News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from June 15

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    THURSDAY, JUNE 15 
    

    ** WASHINGTON DC - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan on a working visit to the United States. (To June 20)

    ** WASHINGTON DC - Katherine Tai, United States trade representative, will hold a virtual meeting with Indian Union Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal.

    ** TOKYO - Japan, USA, South Korea to hold security advisers meeting in Tokyo.

    ** MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune for talks at the Kremlin in Moscow - 1000 GMT.

    ** BAGHDAD - Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, will visit Baghdad.

    ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds his latest round of talks with the leaders of the country's 16 state governments. A press conference is planned after the meeting - 1300 GMT.

    KUALA LUMPUR - UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on an official visit to Malaysia. (final day)

    BAKU - Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif to visit Azerbaijan. (final day)

    TOKYO - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's national security adviser, Cho Tae-yong, visits Tokyo for talks with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts on North Korea and other regional issues. (final day)

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

    SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2023 (to June 18)

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

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

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

    PARIS - Minister for Defence of Singapore Ng Eng Hen to Visit France. (To June 19)

    SEOUL - ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn on working visit to South Korea at the invitation of South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin. (To June 17)

    KIGALI - Rwanda's Finance Minister Uzziel Ndagijimana presents the 2023/24 (July-June) budget to parliament - 1300 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers to discuss digital euro, economic performance, capital markets - 1430 GMT.

    LONDON - Charles III, King of the United Kingdom, and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, president of Portugal, attend a Service of Thanksgiving to mark the 650th Anniversary of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance.

    DODOMA - Tanzania finance minister presents economic survey for 2022 performance to parliament – 0730 GMT.

    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 - 0630 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 - 1200 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 
    

    ** TOKYO - Japan, USA, and Philippines to hold security advisers meeting in Tokyo.

    ** BANGKOK - Thai Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith gives an opening speech at a capital market seminar – 0200 GMT.

    PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss the war in Ukraine and other matters with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

    LUXEMBOURG - EU finance ministers to discuss reform of EU fiscal and debt rules – 0830 GMT.

    SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the plenary session of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - 1000 GMT.

    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 
    

    ** TEHRAN - Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud to visit Iran.

    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 
    

    ** BERLIN / PARIS - Chinese Premier Li Qiang will pay an official visit to Germany and France. (To June 23)

    BEIJING - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit China. (To June 19)

    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 
    

    ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speak to reporters following their closed door talks at Berlin's chancellery - 1000 GMT.

    ** GENEVA, Switzerland - The UN, along with co-hosts Egypt, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the EU are holding a pledging event to support the humanitarian response in Sudan and region.

    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 
    

    ** JAGEL, Germany - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius speak to reporters as they attend Air Defender 2023 - 1000 GMT.

    ** MINSK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Belarus to take part in a meeting of foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

    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 
    

    ** ASTANA - Deputy foreign ministers from Russia, Syria, Turkey and Iran will meet in Astana, Kazakhstan.

    ** LONDON - Britain's finance minister Jeremy Hunt speaks to the UK's Covid Inquiry.

    LONDON - Britain will host the latest Ukraine Recovery Conference in London. (To June 22)

    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 
    

    STOCKHOLM - EU ministers meet in Stockholm during the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.

    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 
    

    ** KUALA LUMPUR - Energy Asia conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (To June 28)

    TORONTO, Canada - Toronto holds mayoral election.

    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 
    

    ** MOSCOW - President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to visit Russia.

    TIANJIN, China - World Economic Forum in Tianjin. (To June 29)

    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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    SATURDAY, JULY 1 
    

    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)

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    SUNDAY, JULY 2 
    

    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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