DIARY - Political and General News Events From May 3

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** BRUSSELS - Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas meets EU institutions leaders. ** HAVANA – Ecuador President Rafael Correa visits Cuba and meets Cuba President Raul Castro (to May 4). ** ISLAMABAD – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit Pakistan (to May 4). ** ABU DHABI – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will visit United Arab Emirates (to May 4). JERUSALEM - Japanese Industry Minister Hishoshige Seko visits Israel and the Palestinian territories (to May 04). CANBERRA - Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski will visit Australia (Final Day). KUALA LUMPUR – The King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa will visit Malaysia (Final Day). BEIJING - Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will visit China (to May 5). JERUSALEM - Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders (to May 06). SOCHI, Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at Black Sea resort in Sochi. WASHINGTON - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 4

** AYOLAS, Paraguay - Argentina President Mauricio Macri to visit Paraguay and meet Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes in Ayolas. PRAGUE - Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel to visit Czech Republic. DURBAN, South Africa - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble at Africa summit in Durban. DUSSELDORF, Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg. BEIJING - Denmark Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing - 0800 GMT. LJUBLJANA - Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel visits Slovenia (to May 05). WASHINGTON - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to visit New York City to meet U.S. President Donald Trump. WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with the foreign ministers of Southeast Asian countries in Washington. ALGERIA - Algerian National People's Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 5

** ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo will meet with Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara (to May 07). FLORENCE, Italy - Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, Antonio Tajani Italian politician & Donald Tusk President of the European Council to speak at Florence event. JAPAN - ASEAN Finance Ministers, Investors Seminar. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 6 TOKYO - Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati to speak at an ADB seminar - 0830 GMT.

NIUE - Niuean Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 7 TOKYO - Vietnames Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh to visit Japan (to May 09). FRANCE - Presidential Election. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 8 PRAGUE - Moldova Prime Minister Pavel Filip will visit the Czech Republic (to May 9). MEXICO CITY - European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom will visit Mexico and meet Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo to discuss current talks to expand the EU-Mexico free trade deal. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 9 SOUTH KOREA - Presidential Election. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 JUNEAU - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will participate in the ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council in Alaska (to May 11). BAHAMAS - Bahaman House of Assembly Election. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 11 LUXEMBOURG CITY – Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, to visit Luxembourg. BRUSSELS - European Union Trade Ministers meeting ROME - G7 Finance Ministers will meet in Southern Italy. MOSCOW - 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. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 13 ITALY - G7 Finance Ministers meet in southern Italy. - - - - - - - - - - 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). - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 15 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 16 JERUSALEM – Costa Ricca Foreign Minister Manuel Gonzalex Sanz to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders (to May 19). JERUSALEM - Denmark Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders (to May 18). WASHINGTON – U.S President Donald Trump will meet with Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House (to May 17). - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 ** SOCHI, Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni in Sochi. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, May 18 FRANKFURT - Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Central Bank Governor Yannis Stournaras speak about Greece's prospects for returning to financial markets. TOKYO - Argentine President Mauricio Macri will pay a three-day official visit to Japan. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 19 WARSAW – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Poland. IRAN – Presidential election. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 20 HANOI - APEC Trade Ministers Meeting(MRT) in Hanoi(to May 21). - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 21 SARAJEVO - Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla will visit Bosnia-Herzegovina (to May 22). - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 22 BRUSSELS - Eurogroup Finance Ministers meeting (to May 23). JAKARTA - King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden will visit Indonesia (to May 24). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 23 BRUSSELS - European Union Finance Ministers will meet in Brussels. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 GUATEMALA CITY - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to visit Guatemala (to May 25). CAYMAN ISLANDS - Cayman legislative assembly election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 25 BRUSSELS - U.S. President Donald Trump is due to visit Brussels and attend a NATO Summit. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 27 ** GENOA, Italy - Pope Francis will visit the northwestern Italian city of Genoa. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 3 LESOTHO - Lesotho national assembly election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 6 ** LONDON - Spain King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on a State visit to meet Queen Elizabeth in United Kingdom (to June 08). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 8 UNITED KINGDOM – UK general election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 11 FRANCE - National assembly election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 18 ALBANIA - Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 24 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - National parliament election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 26 MONGOLIA – President election. - - - - - - - - - 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).

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