DIARY-Political and General News Events from May 9

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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, MAY 9 ** HANOI – India's Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu undertakes a four-day official trip to Vietnam (to May 12). ** MEXICO CITY, Mexico - The Foreign and Economy ministers of Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Peru will meet in Mexico City under the auspices of the Pacific Alliance trade bloc. ** SIBIU, Romania - France President Emmanuel Macron holds press conference at close of summit in Sibiu, Romania, where EU leaders are looking to map out the bloc's post-Brexit future - 1500 GMT.

BEIJING - Osman Saleh, Foreign Minister of Eritrea, will pay a visit to China (to May 10). LONDON - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits London (Final Day).

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). TRANSYLVANIA, Romania – Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban to pay a two-day visit to Transylvania (to May 10). MOSCOW - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono visits Russia (to May 11).

HANOI – The Prime Minister of Nepal, K P Sharma Oli, and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam and attend the UN Day of Vesak 2019 (to May 13). 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.

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

MONDAY, MAY 13 ** SOCHI – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on May 13 in Sochi. ** BRUSSELS – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin to visit Brussels, Belgium (to May 14).

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. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAYDAY, MAY 14 ** PRAGUE - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Finance Minister Alena Schillerova, Industry Minister Karel Havlicek, CEZ vice-chairman Tomas Pleskac and others attend a conference titled "Czech National Interest" at the Foreign Ministry - 0630 GMT. WARSAW - President of Switzerland Ueli Maurer visits Poland. SOCHI, Russia - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Russia, to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for rare face-to-face talks in Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 SOCHI - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen in Sochi.

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 ** LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Cape Verde Minister of Foreign Affairs Luis Filipe Lopes Tavares will meet his Slovenian counterpart Miro Cerar.

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.

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 18 ** CROATIA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Zagreb.

GLOBAL - International Museum Day.

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

SUNDAY, MAY 19

SWITZERLAND - Referendum election.

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

TUESDAY, MAY 21 ** BISHKEK – India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will represent her country at the Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to be held at Bishkek in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan (to May 22).

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.

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 24 IRELAND – Referendum election. - - - - - - - - -

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

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 31 GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day. - - - - - - - - -

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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