————————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ————————————————————————– MONDAY, MAY 17
** VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis meets Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Vatican. ** MADRID – Spain’s economy minister Nadia Calviño holds a press conference with regional policy minister Miquel Iceta to explain initiatives on the recovery, transformation and resilience plan – 1600 GMT. ** BRDO, SLOVENIA – Presidents of Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia and leaders of Bosnia’s Croat, Muslim Bosniak and Serb inter-ethnic three-man presidency meet in Slovenia at the annual Brdo-Brijuni Process summit to discuss the Western Balkan countries Eu accession prospects – 0900 GMT. ** PARIS – French President Macron meets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Elysee Palace in Paris – 1130 GMT. ** GENEVA – Director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, the director-general of the World Trade Organization discuss vaccine and trade issues for Africa – 1500 GMT. ** BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will meet the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic. BUCHAREST – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will virtually visit Romania to evaluate the state of the country’s economy. (To May 28)