DIARY-Political and General News Events from March 25

PARIS, France - Presidential election (Second round) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 25 GLOBAL - World Malaria Day. NEW YORK, United States - Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD.

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----------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, MARCH 25 ** OSLO - Minister of Defence of Finland Antti Kaikkonen will visit northern Norway. ** DOHA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Qatar to attend the Doha Forum, where he will also hold bilateral meetings with counterparts. (to March 26). ** BRUSSELS - U.S. President Joe Biden meets with European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen, followed by a news conference.

** WARSAW - Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski and the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Jan Egeland hold a press conference in front of the Refugee Assistance Center Warsaw East (Norwegian Refugee Council tent). - 1100 GMT GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (To April 1). BRUSSELS - The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, will travel to Brussels, Belgium, to engage with European Union, NATO and G7 leaders to build on our coordinated response to Russia's illegal and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine. (final day) DUBLIN - The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are to visit the Republic of Ireland (final day)

NASSAU - Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge to visit The Bahamas (to March 26) BRUSSELS - Brussels hosts summit of European Union leaders (final day) BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (final day). NEW DELHI - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will fly to India. KATHMANDU - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will arrive on a three-day official trip at the invitation of Nepal Foreign Minister Narayan Khadke. (To Mar. 27) WARSAW - US President Joe Biden will travel to Poland to meet with President Andrzej Duda for discussions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. BRUSSELS - Euro Summit PARIS - Finland Finance Minister Annika Saarikko will represent Finland at the informal meeting of finance ministers (Ecofin) in Paris. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 26 ** JERUSALEM/ RABAT/ALGIERS - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel, Morocco and Algeria. (To Mar. 30) ** MALTA - Malta holds parliamentary election

WARSAW - US President Joe Biden will meet with Polish president Andrzej Duda in Warsaw on Saturday following summits with the EU, NATO, and the G-7 on Thursday. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 27 ** JERUSALEM, Israel / Palestinian Territories - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett give joint statements after they meet in Jerusalem. - 1030 GMT - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MARCH 28 ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold a joint news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson after holding discussions. - 1300 GMT WASHINGTON DC, United States - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a special summit with ASEAN leaders. The bloc is made up of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Thailand and Singapore (to March 29).

BRUSSELS - EU Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 29 ** COLOMBO - Foreign ministers from South and Southeast Asia meet in Sri Lanka capital

** OSLO - UK defence minister Ben Wallace visits his Norwegian counterpart in Arctic Norway (to March 30). GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations Human Rights Council holds regular debate on the situation in Ukraine. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 31 ** TUNXI, China (PRC) - Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov takes part in a conference on Afghanistan in Chinese city of Tunxi

** BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer - 0800 GMT BANGKOK - Thai finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith gives a speech on property market outlook – 0600 GMT VIENNA - 27th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, APRIL 1 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba is all set to embark on a three-day official visit to India. (To Apr. 3) BRUSSELS - The leaders of European institutions Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel hold a virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. IRAN - Independence Day. ASHGABAT/ AMSTERDAM - State Visit of the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, to the Republic of Turkmenistan and Kingdom of the Netherlands. (To Apr. 7)

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 2 VALLETTA - Pope Francis meets Maltese President George Vella, Prime Minister Robert Abela and diplomatic corps in the "Ambassadors' Chamber" of the Grand Master's Palace in Valletta. - 0830 GMT

GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day. BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 40th anniversary of start of Falklands war. NEW DELHI - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett expressed delight over his first scheduled official visit to India. VALLETTA - Pope Francis to visit Malta (to April 3) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY , APRIL 3 ** SERBIA - Serbia holds presidential and parliamentary elections

NEW DELHI - At the invitation of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, will pay a visit to India. (To April 5) BUDAPEST, Hungary – Referendum Election. COSTA RICA – President election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 4 GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet on G20, banking union – 1300 GMT LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 5 LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6

DUBLIN - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address joint sitting of both Irish houses of parliament – 0900 GMT. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, APRIL 7 GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day. NAIROBI - Kenya's Finance Minister Ukur Yatani is scheduled to present the government's spending plan for the 2022/23 (July-June) fiscal year to parliament - 1100 GMT - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 8

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 11th anniversary of signing a 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 10 SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 12th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland. PARIS, France - Presidential election (First round) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY APRIL 11 FRANCE – 11th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab. ABIDJAN – 11th 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.

LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 12 GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight. LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 15

BELFAST/NEW YORK – 109th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, APRIL 16 VATICAN CITY – 95th birthday of Pope Benedict. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 UNITED STATES - 12th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, APRIL 21 LONDON - Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 96th birthday. PARIS – 61th anniversary of the first manned mission to space. BRUSSELS - EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager speaks on artificial intelligence at a Politico event - 0700 GMT. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, APRIL 22 GLOBAL - Earth Day.

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 23 GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, APRIL 24 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Slovenian National Assembly election. PARIS, France - Presidential election (Second round) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 25 GLOBAL - World Malaria Day. NEW YORK, United States - Economic and Social Council, Annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up including the special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD. (to Apr. 28) - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 28

PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 24th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 29

LONDON – 11th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 1 VATICAN CITY – 11th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 2 ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 11th year since al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces raid, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 3 GLOBAL - World Asthma Day. GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 8 GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red Crescent Day. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 9 MANILA, Philippines - Presidential election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 TURIN, Italy, - 2022 Eurovision Song Contest (To May 14). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 12 GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day. WEISSENHAUS, Germany - EU Foreign Minister meeting in Weissenhaus,Schleswig-Holstein (To May 14) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 15 GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 16 LISBON – 10th Anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 17 GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 BONN, Germany - Germany hosts the finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 7 (G7) (to May 20) GLOBAL - International Museum Day. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 20 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 21

BANGKOK – APEC holds Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting. (To May 22) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 22 GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 23 BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet on fiscal rules reform, banking union – 1300 GMT BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 24 BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 26 ** BISHKEK - President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will make official visit to Kyrgyzstan. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 29 BOGOTA, Colombia - Presidential election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MAY 30 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 31 GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx

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