Today in Washington – This diary is filed daily. Indicates new events – TUESDAY, MAY 11 SMARDAN, Romania – Polish President Andrzej Duda attends “Justice Sword 21” multinational military exercise at the Smardan shooting range conducted by allied Eastern Flank forces of the NATO Multinational Brigade of Craiova.
BUCHAREST – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will virtually visit Romania to evaluate the state of the country’s economy. (To May 28) SEOUL – Israel Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Economy Minister Amir Peretz will arrive for a four-day visit that includes talks with Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, Industry Minister Moon Sung-wook and Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee. (To May 13) RIYADH – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Saudi Arabia. (final day) ATHENS – European Commission Vice-President for Promoting Our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas, visits Greece during
Today in Washington – This diary is filed daily. Indicates new events – MONDAY, MAY 10 BUCHAREST – U.S. President Joe Biden attends summit of Bucharest Nine, countries of eastern NATO flank BRUSSELS – European Commission executive vice-president for climate Frans Timmermans and European Commissioner for agriculture Janusz Wojciechowsk discuss the future CAP Strategic Plans – 0800 GMT BRUSSELS – EU trade and economy chiefs Dombrovskis and Gentiloni debate the EU’s recovery in Parliament – 0900 GMT BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, will meet the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria, Alexander Schallenberg, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. BUCHAREST – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will virtually visit Romania to evaluate the state of the country’s economy. (To May 28) SEOUL – Israel Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Economy Mi
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MONDAY, MAY 3 LONDON – Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will hold talks with his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken in London. TRIPOLI – Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar pays surprise visit to Libya. LONDON – Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will begin a four-day visit to the United Kingdom to participate in the G7 foreign ministers meeting and to hold bilateral meetings with his British interlocutors. (To May 6) LONDON – British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a news conference ahead of the first meeting of G7 foreign ministers in two years.
– This diary is filed daily. Indicates new events – MONDAY, APRIL 26 BAGHDAD – Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif visits Baghdad on Monday and gives a joint statement with his Iraqi counterpart, Fouad Hussein. MADRID – Spain’s Economy Minister Nadia Calvino attends an event to discuss the EU rescue funds – 1000 GMT. BRUSSELS – Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic takes part in meeting with EU institutions leaders. PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Paris for a working lunch. Both leaders give statements upon Steinmeier’s arrival – 1100 GMT. BRUSSELS – The European Council and the European Commission address the European Parliament on the outcome of a high-level meeting between the EU and Turkey on April 6 – 1500 GMT. PRAGUE – Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanek speaks at news conference – 1100 GMT. BRUSSELS – EU trade
FRIDAY, APRIL 23 LJUBLJANA – Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou laid a wreath at the Monument to the Victims of all Wars in Ljubljana during a visit to Slovenia at the invitation of her counterpart Borut Pahor. LISBON – Portugal’s Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva opens conference EU-Africa Green Investment Forum – 0800 GMT. VIENNA – Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Health Minister Wolfgang Mueckstein hold news conference on reopening the country – 1200 GMT. GENEVA – WHO to mark one-year anniversary of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator – 1300 GMT. LISBON – Portugal’s Defense Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho holds workshop with several EU defense ministers and secretaries of state about the Strategic Compass – 1530 GMT. ISTANBUL – Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammed Hanif Atmar, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shan Mahmood Qureshi and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu hold talks in Istanbul – 1600 GMT. HANOI – Vietna