WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 ** WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office. ** NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein take part in Security Council debate on small arms.
DIARY - Political and General News Events From May 13
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WASHINGTON/MARYLAND - U.S.- Gulf Cooperation Council Summit (to May 14). U.S. President Barack Obama to attend.
ANTALYA, Turkey - NATO Foreign Ministers meet in Antalya, hosted by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. ** SYDNEY - Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey releases Australia's budget for the year of 2015. ** DAR ES SALAAM - The presidents of Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi, which form the East African Community (EAC) common market are expected to attend an extraordinary summit in Tanzania aimed at breaking the political deadlock in Burundi and ensuring the country holds peaceful elections.
BAKU - Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang to visit Azerbaijan to discuss bilateral relations, cooperation in energy sector (to May 15). ** PARIS - French President Francois Hollande meets Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk - 1030 GMT. ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a joint news conference with Jordan's King Abdullah - 1100 GMT. ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
CANNES - Cannes Film Festival 2015 (to May 24).
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THURSDAY, MAY 14
ATHENS - Economist organises a roundtable with the Greek government at Intercontinental Hotel. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, Deputy Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas, Economy Minister George Stathakis, Chief Executive Officer of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and Deputy Director at the European Department at International Monetary Fund Pul Thomsen are among keynote speakers (to May 15).
BEIJING - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay an official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (to May 16).
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FRIDAY, MAY 15
VIENNA - Negotiators from the European Union and Iran to hold talks on Tehran's nuclear programme. Officials from United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany will join the talks.
BELGRADE - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov makes an official visit to Serbia.
GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.
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SATURDAY, MAY 16
BEIJING - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits China (to May 17).
LISBON - 4th anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders.
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SUNDAY, MAY 17
SEOUL - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits South Korea (to May 18). Kerry will meet South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se in Seoul to discuss regional and global issues.
BRUSSELS - A Russian delegation plans to visit Brussels to participate in the negotiations on the EU-Ukraine association agreement (to May 19).
ULAN BATOR - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Mongolia
GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.
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MONDAY, MAY 18
BRUSSELS - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council
GLOBAL - International Museum Day.
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TUESDAY, MAY 19
BRUSSELS - Meeting of General Affairs Council
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 ** ASHGABAT - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Turkmenistan
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THURSDAY, MAY 21 ** BISHKEK - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Kyrgyzstan.
RIGA - Eastern Partnership Summit (to May 22).
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FRIDAY, MAY 22
GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.
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SUNDAY, MAY 31
GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.
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MONDAY, JUNE 1
VIENNA - 23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (to Jun 4). http://www.eubce.com/home.html
KATHMANDU - 13th anniversary of Nepal King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family assassinated by Crown Prince in royal family massacre.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 2
ROME - 154th Anniversary of the unification of Italy.
PARIS - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Forum 2015 (to June 3) http://www.oecd.org/forum/about/
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3
SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2015 (to June 14)
http://www.sff.org.au/
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THURSDAY, JUNE 4
CHILE - 4th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia.
HONG KONG - Tens of thousands attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 5
JAKARTA - ASEAN Economic Congress.
http://www.euromoneyconferences.com/ASEAN.html
GLOBAL - World Environment Day.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 6
SEOUL - South Korea marks the 60th anniversary of Memorial Day.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 12
GLOBAL - World Day Against Child Labour.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 13
SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival (to June 21)
http://www.siff.com/InformationEn/ViewNews.aspx?CategoryID=6a9947cd-bd4b-469e-8216-1208bdd5838b
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SUNDAY, JUNE 14
GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day.
GAZA - 8th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah.
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MONDAY, JUNE 15
PARIS - International Paris Air Show Le Bourget (to June 21)
http://www.siae.fr/EN/THE-SHOW.htm
PRISTINA - Kosovo marks 7th anniversary of its constitution.
GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17
GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 18 ** LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 20
GLOBAL - World Refugee Day.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
BERLIN - 67th anniversary of beginning of The Berlin Blockade. Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the United States to organise a massive airlift.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 25
LOS ANGELES - 6th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 26
GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
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MONDAY, JUNE 29
PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 13th anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash.
BEJING/TAIPEI - 5th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan.
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