DIARY - Political and General News Events From March 30

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Top economic events M/DIARY ----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, MARCH 30 BUCHAREST - Prince of Wales Charles will meet Romanian officials (to Mar. 31). TEHRAN - Iran Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh will visit the Giant South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf. RIYADH - Gulf Foreign Ministers hold regular meeting in Saudi Arabia. RIYADH - GCC Foreign Ministers to hold meeting of the Alliance Ministerial Council in Riyadh. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds a news conference. PRAGUE - Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit Czech Republic. BRUSSELS - Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg will meet Moldova Prime Minister Pavel Filip. JERUSALEM - Slovakian President Andrej Kiska meets Israelian Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem - 0900 GMT BERLIN - Britain Finance Minister Philip Hammond will visit German counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble. CHENNAI India - Malaysia Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak visits Chennai (to Apr. 4). ANKARA – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. COPENHAGEN - The Royal Couple of Belgium, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, is on an official visit to Denmark (to Mar. 31). ASHGABAT - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will visit Turkmenistan. (to Mar. 31). BEIJING - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will visit China (to Apr.1). MOSCOW - Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang will visit Russia (to Mar. 31). GUADALAJARA, Mexico - 45th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)(to Mar. 31). JERUSALEM - Slovakian President Andrej Kiska embarks on a four-day visit to Israel (to Mar. 30). MALTA - President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will visit to Malta. (to Mar. 30) ASHGABAT - President of the Belarus Republic Alexander Lukashenka will pay an official visit to Turkmenistan (to Mar. 31). NEW DELHI - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will visit India at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (to Apr. 4) MOSCOW - NATO envoys to hold a formal meeting with Russia. VILNIUS , Lithuania - Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili will visit Vilnius, his first trip to the E.U. PARIS - German President Franz Walter Steinmeier will visit his French counterpart Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace. ANKARA, Turky – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets Turkish leaders. WASHINGTON, United States – U.S. President Donald Trump to meet Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen. LISBON - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to visit Portugal to meet President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. (to Mar. 31). BEIJING - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping - 0800 GMT RIYADH - Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states will hold their 142nd regular meeting in Riyadh. MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to meet Belarusian Prime Minister in Moscow. BRUSSELS - The NATO-Russia Council will meet at the ambassadorial level at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels. LONDON – United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis will meet with his British counterpart Michael Fallon in London. BEIJING - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping - 0800 GMT. COPENHAGEN – Denmark Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will meet U.S. President Donald Trump. ARKHANGELSK, Rusia - President Vladimir Putin will attend the 4th International Arctic Forum (to Mar. 30). FLORENCE, Italy - Culture ministers from the G7 group of advanced economies to hold two days of talks in Florence (to Mar. 31). LISBON - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet will visit 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 RIGA - Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist will visit Latvia - 1110 GMT. ROME - Prince of Wales Charles and Duchess of Cornwall Camilla will visit Vatican and Italy. BELGRADE - Serbian Presidential election. LONDON - Swiss Economy Minister Johann N. Schneider-Ammann will visit London. LONDON – U.K. Defence Minister Michael Fallon will meet U.S. Secretary of Defence James Mattis. BEIJING - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic to meet Chinese Premier in Beijing. VATICAN CITY - Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall will meet Pope Francis. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 1 DIYARBAKIR, Turkey – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend a referendum rally – 1600 GMT. MYANMAR - Assembly of the Union Elections. IRAN - Independence Day. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 2 CARPI, Italy - Pope Francis will travel to Carpi in Northern Italy. AMATRICE, Italy - Britain Prince Charles to visit the town of Amatrice, epicentre of a 2016 earthquake which left hundreds dead. SERBIA - Presidential election. BAKU - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Azerbaijan (to April 3). ECUADOR - Presidential Election. ARMENIA - National Assembly election. BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 35th anniversary of Falklands War. GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 3 JERUSALEM - Israel hosts European Energy Ministers for talks on building a sub-sea natgas pipeline. St. PETERBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will meet in St. Petersburg. BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico and Czech Republican Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka. WASHINGTON - Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will meet Fed President Janet Yellen, IMF head Christine Lagarde and U.S. 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 RIGA - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will visit Latvia. SOFIA - EU Council President Donald Tusk to visit Bulgaria. HELSINKI - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Finland (to Apr. 06). VATICAN CITY - Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall to meet Pope Francis. BRATISLAVA - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to speak about domestic, foreign policy at a conference – 2000 GMT. BEIJING - Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand will visit China. (to Apr. 11) BRUSSELS - International Summit for supporting the future of Syria and the region - Brussels conference (to Mar. 5). GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 JOHANNESBURG - Deputy Finance Minister of South Africa Mcebisi Jonas to speak at a conference – 0700 GMT. VIENNA - Prince of Wales Charles will meet 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).

- - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 6 FLORIDA, United States - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet 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 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 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 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 ommemorate the Battle of Vimy Ridge in Northern France. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 10 LUCCA, Italy - Foreign Ministers from the G7 Group of Major Industrialised Nations hold a meeting in Lucca (to Apr. 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 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 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 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 Apr. 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 Apr. 29). - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 27 MOSCOW - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russia (to Apr. 28). ---------------- FRIDAY, APRIL 28 CAIRO - Pope Francis to visit Cairo and meet 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. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 11 MASCOW - 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 - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Silk Road Economic Forum in Beijing (to May. 15). ---- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 22 JAKARTA - King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden will visit Indonesia (to May. 24). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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