DIARY - Political and General News Events From April 6

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Top economic events M/DIARY ----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, APRIL 6 ** TOKYO – Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to meet economic ministers from ASEAN countries. ** NEW YORK CITY - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres. ** PARIS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault visits Mauritania (to April 07).

** SARAJEVO - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson visits Bosnia - 0800 GMT. ** ATHENS – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to meet his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias - 1700 GMT.

** LONDON - European Council President Donald Tusk will meet British Prime Minister Theresa May in London. ** KIEV – Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, Latvian Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis and Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas will meet Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman. CEBU, Philippines - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (AFCDM) (to April 7). CEBU, Philippines - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (AFCDM+3) (to April 7). CEBU, Philippines - ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting (AFMM) (to April 7). CEBU, Philippines - ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (AFMGM) (to April 7). TOKYO – Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will visit Japan (to April 7). HELSINKI - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Finland (Final Day). BEIJING - Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand will visit China (to April 11). NEW DELHI – Britain Chancellor of the Exchequer and Member of Parliament Philip Hammond will visit India (Final Day). JAKARTA - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will visit Indonesia (Final Day). VIENNA - Prince of Wales Charles will meet Austria President Van der Bellena and Chancellor Christian Kern (Final Day). TOKYO - King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia will visit Japan (to April 7). LJUBLJANA - Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto visits Slovenia, meets his counterpart Karl Erjavec. BRASILIA - Swedish King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia will meet Brazilian President Michel Temer. BRUSSELS - Swiss Federal President Doris Leuthard meets EU Commission's President Jean-Claude Juncker. BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny – 1930 GMT. BEIJING – Myanmar President Htin Kyaw will visit China (to April 11). FLORIDA, United States - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping (to April 7). GAMBIA - National Assembly Election. AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2017 (to April 9). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 7

** Gao, MALI - Foreign Minister of France Jean-Marc Ayrault and Foreign Minister of German Sigmar Gabriel visit troops in Gao, Northern Mali. SINGAPORE - President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani meets Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. ATHENS - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Athens to meet Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President Prokopis Pavlopoulos (to April 08). BEIJING – Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg will visit China (to April 11). TASHKENT - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend a session of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers in Tashkent. VALLETTA - Eurogroup meeting to be held in Malta. NEW DELHI - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit India (to April 10). SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon des Sables (to April 17). GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 8 MEXICO CITY - European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom will visit Mexico, meet Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo WASHINGTON/MOSCOW - 7th anniversary of 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. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 9 SERBIA - Presidential Election. VIMY, France - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Francois Hollande and Prince Harry will commemorate the Battle of Vimy Ridge in Northern France. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 10

** MOSCOW – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. LUCCA, Italy - Foreign Ministers from the G7 Group of Major Industrialised Nations hold a meeting in Lucca (to April 11). SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 7th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia as well as in Poland. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 11 ** TALLINN/LJUBLJANA /TIRANA/MOSCOW/ ASTANA – Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli will visit Estonia, Slovenia, Albania, Russia and Kazakhstan (to April 19). ** MOSCOW – U.S Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson will visit Moscow and meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (to. April 12). MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Moscow. FRANCE – 6th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab. ABIDJAN – 6th 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. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 ASTANA - President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow will visit Kazakhstan. GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 13 KUALA LUMPUR - Japan Crown Prince Naruhito will visit Malaysia (to April 17). - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 15 BELFAST/NEW YORK – 105th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 16 TURKEY - Referendum election. VATICAN CITY - 90th birthday of Pope Benedict. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 17 NEW DELHI – Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari will visit India BOSTON - 2017 Boston Marathon. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 20 UNITED STATES - 7th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 21 WASHINGTON - 2017 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (to April 23). LONDON - Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 91st birthday. PARIS – 56th anniversary of the first manned mission to space. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 22 GLOBAL - Earth Day. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 23 FRANCE - Presidential Election. GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. LONDON – 2017 London Marathon. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 24 GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2017 (to April 30). - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 25 LUXEMBOURG - Meeting of General Affairs Council on cohesion. GLOBAL - World Malaria Day. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26 SEOUL - APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) 2 (to April 29). - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 27 MOSCOW - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russia (to April 28). ---------------- FRIDAY, APRIL 28 CAIRO - Pope Francis to visit Cairo and meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (to April 29). PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania - 19th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 29 LONDON – 6th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 2 MOSCOW - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Moscow. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 11 MOSCOW - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Moscow - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, May 12 BARI, Italy - Finance leaders of the G7 Advanced Economies hold three days of talks in the Southern Italian city of Bari. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 14 BEIJING – Greece President Alexis Tsipras will visit China (to May 15). BEIJING - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Silk Road Economic Forum in Beijing (to May 15). ---- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 19 WARSAW – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Poland. ---- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 22 JAKARTA - King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden will visit Indonesia (to May 24). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Content related query/feedback please Contact Diaries@thomsonreuters.com For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx

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