DIARY-Political and General News Events from May 6

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MONDAY, MAY 6 ** ROME – Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj and a delegation of military officials and advisers visit Italy. ** BEIJING - Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed meets his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. ** PARIS - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is due to attend a discussion titled "how to ensure the effective and sustainable financing of international development" - 0700 GMT. ** BERLIN - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is due to discuss on "future European societal and economic order in the digital age," according to organizers - 1035 GMT. ** BUDAPEST - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Austria's Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache hold a joint news conference - 1300 GMT. ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris - 1330 GMT. ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris. - 1700 GMT.

BEIJING - Osman Saleh, Foreign Minister of Eritrea, will pay a visit to China (to May 10).

SOFIA - Pope Francis to start three-day trip to Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (to May 7).

ROVANIEMI, Finland - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets other Arctic Council ministers on the Arctic Circle in Finland (to May 7).

ANKARA - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg pays an official visit to Ankara to mark the 25th anniversary of Mediterranean Dialogue.

WARSAW - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili visits Poland (to May 8). VIENNA - IAEA, Board of Governors, Programme and Budget Committee

WARSAW - European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans to visit Warsaw.

INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election.

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TUESDAY, MAY 7 ** BERLIN, Germany - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to address reporters after discussing bilateral and international issues such as Venezuela, Syria and eastern Ukraine - 1615 GMT.

LONDON - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits London (to May 9).

WASHINGTON, D.C - Mexican foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard due to visit Washington for talks on bilateral issues, including trade and migration. PARIS - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire hosts high level forum on debt, with IMF Christine Lagarde, Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso - 0630 GMT.

BERLIN - Prince of Wales Charles and his wife Camilla to arrive in Berlin for a four-day visit to Germany where they will be received by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (to May 10). SKOPJE - Pope Francis to visit North Macedonia.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 ** PRAGUE, Czech Republic - European Council President Donald Tusk to visit Prague, to meet Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis - 0730 GMT. ** THE HAGUE - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to meet Irish PM Leo Varadkar in The Hague to discuss Brexit developments and prepare for European Council - 1600 GMT.

LONDON - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in London.

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Moscow.

GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red Crescent Day. BELIZE – Referendum election.

SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 9 NUUK - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Greenland Prime Minister Kim Kielsen and Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen in Nuuk. WARSAW - European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen takes part in a debate with former Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski on the occasion of Europe Day - 1300 GMT SIBIU, Romania - News conference by European Council President Donald Tusk and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on the sidelines of Informal Summit of Heads of State or Government of the European Union in Sibiu, Romania. - 1500 GMT

LJUBLJANA - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Slovenia (to May 10).

SIBIU, Romania - The informal European Council will bring together EU heads of state or government in Sibiu. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 12 OTTAWA – Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic visits Canada (to May 17).

GLOBAL - International Nurses Day. LITHUANIA – President election.

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MONDAY, MAY 13 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.

BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers to meet in Brussels.

PHILIPPINES - Philippine Senate election.

PHILIPPINES - Philippine House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. VINA DEL MAR, Chile – APEC Second Senior Officials’ Meeting (to May 16).

TEL AVIV, Israel - 2019 Eurovision Song Contest (to May 18). GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 16 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting.

LISBON – 7th anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.

BRUSSELS - The European Commission holds a conference on plans to strengthen the international role of the euro against the dollar's dominance. Among the speakers: ECB board members Peter Praet and Luis De Guindos, EU Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis and Spain's Finance Minister Nadia Calvino - 0700 GMT. BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet in Brussels. BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.

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FRIDAY, MAY 17 SANTIAGO, Chile - Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting (to May 18). GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet in Brussels.

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AUSTRALIA - Australian Senate election. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 19

SWITZERLAND - Referendum election.

INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 21 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. MALAWI – President election.

MALAWI - Malawian National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 23

EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament election.

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SATURDAY, MAY 25

TOKYO - U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to Japan for meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and North Korea and trade seen high on the agenda (to May 28).

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SUNDAY, MAY 26

BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, MAY 27 BANGKOK - ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting (to May 31). MADAGASCAR – Referendum election.

NETHERLANDS - Dutch Second Chamber election.

MADAGASCAR - Malagasy National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, MAY 28 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.

BRUSSELS - EU ministers responsible for trade meet in Brussels.

RIGA - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: Latvia

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MONDAY, JUNE 3

LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump will make a state visit to UK (to Jun.5)

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THURSDAY, JUNE 6 LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to June 7).

PARIS - U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife travel to France, where Trump will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JUNE 9 ASTANA - Kazakhstan to hold early presidential election.

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 13 LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 14 LUXEMBOURG - Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JUNE 15 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Referendum election. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JUNE 16 GUATEMALA – President election. GUATEMALA - Guatemalan Congress of the Republic election.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 17 LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 20 BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to June 21). BANGKOK - ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (to June 23). BANGKOK - 34th ASEAN Summit - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JUNE 22 MAURITANIA - President election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JUNE 25 LUXEMBOURG - General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting.

VIENNA - 176th Meeting of the OPEC Conference - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 VIENNA - 6th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting

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FRIDAY, JUNE 28 OSAKA, Japan - G20 summit (to June 29). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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