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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY MARCH 27
- LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May meets her Conservative Party lawmakers amid speculation that she will offer to resign in a last-ditch bid to get her Brexit deal through parliament - 1700 GMT.
- RABAT - King Abdullah II of Jordan will visit Morocco (to March 28).
- MOMBASA, Kenya - Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the President of the Republic of Uganda, will visit Coastal City of Mombasa, Kenya (to March 28).
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 (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). PARIS - Chinese President Xi Jinping to pay a 3-day state visit to France (final day).
ULAANBAATAR - South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon will visit Mongolia (final day).
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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- MINSK - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz will meet Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko during his visit to Belarus (to March 29).
- VIENNA - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Vienna (to March 29).
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).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 29VIENNA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 30SANTIAGO - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind to visit Chile (to Apr. 2).
RABAT - Pope Francis to visit Rabat. JAKARTA - Indonesia hosts a fourth presidential debate on state ideology, governance, security and international relations.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 31BEIJING - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will pay an official visit to China (to Apr. 1).
BEIJING - Mongolian Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar will pay an official visit to China (to Apr. 2). JERUSALEM - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will visit Israel (to Apr. 3).
KIEV - Presidential election.
BAGHDAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Iraq.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 1BEIJING - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 2BRUSSELS - 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 Apr. 6).
GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day.
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 37th anniversary of start of Falklands war.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3WASHINGTON 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 Apr. 4).
SOLOMON ISLANDS - Solomon Islander National Parliament election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 4GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 5SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to Apr. 15). PARIS - Foreign affairs and interior ministers of G7 nations to meet in French Brittany sea resort of Dinard (to Apr. 6).
BUCHAREST - European Union finance ministers and central bank governors to hold an informal two-day meeting (to Apr. 6).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 6MALDIVES - Maldivian People's Council election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 7KIGALI - Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan will visit Rwanda. GLOBAL - World Health Organization observes World Health Day.
ANDORRA - Andorran General Council.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 8MOSCOW - 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 Apr. 9).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 9ISRAEL - Israeli Knesset election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 9th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland. BELIZE – Referendum election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 11AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2019 (to Apr. 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 12GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - 2019 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (to Apr. 14).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 14FINLAND - Finnish Parliament election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 15BELFAST/NEW YORK – 106th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
BOSTON - 2019 Boston Marathon.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 16VATICAN CITY – 92st birthday of Pope Benedict.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17INDONESIA – President election.
INDONESIA - Indonesian Regional Representative Council election.
INDONESIA - Indonesian House of Representatives election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 18VIENNA - OPEC and non-OPEC oil ministers' meet in Vienna. ALGERIA – President election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 20UNITED STATES - 9th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 21LONDON - Queen Elizabeth to celebrate her 93nd birthday.
PARIS – 58th anniversary of the first manned mission to space.
MACEDONIA – President election.
COMOROS – President election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 22GLOBAL - Earth Day.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 23GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2019 (to Apr. 30).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 25GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 28PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania - 21th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania.
LONDON - 2019 London Marathon.
BENIN - Beninese National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 29LONDON – 8th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
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