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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, JUNE 1** VIENNA - Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen hold a news conference. - 0800 GMT AMMAN – King of Malaysia Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah arrived in Amman. (To June 2)
BEIJING - Argentina's Minister of Economy Sergio Massa and Central Bank President Miguel Pesce head a visiting delegation to China (to June 3). ASTANA - Foreign Minister of South Korea Park Jin will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan. (final day)
BEIJING - Zimbabwe's Foreign Minister Frederick Shava visits China (to June 2) BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang, Frederick Shava, Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade will pay an official visit to China (To June 2) OTTAWA - Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, President of Iceland, and First lady Eliza Reid will undertake a State visit to Canada. (final day) MIAMI, FL - Miami Beach International Fashion Week (To June 4) BRASÍLIA - President of the Republic of Finland, Sauli Niinistö will visit Brazil. (To June 2)
SINGAPORE - Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu will attend the Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) and visit Singapore. (To June 4)
NEW DELHI - Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will embark on a four-day official visit to India, where he will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attend a business summit jointly hosted by trade associations of the two countries. (To June 3)
OSLO - United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Norway (final day). OSLO - Norway to host meeting of NATO foreign ministers (final day) BEIJING - Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand will visit China. (To June 6)
BRASILIA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva receives his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto for a meeting in Brasilia. VIENNA - Czech President Petr Pavel and his wife visit Vienna for a meeting with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, followed by a joint news conference. - 1200 GMT HELSINKI - United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Finland, gives a speech on Ukraine (to June 2). KATHMANDU – 22nd anniversary of the massacre of Nepal's royal family, in which King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family were assassinated. VALPARAISO, CHILE - Chile's President Gabriel Boric holds his second annual address at the national congress building in Valparaiso. CAPE TOWN - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit South Africa. (To June 2) WISMAR, GERMANY - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock hosts Baltic Sea Council meeting of foreign ministers (To June 2) CAPE TOWN - South Africa will host a meeting of the foreign ministers of BRICS nations on Thursday to discuss regional and global developments (To June 2) CHISINAU - The second meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) takes place in Moldova. The EPC brings together leaders of 47 European countries including EU members as well as Britain, Ukraine and countries across the Balkans and the Caucasus to discuss issues facing the continent including security and energy.
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** SINGAPORE - Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence of Canada, will travel to Singapore. (To June 3)
** CZECH REPUBLIC - Slovakia's Defence Minister Martin Sklenar visits Prague, meets his Czech counterpart Jana Cernochova. - 1210 GMT
** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at 2023 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Summit. - 1300 GMT OTTAWA - Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki will visit Canada.
PORT LOUIS - Mauritius's finance minister presents the budget for the 2023/24 (July-June) year to parliament.
SINGAPORE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is to deliver keynote address at the opening of the Shangri-La Dialogue Asia security summit in Singapore.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 3HANOI - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in Vietnam (to June 4).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 4PARAMARIBO/BELGRADE - President of India, Droupadi Murmu will pay a State Visit to the Republic of Suriname and the Republic of Serbia. (To June 9)
BISSAU - Guinea Bissau holds legislative election CHILE – 12th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia. HONG KONG - Tens of thousands attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.
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** BAGHDAD - Foreign Minister of Pakistan Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will travel to Iraq. (To June 7) GLOBAL - World Environment Day. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark will visit the White House. GENEVA, Switzerland - ILO, International Labour Conference, 111th session. (To June 16)
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** NUUK - Danish Prime Minister visits Greenland to talk about security politics (to June 7).
** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Russian human rights activist Sergey Lukashevsky, among others discuss Europe's role since Russia invaded Ukraine at the annual WDR Europaforum hosted by German public broadcaster WDR. - 0800 GMT
** WASHINGTON, D.C. - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith participate (via video) in Center for New American Security's annual conference - 1200 GMT SEOUL - South Korea marks the 68th anniversary of Memorial Day.
KUWAIT CITY - Kuwaiti National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7WASHINGTON DC - Britain's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, travels to Washington DC to meet with U.S President, Joe Biden (To June 8) SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2023 (to June 18)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 8ROME - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to visit Italy. SEOUL - South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho to attend a discussion session to talk about various economic issues - 0100 GMT. LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To June 9)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 9SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2023 (to June 18)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 11MONTENEGRO - Montenegrin Assembly Election
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 12GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour (ILO) DUBLIN - Irish finance minister Michael McGrath speaks at national economic dialogue. (To June 13)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day. GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). GAZA - 16th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 15DAR 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
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 16LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 17GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 18** 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)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 20GLOBAL - World Refugee Day.
BRUSSELS - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on state visit to Belgium. (To June 22)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council meeting (To June 22)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 22WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for state visit, which will include state dinner.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 23ANAHEIM, United States - Asia-Pacific (APAC) 2023 Annual Meetings (To July 1)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 24BERLIN - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 25GREECE - Greek Parliament Election.
GUATEMALA - Guatemalan Congress of the Republic Election.
GUATEMALA - Presidency of Guatemala Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 26BRASÍLIA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 27LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 29PYEONGTAEK - 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)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 2BERLIN – French President Emmanuel Macron on a state visit to Germany (To July 4)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 5VIENNA - 8th OPEC International Seminar (To July 6)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 9UZBEKISTAN - Uzbekistani Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 11** 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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** BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 17GANDHINAGAR, 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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** BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 22GOA, 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 23SPAIN - Spanish Senate Election. SPAIN - Spanish Congress of Deputies Election.
CAMBODIA - Cambodian National Assembly Election.
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