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FRIDAY, MAY 25
** LISBON - The European Union's Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier meets Portugal Prime Minister Antonio Costa, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in Lisbon. ** SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets heads of international businesses at St Petersburg Economic Forum - 1600 GMT.
VIETNAM – The Governor General of Australia Peter Cosgrove and his wife Lynne Cosgrove will visit VietNam (to May 26). BRASILIA/ MEXICO/ BUENOS AIRES/ Washington,D.C. – Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono he will embark on his first Latin American tour to Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and the United States(to May 26).
BEIJING - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits China (Final Day). KIEV - Estonia President Kersti Kaljulaid will visit Ukraine (to May 26). OTTAWA – The Prime Minister of Estonia Juri Ratas will travel to Canada on a working visit (to May 28). NEW DELHI – Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Netherlands Mark Rutte will embark on a two-day visit to India (Final Day). MINSK - President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and secretary-general for OSCE Thomas Greminger attend "Minsk dialogue forum" (Final Day). BEIJING - New Zealand's Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters will travel to China for a formal meeting with his counterpart, China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (to May 27).
SKOPJE – Macedonian Minister of Foreign affairs Nikola Dimitrov will hold a meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias and the UN special envoy Matthew Nimetz (Final Day). BRUSSELS - Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman will visit Brussels (Final Day).
VIENNA – South Korea Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon visit to Austria & Lee will meet President Alexander van der Bellen and Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz – (to May 26).
BRUSSELS - Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting (Final Day).
MOSCOW - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Russia (Final Day). WARSAW - Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila visits Warsaw for talks with Poland Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
BRUSSELS - Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and EU Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini meet - 0600 GMT. TBILISI - The President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili welcomes his Lithuanian counterpart Dalia Grybauskaite at the presidential palace in the capital Tbilisi - 1100 GMT.
VIENNA - South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon meets his Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz - 0900 GMT. OSLO - Norwegian foreign minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide meets foreign correspondents in Oslo for a roundtable interview - 1000 GMT.
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping meets former French president Francois Hollande at Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing - 0930 GMT.
IRELAND - Referendum election.
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea – APEC ministers responsible for trade meeting (to May. 26). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 26 MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds meeting with Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, MAY 27 ** BEIJING – Bolivian Foreign Minister Fernando Huanacuni Mamani will pay an official visit to China (to May 30).
YEREVAN - France Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian to visit Armenia to discuss bilateral ties between two countries (to May 28).
DUBLIN – South Korea Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon visit to Ireland & meets President Michael D. Higgins and Prime Minister Leo Varadkar ( to May 29).
COLOMBIA - Presidential elections. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 28 GERMANY - Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel speaks at Global Solutions Summit 2018 (to May 29).
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meets in Brussels. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 29 ** VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz meets Kosovo President Hashim Thaci - 1500 GMT.
MINSK Belarus – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit to Belarus. SOLINGEN, Germany - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu are expected to address a memorial event on the 25th anniversary of an arson attack in Solingen, where two Turkish women and three girls were killed by right-wing extremists. - 1100 GMT.
NEW YORK – United Nations Meeting of the Chairs of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies, Thirtieth Session (to June 1).
TOKYO - Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang will make a visit to Japan for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito (to June 2). JAKARTA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Indonesia (to May 31).
PARIS - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Forum 2018 (to May 30).
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during the working visit to Russia.
PORTUGAL - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Portugal for two day visit, during which she visits a Bosch factory and meets with president and Prime Minister Antonio Costa (to May 31).
TBILISI - Armen Sargsyan President of Armenia and Nikol Pashinyan the Armenian Prime Minister will visit Georgia (to May 31). PARIS, France - French president Emmanuel Macron gives a speech at the OECD ministerial council meeting on "Refounding Multilateralism".
WHISTLER, Canada - G7 finance and development ministers, as well as central bank governors will meet on the theme of "Investing in Growth that Works for Everyone" (to Jun. 2).
MIAMI, FL - Miami Beach International Fashion Week (to Jun. 3). - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, MAY 31 ** ALMATY - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to visit Tajikistan, attend meeting of CIS government heads.
** SINGAPORE – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Singapore (to June 02).
PYONGYANG – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea.
GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, JUNE 1
** UNITED NATIONS - Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia to hold news conference as Russia assumes U.N. Security Council presidency for June.
KATHMANDU - 17th anniversary of Nepal King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family assassinated by Crown Prince in royal family massacre.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 3 ** SEOUL - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will make his first visit to South Korea. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Rodrigo Duterte will have a summit on June 4. (to Jun 5).
SLOVENIA - Slovenian National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 4 WASHINGTON – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington. VEINNA - United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors meeting (to Jun 8).
LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Jun 5).
HONOLULU – Japan Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko to visit Hawaii (to June 7).
CHILE – 7th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia. HONG KONG - Tens of thousands attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square (NYSE:SQ) crackdown in Beijing. JOHANNESBURG - BRICS Foreign Ministers meets ahead of annual summit (to Jun. 5). SINGAPORE - 34th High Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration (HLTF– EI) (to Jun. 5). SINGAPORE - ASEAN SOM, ASEAN Plus Three (APT) SOM, East Asia Summit (EAS) SOM, and ASEAN Regional Forum SOM (to Jun. 7).
JOHANNESBURG - Foreign ministers of the BRICS group of emerging economies meet ahead of the July 25-27 main summit (to Jun. 5).
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TUESDAY, JUNE 5
GLOBAL - World Environment Day.
VIENNA - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Austria.
KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea - Second Senior Finance Officials' Meeting (to Jun. 8).
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BEIJING - Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to China (to Jun 10).
QUEBEC, Canada – G7 Summit (to June 9).
CHARLEVOIX, Canada - Canada will host the G7 meeting in Charlevoix (to Jun. 9). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 11 RIGA - Netherland King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima will visit to Latvia (to Jun. 12). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 12 SINGAPORE - U.S. President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 14 COOK ISLANDS - Cook Islands Parliament election.
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MONDAY, JUNE 18 GENEVA – United Nations Human Rights Council, Thirty-eighth session (to Jul 6). - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, JUNE 19
BEIJING – Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is set to visit China (to June 23). - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, JUNE 21 LUXEMBOURG CITY – Eurogroup meeting. GENEVA - Pope Francis pays a one-day visit to Geneva. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 22
LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 24 ** JERUSALEM / RAMALLAH – Prince William will visit Jerusalem and Ramallah when he becomes the first senior member of Britain's royal family.
TURKEY - Grand National Assembly of Turkey election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 25 GENEVA – United Nations Human Rights Committee, pre-sessional Working Group on Communications, 123rd session (to Jun 29).
LUXEMBOURG CITY - EU Foreign Affairs Council meets. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 26 LUXEMBOURG CITY - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 28 BRUSSLES - European Council meets (to Jun. 29). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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