News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from June 12

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    MONDAY, JUNE 12 
    

    ** MALE - President of the Republic of Seychelles Wavel Ramkalawan and First Lady Linda Ramkalawan arrived on a state visit to the Maldives at the invitation of Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. (To June 14)

    ** BRASILIA - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and gives a speech to the National Industry Confederation on a trip to Latin America to prepare for EU-Latin America/Caribbean summit in July and to advance talks to unlock planned EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

    ** CAIRO - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani visits Cairo to discuss bilateral issues.

    ** NAIROBI - Burundi's finance minister Domitien Ndihokubwayo is due to present to parliament a draft 2023/23(July-June) budget - 0600 GMT.

    ** NICOSIA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Northern Cyprus and holds talks and a joint news conference with Ersin Tatar, president of Northern Cyprus - 0630 GMT.

    ** BRUSSELS - European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic address "EU-UK Forum" annual conference, centred on EU-UK settlement on Northern Ireland - 0850 GMT.

    ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron greets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish President Andrzej Duda in Paris for a meeting of so-called 'Weimar Triangle, a joint news statement is planned after the welcome ceremony - 1730 GMT.

    GENEVA, Switzerland - ILO, International Labour Conference, 111th session. (To June 16)

    SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2023 (to June 18)

    BEIJING - Honduran President Xiomara Castro will pay a state visit to China (To June 14)

    SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2023 (to June 18)

    CARACAS - Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Venezuela. (final day)

    BRATISLAVA - Slovak Defence Minister Martin Sklenar will host German counterpart Boris Pistorius and the defence ministers of Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. News conference expected at 0830 GMT - 0830 GMT.

    VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and visiting Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob speak to reporters in Vienna following their closed door talks - 1000 GMT.

    WARSAW - Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom meets Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau in Warsaw - 1000 GMT .

    BRASILIA - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives in Brazil to reinforce bilateral relations and a breakthrough in the free trade agreement with Mercosur. (to June 13).

    WASHINGTON DC - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg travels to Washington. He will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and members of Senate NATO Observer Group (SNOG). (to June 13)

    WASHINGTON, D.C - Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers to meet in the United States.

    GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour (ILO)

    DUBLIN - Irish finance minister Michael McGrath speaks at national economic dialogue. (To June 13)

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    TUESDAY, JUNE 13 
    

    ** BUENOS AIRES - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Buenos Aires for meeting with Argentina President Alberto Fernandez and for speech at EU-Argentina business forum.

    ** STRASBOURG, France - Josep Borrell High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy debates the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Parliament in Strasbourg - 1300 GMT.

    BEIJING - President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas will pay a state visit to China. (To June 16)

    AMSTERDAM - Defence ministers from the ten North-European countries united in the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) meet in Amsterdam to discuss security threats to Europe and the war in Ukraine - 1500 GMT.

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    ** STRASBOURG, France - EU Council and Commission debate priorities for the next summit of EU leaders on June 29-30 - 0700 GMT.

    ** STRASBOURG, France - Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani address EU lawmakers in Parliament in Strasbourg - 0930 GMT.

    SANTIAGO - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives in Chile. Von der Leyen is on a Latin American tour that also includes Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.

    GENEVA, Switzerland - President of the UN Human Rights Council, Václav Bálek, holds a briefing ahead of the UN human rights council.

    BERLIN - German economy minister Robert Habeck addresses delegates at the Bauindustrie construction summit in Berlin - 1125 GMT.

    BERLIN - German finance minister Christian Lindner addresses delegates at the Bauindustrie construction summit in Berlin - 1345 GMT.

    GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day.

    GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).

    GAZA - 16th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah.

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    THURSDAY, JUNE 15 
    

    ** GENEVA, Switzerland - Special meeting of WTO dispute settlement body on India/EU row.

    MEXICO CITY - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives in Mexico to reinforce bilateral relations.

    DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Tanzania's Finance Minister Mwigulu Nchemba presents the 2023/24 (July-June) budget to parliament. - 1300 GMT

    NAIROBI - Kenya's Finance Minister Njuguna Ndung'u presents the 2023/24 (July-June) budget to parliament - 1100 GMT

    KAMPALA - Uganda's Finance Minister Matia Kasaija presents the 2023/24 (July-June) budget to parliament. – 1100 GMT

    LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting

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    FRIDAY, JUNE 16 
    

    ** BERLIN - German economy minister Robert Habeck speaks at conference of family-owned businesses - 1225 GMT.

    ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Colombian President Gustavo Petro holds press conference - 1530 GMT.

