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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, JUNE 18** WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a joint news conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Washington - 1515 GMT
** PYONGYANG/HANOI - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea and Vietnam. (To June 20) BERN/BERLIN – President of Nepal Ram Chandra Paudel is on a visit to Switzerland and Germany. (To June 19)
WELLINGTON/CANBERRA/KUALA LUMPUR - Premier of the People's Republic of China, Li Qiang will visit New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia. (To June 20) SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2024 (To June 23) TOKYO - Prime Minister of New Zealand Christopher Luxon will travel to Japan. (to June 20) BRUSSELS / LUXEMBOURG - Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang will attend the fifth China-European Union High-Level Environment and Climate Dialogue in Brussels, Belgium and pay a visit to Luxembourg. (to June 21) SINGAPORE - Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Manet to visit Singapore where he will hold talks with Prime Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong (to June 19).
CZECH REPUBLIC - Argentina's President Javier Milei visits Prague.
LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion).
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** BEIJING - Nigeria's foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar will visit China. (To June 26)
** OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. BODO, Norway - Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian and Swedish prime ministers Jonas Gahr Stoere and Ulf Kristersson meet in Bodo in northern Norway. (to June 20) BERLIN, Germany - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Albanian President Bajram Begaj in Berlin - 0700 GMT
PARIS - Argentine President Javier Milei will make his first official visit to France and meet with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 20BRUSSELS - European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen speaks at Austria World Summit, Arnold Schwarzenegger's 8th environmental conference - 0800 GMT SEOUL - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks in Seoul - 0900 GMT COLOMBO - Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will arrive in Sri Lanka on an official visit. GLOBAL - World Refugee Day. LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 21BEIJING - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks in Beijing - 1230 GMT MADRID - Argentina's President Javier Milei to receive Juan de Mariana Institute award for "an exemplary defence of the ideas of freedom".
GLOBAL - International Yoga Day. LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 22CHAD - Chad holds second round of presidential election
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 23** Tallinn/ Vilnius/ Riga - King of Spain Felipe VI will pay an official visit to Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia (To June 25)
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** GENEVA - Geneva hosts the ministerial meeting of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). - 0845 GMT BERLIN - 76th 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. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 25LOS ANGELES - 15th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 26LONDON - Emperor of Japan Naruhito visits United Kingdom (to June 28) GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 27Brussels - European Council meeting (to June 28).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 28IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF - Iranian President election.
Mongolia - Mongolian State Great Hural election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 29MAURITANIA - Mauritanian Presidency Election.
PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 22nd anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash.
BEJING/TAIPEI - 14th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 30FRANCE - French National Assembly Election (First round)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 1CHINA – 103rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 2GLOBAL - World UFO Day on the anniversary of the Roswell incident.
SIENA - July annual horse race, "Palio di Siena".
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 3KAZAKHSTAN - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Kazakhstan's capital Astana. (to July 4)
ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in SCO summit in Astana (to July 4)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 4UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND - British House of Commons Election.
UNITED STATES - Independence Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 6BAKU - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Azerbaijan
GLOBAL - International Day of Cooperatives.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 7FRANCE - French National Assembly Election (Second round)
KATHMANDU - 77th birthday of Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra.
LONDON - 19th anniversary of the attacks on London's transport network, in which more than 50 people where killed and 700 injured.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 9SUCRE - President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will visit Bolivia. Washington DC. - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends the NATO summit
TEHRAN - 24th anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999.
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks 19th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal.
SOUTH SUDAN – 13th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 11GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day.
MUMBAI - 17th anniversary of the deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 14PARIS - Bastille Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 15BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC - Syrian People's Council Election.
RWANDA - Rwanda will hold parliamentary elections.
RWANDA - Rwanda will hold a presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 16BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 17GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, on July 17,
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 18GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 20CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 21VIENTIANE - 25th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (APT FMM). (To July 27) VIENTIANE - 14th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS FMM). (To July 27)
VIENTIANE - 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting. (To July 27)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 24th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 22BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting.
HAMPSHIRE - Farnborough Air show 2024 (to Jul 26).
OSLO – 13th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island, where 77 people were killed.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 28GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.
GLOBAL – 110th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.
PERU - 203rd Anniversary of Independence.
VENEZUELA - Venezuela will hold a presidential election.
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