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** SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia - President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan paid a working visit to the Russian Federation to participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. (To June 17)
** BERLIN - German finance minister Christian Lindner speaks at conference of family-owned businesses – 1430 GMT.
BEIJING - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit China. (To June 19)
** MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin meets President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). - 0800 GMT
** BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her counterpart from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Elmedin Konakovic, hold a press conference in Berlin ahead of a meeting where they will discuss bilateral topics and the domestic situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1030 GMT.
** OTTAWA, Canada - Canada's Defence Minister Anita Anand speaks to reporters from Brussels after the annual NATO meeting. - 1330 GMT WASHINGTON DC - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan on a working visit to the United States. (To June 20)
GENEVA, Switzerland - ILO, International Labour Conference, 111th session. (Final Day)
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. (Final Day)
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)
HONG KONG, China - Greenwich Economic Forum will be held in Hong Kong (Final Day)
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 meets Saudi Arabia Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud at the Elysee palace in Paris – 1100 GMT.
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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 17TEHRAN - 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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** CANBERRA - Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah to visit Australia and meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. (To June 21)
BERLIN / PARIS - Chinese Premier Li Qiang will pay an official visit to Germany and France. (To June 23)
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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** BRUSSELS, Belgium - EU Economics Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni holds news conference on the Commission's proposal for new rules for withholding tax procedures in the EU - 0900 GMT.
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. - 1300 GMT
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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** WASHINGTON, D.C. - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to the United States of America (USA) for an official state visit. (To June 23)
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)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21ASTANA - 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)
BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council meeting (To June 22)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 22STOCKHOLM - 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 23ANAHEIM, United States - Asia-Pacific (APAC) 2023 Annual Meetings (To July 1)
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** FREETOWN - Sierra Leone holds general election.
** CAIRO - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pay a state visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt. (To June 25)
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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 25GREECE - Greek Parliament Election.
GUATEMALA - Guatemalan Congress of the Republic Election.
GUATEMALA - Presidency of Guatemala Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 26KUALA 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 27MOSCOW - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 29TOKYO - 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)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 1NEW 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)
- - - - - - - - - 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)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 8JAKARTA - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum & Foreign Ministers Meeting in Jakarta. (To July 10)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 9UZBEKISTAN - Uzbekistani Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 11VILNIUS - 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).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 12VILNIUS - NATO leaders gather for a summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 13BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 14BRUSSELS - 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)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 20BRUSSELS - 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.
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** MADRID - Spain holds snap election.
SPAIN - Spanish Senate Election.
SPAIN - Spanish Congress of Deputies Election.
CAMBODIA - Cambodian National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 26MOSCOW - Saint Petersburg hosts the second summit and economic forum Russia-Africa. (To July 29)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 8BELEM, 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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