DIARY-Political and General News Events from April 29

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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, APRIL 29 ** BEIJING – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit China (Final Day).

** Baghdad - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits northern Iraq and holds talks with Iraqi Kurdish officials.

** SEOUL - Chile's President Sebastian Pinera meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in - 0200 GMT

** MOSCOW - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov meets his Bangladeshi counterpart Abulkalam Abdul Momen. - 0800 GMT

** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris. - 1100 GMT. GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2019 (to Apr. 30). MAPUTO – Queen Letizia of Spain will visit to Mozambique (to April 30).

SEOUL - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera will make a state visit to South Korea (final day).

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron host a dinner at Berlin's chancellery for the six Western Balkans leaders and those of EU members, Croatia and Slovenia, aimed at discussing China's influence in the region and the ongoing conflict between Serbia and Kosovo. VIENNA - Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn delivers speech in Vienna - 1700 GMT

INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election. LONDON – Eighth wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 30 ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi speak to reporters after their closed door talks at Berlin's chancellery. - 1000 GMT

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 ** BAMAKO/ NIAMEY/OUAGADOUGOU - German chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso (to May 3).

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THURSDAY, MAY 2 TASHKENT - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Tashkent (to May 3).

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FRIDAY, MAY 3

WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump receives Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini.

WARSAW - European Council President Donald Tusk to deliver a lecture at Warsaw University on Poland's Constitution Day - 1400 GMT. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, MAY 5

SOFIA - Bulgarian president Rumen Radev welcomes Pope Francis to Sofia - 0800 GMT.

PARIS - G7 environment ministers meet in France ahead of August summit.

PANAMA - President election.

PANAMA - Panamanian National Assembly election.

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

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MONDAY, MAY 6

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

INDIA - Indian People's Assembly election.

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TUESDAY, MAY 7

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

** BELIZE – Referendum election.

SOUTH AFRICA - South African National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 9

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

LITHUANIA – President election.

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

MONDAY, MAY 13

BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers to meet in Brussels.

PHILIPPINES - Philippine Senate election.

PHILIPPINES - Philippine House of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, MAY 16

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

BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet in Brussels.

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 18 ** 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. - - - - - - - - -

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

** MADAGASCAR – Referendum election.

NETHERLANDS - Dutch Second Chamber election.

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

TUESDAY, MAY 28

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

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.

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

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

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

TUESDAY, JUNE 25 ** VIENNA - 176th Meeting of the OPEC Conference - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 ** VIENNA - 6th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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