DIARY - Political and General News Events from May 23

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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, MAY 23

** MEXICO CITY - Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland begins visit to Mexico.

RIYADH – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visits Saudi Arabia to participate in the first-ever Arab-Islamic-American Summit (Final Day).

TOLEDO, Spain/ COLUMBUS/CHICAGO, Illinois – Canadian Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism Bardish Chagger visits Toledo, Ohio and Chicago (Final Day).

NOUAKCHOTT/ PRAIA/ BAMAKO/ YAMOUSSOUKRO - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay official visits to Mauritania, Cape Verde, Mali and Cote d'Ivoire (Final Day). JERUSALEM - Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Antanas Linkevicius will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders (Final Day). JERUSALEM - Croatian Foreign Minister Davor Ivo Stiev will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders (Final Day). BRUSSELS - Eurogroup Finance Ministers meeting (Final Day).

MOSCOW - Macedonia President Gjorge Ivanov visits Russia (to May 24). JAKARTA - King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden visit Indonesia (to May 24).

MOSCOW - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte briefs the media as he departs for Moscow, where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and visit a St Petersburg navy base (to May 26).

BETHLEHEM – U.S President Donald Trump will meet with Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem.

COPENHAGEN - Latvia's President to visit Denmark. LJUBLJANA - Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas will visit Slovenia to meet with Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar. TBILISI - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Y?ld?r?m to visit Georgia and meet Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, joint news conference – 0600 GMT. BRUSSELS - British Finance Minister Philip Hammond will speak at a panel titled: "Europe in a new world - strategy to thrive". Also at the same panel: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and Spanish Finance Minister Luis de Guindos – 1430 GMT. VIENNA - Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka to open OSCE counter-terrorism forum - 0730 GMT. MUNICH, Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer at the traditional CSU spring feast - 1600 GMT. MOSCOW – Croatian Foreign Minister Davor Ivo Stier visits Moscow and meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. MOSCOW - Philippine President Rodirgo Duterte will visit Russia (to May 27). BRUSSELS - European Union Finance Ministers will meet in Brussels. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 24

** OSLO - World Bank President Jim Yong Kim will meet Norway Foreign Minister Borge Brende – 1300 GMT.

BEIJING - German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel to visit China. BISHKEK - UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan will visit to Kyrgyzstan.

BEIJING - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. LJUBLJANA - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen will visit Slovenia. ROME - U.S. President Donald Trump meets Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the Presidential Palace - 0930 GMT. BRUSSELS - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker - 1400 GMT. SOFIA - Bulgarian Central Bank Governor Dimitar Radev and Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov attends the 25-year anniversary of the Association of Bulgarian Banks – 0830 GMT. BRUSSELS - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the NATO summit (to May 25). VATICAN CITY – U.S President Donald Trump will meet Pope Francis. GUATEMALA CITY - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to visit Guatemala (to May 25). CAYMAN ISLANDS - Cayman legislative assembly election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 25

** BRUSSELS - Poland President Andrzej Duda will meet with France President Emmanuel Macron at NATO summit in Brussels.

** BRUSSELS - French President Emmanuel Macron will meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker – 1245 GMT. ** BRUSSELS - NATO Summit, including U.S. President Donald Trump, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and French, British and German leaders – 1400 GMT.

BRUSSELS - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk. MOSCOW – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Russia (to May 26). MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will hold the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries' governments summit (to May 26). BRUSSELS - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Belgium's King Philippe - 2000 GMT. BRUSSELS - U.S. President Donald Trump and French President-elect Emmanuel Macron will meet on the sidelines of the NATO leaders meet in Brussels. BRUSSELS – European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker and European Council President Donald Tusk will meet United States President Donald Trump prior to the NATO summit. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 26 SICILY, Italy – U.S President Donald Trump will attend the Group of Seven summit in Sicily (to May 27). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 27 VIENNA – IAEA International Symposium on Understanding Moderate Malnutrition in Children for Effective Interventions (to May 29). GENOA, Italy - Pope Francis will visit the northwestern Italian city of Genoa. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 29

** PARIS – Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Paris and meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. OSLO - Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg will host a meeting of her colleagues from Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland in Bergen (to May 30). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 30 BERLIN/ BRUSSELS - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit Germany and Belgium (to June 2).

BERLIN – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Germany. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 WASHINGTON - Organization of American States (OAS) Foreign Ministers gather in Washington D.C. for a meeting on Venezuela - 1800 GMT. GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day. MADRID - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Spain. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 1 MOSCOW - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia and participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum & Annual Summit (to June 3). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 2 DUBLIN - Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan and Michel Servoz, the European Commission's Director-General of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, speak at event on Irish, EU economies – 1130 GMT. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 3 KRANJ, Slovenia - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier attends a regional summit hosted by Slovenian President Borut Pahor. LESOTHO - Lesotho national assembly election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 5 GUATEMALA CITY - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto visits Guatemala to meet Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales (to June 06). TOKYO - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the "Future of Asia" conference - 1230 GMT. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 6 TOKYO - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to deliver speech at symposium on future of Asia in Tokyo. LONDON - Spain King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on a State visit to meet Queen Elizabeth in United Kingdom (to June 08). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 ASTANA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kazakhstan and participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit (to June 9). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 8 ROME - Pope Francis will visit Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Mattarella's office in the Quirinale Palace in Rome. LANGENBURG, Germany - Prince of Wales Charles Philip Arthur George and former UN Secretary General Kofi Atta Annan to speak at Langenburg Forum - 2200 GMT (to June 9). UNITED KINGDOM – UK general election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 11 FRANCE - National assembly election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 FRANKFURT - IMF Chief Christine Lagarde and Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann to speak at a conference. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 BRUSSELS - European Union Finance Ministers will meet in Brussels.

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 18 ALBANIA - Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 24 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - National parliament election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 26 MONGOLIA – President election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 2 SENEGAL - Senegalese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 4 MOSCOW - Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Russia. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 7 BERLIN – Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have agreed to hold a one-on-one meeting during the G20 summit in Germany (to July 8). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY JULY 29 GABONESE REPUBLIC - Gabonese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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