News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from March 26

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    TUESDAY, MARCH 26 
    
    • ZAGREB/ SUCRE/ SANTIAGO - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Croatia, Bolivia and Chile (to April 2).
    • ASMARA - Osman Saleh Mohammed, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Eritrea will visit Japan (to March 29).
    • HANOI - Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei will visit Vietnam (to March 28).
    • KUALA LUMPUR - New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters will visit Malaysia (to March 27).

    WASHINGTON DC – Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila visits United States (final day). ABU DHABI - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visits the United Arab Emirates (final day). ZAGREB - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind visits Croatia (to March 28).

    NGERULMUD/YAREN/MAJURO - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visits the island's diplomatic allies of Palau, Nauru and the Marshall Islands during an eight-day trip (to March 28). HANOI - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier to visit Vietnam (final day) .

    PARIS - Chinese President Xi Jinping to pay a 3-day state visit to France (to March 27).

    ULAANBAATAR - South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon will visit Mongolia (to March 27).

    WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for two days of talks at the White House (final day). SEOUL - Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde to visit the National Cemetery in Seoul - 2330 GMT .

    MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Lebanese President Michel Aoun - 1300 GMT. PARIS - Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to meet in Paris to discuss climate change, trade and multilateralism - 0900 GMT. WASHINGTON DC - The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) holds its annual conference in Washington.

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    • DOHA – Turkey Vice President Fuat Oktay will visit Doha.
    • STRASBOURG, France - EU Council President Donald Tusk and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker discuss the outcome of the latest European Summit on Brexit with EU lawmakers - 0800 GMT.
    • STOCKHOLM - Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and Denmark Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen meet in Stockholm and gives press conference - 1530 GMT. DOHA - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe to visit Doha. HAWAII, US - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to visit Hawaii on her way back from a 8-day trip to Pacific allies.

    HAINAN, China - South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon will visit China's tropical island of Hainan. WARSAW - Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom visits Warsaw, where she will take part in a debate with Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz.

    CORDOBA, Argentina - Spain King Felipe VI and Argentina President Mauricio Macri inaugurate the VIII International Congress on Spanish Language.

    BOAO, China - Italian Economy Minister Giovanni Tria speaks at the annual Boao Forum - 0600 GMT.

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    THURSDAY, MARCH 28 
    
    • ANTALA, Turkey - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due to visit Antalya, Turkey and meet his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu (to March 29).

    BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, will speak to reporters ahead of their meeting with a business delegation - 1600 GMT. BISHKEK - Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov and Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the status of the Russian military base on Kyrgyzstani territory at negotiations in Bishkek.

    Beijing - An American delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will visit Beijing (to March 29). SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Bolivia for two days to meet with Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales in Santa Cruz, Bolivia (to March 29).

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    FRIDAY, MARCH 29	 
    

    • VIENNA - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet in Vienna.

    LONDON - Britain due to leave the European Union under the terms of its triggering of Article 50 of the bloc's constitution.

    TUNIS - Arab foreign ministers gather for a preparatory meeting ahead of the Arab summit in the Tunisian capital.

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    SATURDAY, MARCH 30 
    

    SANTIAGO - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind to visit Chile (to April 2).

    RABAT - Pope Francis to visit Rabat. JAKARTA - Indonesia hosts a fourth presidential debate on state ideology, governance, security and international relations.

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    SUNDAY, MARCH 31 
    

    BEIJING - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will pay an official visit to China (to April 1).

    BEIJING - Mongolian Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar will pay an official visit to China (to April 2). JERUSALEM - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will visit Israel (to April 3).

    KIEV - Presidential election.

    BAGHDAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Iraq.

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    MONDAY, APRIL 1 
    

    • BEIJING - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
    • BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds news conference ahead of a meeting of the military alliance's foreign ministers in Washington - 1130 GMT.

    IRAN - Independence Day.

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    TUESDAY, APRIL 2 
    

    BRUSSELS - The European Policy Centre think-tank to hold a Brexit debate with chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier. ADDIS ABABA - Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan will visit Ethiopia. THAILAND - 23nd ASEAN Finance Ministers' Meeting (to April 6).

    GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day.

    BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 37th anniversary of start of Falklands war.

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    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 
    

    WASHINGTON DC - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to address a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress. - 1500 GMT. WASHINGTON D.C. - NATO foreign ministers to hold their regular April meeting in Washington, rather than Brussels, as they celebrate the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-led military alliance (to April 4).

    SOLOMON ISLANDS - Solomon Islander National Parliament election.

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    THURSDAY, APRIL 4 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.

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    FRIDAY, APRIL 5 
    

    SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to April 15). PARIS - Foreign affairs and interior ministers of G7 nations to meet in French Brittany sea resort of Dinard (to April 6).

    BUCHAREST - European Union finance ministers and central bank governors to hold an informal two-day meeting (to April 6).

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    SATURDAY, APRIL 6 
    

    MALDIVES - Maldivian People's Council election.

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    SUNDAY, APRIL 7 
    

    KIGALI - Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan will visit Rwanda. GLOBAL - World Health Organization observes World Health Day.

    ANDORRA - Andorran General Council.

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    MONDAY, APRIL 8 
    

    MOSCOW - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia. WASHINGTON/MOSCOW - 8th anniversary of signing a bilateral treaty between the Russia and United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty).

    GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day. LUXEMBOURG CITY - EU Foreign Affairs Ministers to meet to discuss foreign affairs matters.

    DUBAI - 27th Annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference will be hosted by Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) and will feature speeches by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman & Chief Executive of Emirates Group), as well as the Omani Minister of Oil and Gas and other energy industry leaders (to April 9).

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    TUESDAY, APRIL 9 
    

    ISRAEL - Israeli Knesset election.

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    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 
    

    SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 9th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland. BELIZE – Referendum election.

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    THURSDAY, APRIL 11 
    

    AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2019 (to April 14).

    FRANCE – 8th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab.

    ABIDJAN – 8th 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.

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    FRIDAY, APRIL 12 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight.

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - 2019 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (to April 14).

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    SUNDAY, APRIL 14 
    

    FINLAND - Finnish Parliament election.

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    MONDAY, APRIL 15 
    

    BELFAST/NEW YORK – 106th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

    BOSTON - 2019 Boston Marathon.

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    TUESDAY, APRIL 16 
    

    VATICAN CITY – 92st birthday of Pope Benedict.

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    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 
    

    INDONESIA – President election.

    INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council election.

    INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives election.

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    THURSDAY, APRIL 18 
    

    VIENNA - OPEC and non-OPEC oil ministers' meet in Vienna. ALGERIA – President election.

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    SATURDAY, APRIL 20 
    

    UNITED STATES - 9th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.

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    SUNDAY, APRIL 21 
    

    LONDON - Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 93nd birthday.

    PARIS – 58th anniversary of the first manned mission to space.

    MACEDONIA – President election.

    COMOROS – President election.

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    MONDAY, APRIL 22 
    

    GLOBAL - Earth Day.

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    TUESDAY, APRIL 23 
    

    GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day.

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    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 
    

    GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2019 (to April 30).

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    THURSDAY, APRIL 25 
    

    GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.

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    SUNDAY, APRIL 28 
    

    PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania - 21th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania.

    LONDON - 2019 London Marathon.

    BENIN - Beninese National Assembly election.

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    MONDAY, APRIL 29 
    

    LONDON – 8th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

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