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At the invitation of Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are undertaking a State visit to the Kingdom of Belgium from 16 to 18 April 2024.

At the invitation of Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are undertaking a State visit to the Kingdom of Belgium from 16 to 18 April 2024.

13 April 2024 represents a significant date for Luxembourg's participation in Expo 2025 Osaka: it marks the starting point for the countdown one year before the World Expo begins; which will be held from 13 April to 13 October 2025 on Yumeshima, an artificial island in Osaka Bay.

On 3 April 2024, the second meeting of the IT Coalition Steering Group took place in Luxembourg, gathering representatives from ten participating nations, seven observer nations, the EU and NATO.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, took part in the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs held on 3 and 4 April at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

The Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Xavier Bettel, paid a working visit to the Togolese Republic on 28 March 2024

The Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Xavier Bettel, made a working visit to the Republic of Benin from 26 to 27 March 2024. The main purpose of the visit was to monitor the cooperation partnership under the General Cooperation Agreement signed in Luxembourg in December 2022.

On 19 March, the Minister of Defence Yuriko Backes attended the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) in Ramstein, Germany.

On 19 March 2024, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, paid a working visit to Luxembourg. He was accompanied by the Ukrainian Minister of Finance, Sergii Marchenko, the Minister of Justice, Denys Maliuska, and the Deputy Minister of Economy, Taras Kachka.

The live stream is scheduled to start at around 13:30.

On 15 March 2024, the 23rd Partnership Commission between Luxembourg and Cabo Verde took place, an annual meeting to discuss the broad outlines of our cooperation relations with this partner country since 1993.

Holders of valid ordinary Luxembourg passports travelling to China for business, tourism, family visits or transit purposes are exempt from the visa requirement for a maximum period of 15 days from 14 March 2024 to 30 November 2024.

The second part of the working visit by Xavier Bettel, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Lex Delles, Minister for the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism, to California in the United States focused on the space sector.

During the first part of their working visit to California in the United States, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, and the Minister of the Economy, SME's, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles, had a meeting with Pony.ai, the world leader in autonomous driving technology.

On 4 March 2024, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, met the members of the Meeting of Secretaries-General and Heads of Administration of the Institutions and Bodies of the European Union based in Luxembourg (also known as "CALux").