlantic relations and cooperation within the informal foreign and security policy format NB8

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct, high-level talks in Istanbul in more than three years of war, seeking a possible ceasefire to the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he will attend the talks in the Turkish city if Russia's Vladimir Putin is also there, while U.S. President Donald Trump has endorsed the talks as a path to peace and said he could also attend.

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

ROME - Defence ministers from Italy, the UK, Germany, Poland and France meet at Rome's Palazzo Aeronautica to discuss security challenges, European defence and coordination of support for Ukraine – 0600 GMT.

TALLINN - NATO Deputy Secretary General, Radmila Shekerinska, will visit Tallinn, Estonia.

HANOI, Vietnam - Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra joins in a Joint Cabinet Meeting with her Vietnamese counterpart Phạm Minh Chính during her 2-day official visit to the neighbouring country.

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

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SATURDAY, MAY 17

BEIJING - Denmark foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will visit China. (To May 20)

GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

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SUNDAY, MAY 18

ROMANIA - Romanian Presidency Election (Second round)

OSAKA - President of the Republic of Paraguay, Santiago Pena, and his spouse, Leticia Ocampos, will visit Japan as official guest of the Government of Japan for participation in National Day Event of Expo 2025 (to May 23)

GLOBAL - International Museum Day.

PORTUGAL - Portuguese Assembly of the Republic Election

POLAND - Polish Presidency Election

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MONDAY, MAY 19

PRAGUE - Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky meets Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys, news conference at 1000 GMT.

BANGKOK - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto receives a guard of honour welcome during his official visit to Thailand, where he will meet the Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra at Government House.

BRUSSELS - Czech President Petr Pavel meets EU, NATO officials on trip to Belgium (To May 21).

HELSINKI - Finnish and Lithuanian prime ministers Petteri Orpo and Gintautas Paluckas meet in Finland to discuss European security, the situation in Ukraine, the EU’s next multiannual financial framework and bilateral relations between Lithuania and Finland – 1100 GMT.

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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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21

WASHINGTON DC - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will travel to the United States on a working visit and will meet U.S. President Donald Trump.

OSAKA, Japan - His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Kingdom of the Netherlands will visit Japan to attend Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. (To May 22)

BRUSSELS - 3rd European Union - African Union Ministerial Meeting.

BERN - Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani Sadriu is coming to Switzerland on a state visit at the invitation of the federal government (to May 22).

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THURSDAY, MAY 22

GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.

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SUNDAY, MAY 25

KUALA LUMPUR - ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

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

JAKARTA – French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Indonesia (to May 29)

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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TUESDAY, July 8

LONDON - French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron will have a state visit to Britain at the invitation of King Charles.

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