News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from June 13

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    TUESDAY, JUNE 13 
    

    ** WASHINGTON DC - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg meets with U.S. President Joe Biden.

    ** BAKU - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hold talks with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in Baku and they hold a joint news conference.

    ** PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu meets Milos Vystrcil, the chairman of the Czech Senate - 1430 GMT

    ** LONDON, United Kingdom - British defence minister Ben Wallace meets his counterparts from the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) - a British-led group of Denmark, Estonia, Finland and Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden - in Amsterdam. A press conference is scheduled for the afternoon. - 1500 GMT

    ** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck takes part in a discussion organized by the Hans Boeckler Foundation on the future of infrastructure.

    ** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks at renewables energy event in Berlin - 0715 GMT

    ** BAKU - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Azerbaijan for a state visit.

    CAIRO - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani visits Cairo to discuss bilateral issues (final day)

    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)

    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)

    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. (final day).

    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). (final day)

    DUBLIN - Irish finance minister Michael McGrath speaks at national economic dialogue. (final day)

    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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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 
    

    ** SYDNEY - New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson to visit Australia to strengthen investment links

    ** WIESBADEN, Germany - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to visit Germany.

    ** STOCKHOLM – OECD Economic Surveys: Sweden 2023

    ** SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia - St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) opens in Russia (To June 17)

    ** PRAGUE - Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu attends a security conference in Prague, Czech Republic – 0700 GMT

    ** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference before a meeting of alliance defence ministers in Brussels to prepare for a major summit with country leaders in Vilnius in July - 1230 GMT

    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 
    

    ** BRUSSELS - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to visit Belgium.

    ** LISBON - OECD Economic Surveys: Portugal 2023

    ** HONG KONG, China - Greenwich Economic Forum will be held in Hong Kong (To June 16)

    ** SINGAPORE - Philippines' economic managers including the ministers of finance, budget and economic planning hold Philippine Economic Briefing in Singapore. - 0100 GMT

    ** BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from NATO countries meet in Brussels as the alliance prepares for a major summit with country leaders in Vilnius in July - 0800 GMT

    ** BERN - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses Swiss Parliament via video message - 1200 GMT

    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, Germany - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Colombian President Gustavo Petro review the troops in Berlin - 0930 GMT

    ** BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from NATO countries meet in Brussels as the alliance prepares for a major summit with country leaders in Vilnius in July - 0700 GMT

    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 
    

    ** PARIS / HANOI - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit to France and Vietnam. (To June 24)

    ** JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Mette Frederiksen Prime Minister of Denmark and Mark Rutte Prime Minister of the Netherlands will meet Namibian President Hage Geingob and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to discuss security and climate change issues (To June 21)

    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 Micheál Martin meets UK's Northern Ireland minister Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP in London.

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    TUESDAY, JUNE 20 
    

    ** REYKJAVÍK - OECD Economic Surveys: Iceland 2023

    ** PARIS, France - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit Paris and hold a summit with French President Emmanuel Macron (To June 21)

    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 
    

    ** WASHINGTON, D.C. - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to the United States of America (USA) for an official state visit. (To June 25)

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

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    THURSDAY, JUNE 22 
    

    ** HANOI - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will pay a state visit to Vietnam.

    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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