    ** KYIV - Six African leaders, including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, will visit Kyiv on Friday as part of a peace mission aimed at opening talks between Russia and Ukraine to end hostilities.

    LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    SATURDAY, JUNE 17 
    

    ** JAKARTA - Japanese emperor Naruhito and empress Masako will visit Indonesia.

    ** MOSCOW - Six African leaders, including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, will visit St. Petersburg, Russia on Saturday as part of a peace mission aimed at opening talks between Russia and Ukraine to end hostilities.

    GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.

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    SUNDAY, JUNE 18 
    

    ** BEIJING - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit China.

    TEHRAN - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a visit to Iran.

    LISBON - Finland's prime minister Sanna Marin to visit Portugal (To June 21)

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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 
    

    MINSK - A meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)'s Council of Foreign Ministers will be held in Minsk, Belarus. (To June 20)

    BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Chinese Premier Li Qiang for talks in Berlin - 0700 GMT.

    GENEVA - Human Rights Council meeting (To July 14)

    LONDON - Irish foreign minister meets UK's Northern Ireland minister in London

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    TUESDAY, JUNE 20 
    

    GLOBAL - World Refugee Day.

    BRUSSELS - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on state visit to Belgium. (To June 22)

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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council meeting (To June 22)

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    THURSDAY, JUNE 22 
    

    PARIS - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit Paris. (To June 23)

    WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for state visit, which will include state dinner.

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    FRIDAY, JUNE 23 
    

    ANAHEIM, United States - Asia-Pacific (APAC) 2023 Annual Meetings (To July 1)

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    SATURDAY, JUNE 24 
    

    BERLIN - 75th 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.

    SIERRA LEONE - Presidency of Sierra Leone Election.

    SIERRA LEONE - Sierra Leonean Parliament Election.

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    SUNDAY, JUNE 25 
    

    GREECE - Greek Parliament Election.

    GUATEMALA - Guatemalan Congress of the Republic Election.

    GUATEMALA - Presidency of Guatemala Election.

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    MONDAY, JUNE 26 
    

    BRASÍLIA - Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez will visit Brazil.

    VILNIUS - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visits Lithuania, will award Manfred Wörner Medal for outstanding contribution to European security to the former Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaite.

    GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

    LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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    TUESDAY, JUNE 27 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    MONDAY, JUNE 29 
    

    TOKYO - Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho will meet in Tokyo

    PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 21st anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash.

    BEJING/TAIPEI - 13th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan.

    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (To June 30)

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    SUNDAY, JULY 2 
    

    ** NEW DELHI - Shanghai Cooperation Organisation chair India hosts the summit of the head of member states, which includes Russia, China and other central Asian countries, in capital New Delhi. (To July 9)

    BERLIN – French President Emmanuel Macron on a state visit to Germany (To July 4)

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    WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 
    

    VIENNA - 8th OPEC International Seminar (To July 6)

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    THURSDAY, JULY 8 
    

    ** JAKARTA - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum & Foreign Ministers Meeting in Jakarta. (To July 10)

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    SUNDAY, JULY 9 
    

    UZBEKISTAN - Uzbekistani Presidency Election.

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    TUESDAY, JULY 11 
    

    ** VILNIUS - Heads of state and government of NATO member states will meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council Meeting.

    LABUAN BAJO, INDONESIA - Foreign Ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet their counterparts in the annual ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Indonesia (To July 15).

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    WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 
    

    ** VILNIUS - NATO leaders gather for a summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.

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    THURSDAY, JULY 13 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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    FRIDAY, JULY 14 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.

    PARIS - On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the India-France Strategic Partnership, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend BasToe Day Parade as Guest of Honour in Paris.

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    MONDAY, JULY 17 
    

    GANDHINAGAR, INDIA - G20 finance ministers and central bank governor's meet (To July 18)

    BRUSSELS - EU-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) summit (to July 18)

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    THURSDAY, JULY 20 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting.

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    SATURDAY, JULY 22 
    

    GOA, INDIA - Energy ministers from the Group of 20 major economies will meet in India's western coastal state of Goa for a day-long meet.

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    SUNDAY, JULY 23 
    

    SPAIN - Spanish Senate Election.

    SPAIN - Spanish Congress of Deputies Election.

    CAMBODIA - Cambodian National Assembly Election.

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    MONDAY, JULY 26 
    

    ** MOSCOW - Saint Petersburg hosts the second summit and economic forum Russia-Africa. (To July 29)

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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 
    

    ** BELEM, Brazil - Brazil hosts a two-day summit of the eight countries in the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) to discuss protection of the Amazon rainforest. (To Aug. 9)

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