DIARY-Political and General News Events from May 19

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MONDAY, MAY 19

AMMAN - Prime Minister of Malta Robert Abela toured a refugee camp run by the UNHCR shortly after arriving in Jordan on an official visit.

PARIS - Deputy President of South Africa Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile arrived in Paris, the capital city of the Republic of France, on a working visit.

BEIJING - On the invitation of the Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, Wang Yi, Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister, Senator of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar, will undertake an official visit to Beijing. (To May 21)

MANILA - The Foreign Minister of Mongolia Batmunkh Battsetseg will be in the Philippines for an official visit, with plans to deepen relations between the Manila and Ulaanbaatar. (To May 20)

AMSTERDAM/COPENHAGEN/BERLIN – Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will pay an official visit to the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. (To May 24)

BUDAPEST/LJUBLJANA - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay official visits to Hungary and Slovenia. (To May 22)

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. (To May 22)

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

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)

LONDON - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer and top EU officials to hold possible news conference.

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

WASHINGTON DC - Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yilmaz and United States Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau meets to discuss Syria in working group meeting in Washington.

CHONGQING, China - H.H. Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman and Chairman of the Ajman Executive Council, will begin a four-day visit to the Chinese city of Chongqing. (To May 23)

MADRID - Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tarik will go on a state-visit to the Kingdom of Spain. (To May 22)

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

BEIJING - Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Caspar Veldkamp will visit China at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (To May 22)

BUDAPEST - President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will visit Hungary.

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

OSLO - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte visits Norway, holds news conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere – 1230 GMT.

VILNIUS - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits Lithuania.

BRUSSELS - EU 5th Accession Conference with Albania.

HELSINKI - Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides meets with Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Helsinki to discuss bilateral relations, security in Europe, Russia's illegal war of aggression in Ukraine, and regional situations in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. The Presidents will hold a press conference - 1330 GMT

GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.

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SUNDAY, MAY 25

KUALA LUMPUR - ASEAN – GCC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

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

BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from NATO members will gather in Brussels ahead of a leaders' summit later in June.

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

WARSAW – EU Informal meeting of tourism ministers. (To June 24)

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

KUALA LUMPUR - 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meetings (AMM) and Post-Ministerial Conferences (PMC) (To July 11)

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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TUESDAY, JULY 9

VIENNA, Austria - 9th OPEC International Seminar. (To July 10)

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THURSDAY, JULY 17

KWAZULU-NATAL, South Africa – G20 Finance and Central Bank Ministerial Meeting. (To July 18)

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