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** DOHA - Halimah Yacob, president of Singapore, will make a state visit to Qatar, at the invitation of Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. (To June 22)
** PARIS - Minister of National Defence of Romania, Angel Tilvar, pays an official visit to France. (To June 21)
** ASTANA - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier to make official visit to Kazakhstan. (To June 21)
** LONDON - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London.
** JUBA - South Sudan's finance minister Dier Tong presents 2023/2024 budget to parliament - 0700 GMT.
** JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Tuesday host the Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte to discuss security and climate change issues - 0800 GMT.
** PALIC, SERBIA - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic meet in the border town of Palic for bilateral meetings of delegations from the two countries. Hungary's President Katalin Novak and Serbia's Prime Minister Ana Brnabic will also attend - 1100 GMT.
** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and discuss support for Ukraine - 1330 GMT.
** MUNICH - Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder receives Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Munich - 1730 GMT.
** VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis meets with Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, at the Vatican - 0800 GMT.
WASHINGTON DC - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan on a working visit to the United States. (Final day) 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)
LISBON - Finland's prime minister Sanna Marin to visit Portugal (To June 21)
PARIS / HANOI - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit to France and Vietnam. (To June 24)
MINSK - A meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)'s Council of Foreign Ministers will be held in Minsk, Belarus. (Final day)
GENEVA - Human Rights Council meeting (To July 14) 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)
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** BISHKEK - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to make official visit to Kyrgyzstan. (To June 23)
** MADRID - Spain's economy minister, Nadia Calviño, chairs national award to SME of the Year (small and medium-sized enterprises) organized by the Chamber of Commerce - 1600 GMT.
** VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis meets with Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at the Vatican - 1230 GMT.
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)
BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council meeting (To June 22)
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** PARIS - At the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on an official visit to France, to participate in the New Global Financing Pact Summit. (To June 23)
** JAKARTA - Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang and assistant minister Nong Rong are due to speak in an ASEAN-China relations event in Jakarta amid rising tension in South China Sea.
** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg receives the president of Montenegro, Jakov Milatovic - 0930 GMT.
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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** HANOI - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visits Hanoi with a large business delegation and meets Vietnam's leaders.
ANAHEIM, United States - Asia-Pacific (APAC) 2023 Annual Meetings (To July 1)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 24FREETOWN - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 23MADRID - 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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