DIARY - Political and General News Events From March 24

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Top economic events M/DIARY ----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, MARCH 24 ** KATHMANDU - Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari will meet Chinese Defence Minister and State Councilor General Chang Wanquan. ** BOAO CITY, China - Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is scheduled to address a conference on "Globalisation and Free Trade" (to Mar. 26). ROME - European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis meets Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan. HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong visits Vietnam (Final Day). GENEVA - 34th Session of the Human Rights Council (Final Day). GRAZ, Austria - Special Olympics Canada 2017 Winter Games (to Mar. 25). CANBERRA - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will pay an official visit to Australia and New Zealand (to Mar. 29). BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas - 1015 GMT. BRUSSELS - Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze will visit Brussels to hold a meeting with the European Commissioner. VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis meets EU leaders on the eve of a summit called to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. TORONTO - Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau will give a speech in Toronto -1530 GMT. NEW YORK - U.N. Security Council meeting on the Israel/Palestinian conflict - 1500 GMT. GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 25 ** MILAN, Italy - Pope Francis visits Italy Financial and Fashion capital Milan. ROME - 60th anniversary of the Rome treaties. ROME - Meeting of EU heads of state or government. GUADALAJARA, Mexico - 45th Session of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC)(to Mar. 31). DUBAI - Dubai World Cup. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 26 AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang will visit New Zealand (to Mar. 29). JERUSALEM - Slovakian President Andrej Kiska embarks on a four-day visit to Israel (to Mar. 30). BULGARIA - National Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 27 ** TBILISI - Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis to visit Georgia (to Mar. 29). ** AMSTERDAM - Argentinian President Mauricio Maacri will visit Netherlands (to Mar. 28). ** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano. SINGAPORE - French President Francois Hollande will deliver a speech at the 40th Singapore Lecture chaired by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, deputy prime minister and coordinating minister for economic and social policies – 1900 GMT. MOSCOW - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Russia (to Mar. 28). KUALA LUMPUR - French President Francois Hollande on a state visit to Malaysia (to Mar. 28). LJUBLJANA - Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven visits Slovenia. LJUBLJANA - Polish President Andrzej Duda visits Slovenia. KIEV - The Prime Ministers from member countries of the GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) will meet in Kiev. BRUSSELS - Meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Council (to Mar. 28). - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 28 MOSCOW - Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang will pay an official visit to Russia (to Mar.31). JAKARTA - French President Francois Hollande on a state visit to Indonesia (to Mar. 29). VIENTIANE - 14th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials' Meeting (to Mar 29). MADRID - Spanish Ministry of Economy, Luis de Guindos to participate at Europa Press Forum - 0800 GMT. COPENHAGEN - Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen will meet Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders - 1030 GMT. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 30 ** ARKHANGELSK, Rusia - President Vladimir Putin is to attend the 4th International Arctic Forum (to Mar. 30). ** FLORENCE, Italy - Culture Ministers from the G7 group of advanced economies hold two days of talks in Florence (to Mar. 31). LISBON - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet visits Portugal to meet President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (to Mar. 31). ANKARA - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Turkey. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 31 VATICAN CITY - Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall meet with Pope Francis. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 1 MYANMAR - Assembly of the Union Elections. IRAN - Independence Day. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 2 SERBIA - Presidential election. BAKU - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will make an official visit to Azerbaijan (to April 3). ECUADOR - Presidential Election. ARMENIA - National Assembly election. BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 35th anniversary of start of Falklands war. GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 3 WASHINGTON - Polish deputy PM and Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will meet Fed President Janet Yellen, IMF head Christine Lagarde and US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (to Apr. 5) WASHINGTON - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will visit the United States to meet President Donald Trump. LUXEMBOURG - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council. CEBU, Philippines - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (AFCDM) (to Apr 7). CEBU, Philippines - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (AFCDM+3) (to Apr 7). CEBU, Philippines - ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting (AFMM) (to Apr 7). CEBU, Philippines - ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (AFMGM) (to Apr 7). - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 4 BRUSSELS - International Summit for supporting the future of Syria and the region - Brussels conference (to Mar. 5). - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 ** VIENNA - Prince of Wales Charles will meet with Austria President Van der Bellena and Chancellor Christian Kern (to Apr. 6). TOKYO - King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia will visit Japan (to Apr. 7). GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 6 FLORIDA, United States - U.S. President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping (to Apr. 7). GAMBIA - National Assembly Election. AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2017 (to Apr. 9). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 7 VALLETTA - Eurogroup meeting to be held in Malta. NEW DELHI - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit India (to Apr. 10). SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to Apr. 17). GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 8 WASHINGTON/MOSCOW - 7th anniversary of signing a new bilateral treaty between the Russia and 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. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 10 SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 7th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 11 FRANCE – 6th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab. ABIDJAN – 6th Anniversary of arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with support from French forces thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight. - - - - - - - - - - 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 BOSTON - 2017 Boston Marathon. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 20 UNITED STATES - 7th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill which flowed unabated until July 15. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 21 WASHINGTON - 2017 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (to Apr. 23). LONDON - Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 91th 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 Apr. 29). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 28 CAIRO - Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Cairo and meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (to Apr.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. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, May 12 ** BARI, Italy - Finance leaders of the G7 Advanced Economies hold three days of talks in the Southern Italian city of Bari. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 22 JAKARTA - King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden will pay a visit to Indonesia (to May. 24). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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