News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from June 21

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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 
    

    ** WARSAW - Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Margus Tsahkna.

    ** SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

    ** ABU DHABI - President of Malta George Vella on an official visit to the United Arab Emirates. (To June 22)

    ** BUCHAREST - Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu meets his Moldovan counterpart Dorin Recean in Chisinau on the first official visit since his government was installed last week.

    ** ROME - Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva meets Italian president Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni - 1230 GMT.

    ** LONDON - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets new Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on the sidelines of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London - 1230 GMT.

    ** WARSAW - Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau and Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna give news conference after bilateral meeting in Warsaw - 1300 GMT.

    ** WASHINGTON DC - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a private dinner at the White House with U.S. President Joe Biden - 2250 GMT. 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. (Final day)

    ASTANA - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier to make official visit to Kazakhstan. (Final day) BERLIN / PARIS - Chinese Premier Li Qiang will pay an official visit to Germany and France. (To June 23)

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

    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) BRUSSELS - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on state visit to Belgium. (To June 22) 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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    THURSDAY, JUNE 22 
    

    ** RABAT - Member of the Federal Council of Switzerland and Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs Ignazio Cassis will visit Rabat. (To June 23)

    ** JAKARTA - Indonesia's Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati to announce the country's state budget balance as of May - 0900 GMT.

    ** BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets her Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf in Berlin - 1230 GMT.

    ** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani who is in Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin - 1000 GMT. 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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    FRIDAY, JUNE 23 
    

    ** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a luncheon at the State Department in Washington D.C. - 1630 GMT. 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)

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    SATURDAY, JUNE 24 
    

    ** BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry will visit China. (To June 30) 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.

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    SUNDAY, JUNE 25 
    

    BEIJING - New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins to visit China. (To June 30)

    GREECE - Greek Parliament Election.

    GUATEMALA - Guatemalan Congress of the Republic Election.

    GUATEMALA - Presidency of Guatemala Election.

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    MONDAY, JUNE 26 
    

    ** BERLIN - Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta on a state visit to Germany - 0900 GMT.

    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 
    

    ** THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - Ahead of NATO's July summit in Vilnius, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte invited some heads of other alliance members in the Hague including Belgium's Alexander De Croo, Romania's Klaus Iohannis, Poland's Andrzej Duda, Norway's Jonas Gahr Store, Albania's Edi Rama and Lithuania's Gitanas Nauseda - 1530 GMT.

    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 
    

    ** AMSTERDAM - OECD Economic Surveys: Netherlands 2023

    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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    MONDAY, JULY 10 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council Meeting.

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    TUESDAY, JULY 11 
    

    VILNIUS - Heads of state and government of NATO member states will meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.

    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 - EU-Japan summit.

    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 
    

    MADRID - Spain holds snap election.

    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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