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- WASHINGTON DC, United States - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Romanian Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu at the State Department. - 1300 GMT
** UNITED NATIONS - U.N. chief Antonio Guterres to speak to reporters on Lebanon - 1510 GMT BANGKOK - Bendito dos Santos Freitas, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is scheduled to pay an official visit to Thailand. (final day)
SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2024 (To June 23) BRUSSELS / LUXEMBOURG - Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang will attend the fifth China-European Union High-Level Environment and Climate Dialogue in Brussels, Belgium and pay a visit to Luxembourg. (final day) BEIJING - Nigeria's foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar will visit China. (To June 26) NEW DELHI - Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits New Delhi for a summit meeting with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi. (to June 22) MADRID - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, along with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, holds the first Spain-Qatar Strategic Dialogue in Madrid - 0900 GMT MADRID - Qatarsi Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani visits Spain and meets King Felipe VI. - 1430 GMT BEIJING - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks in Beijing MADRID - Argentina's President Javier Milei to receive Juan de Mariana Institute award for "an exemplary defence of the ideas of freedom".
GLOBAL - International Yoga Day. LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 22BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Polish President Andrzej Duda will pay a state visit to China. (To June 26)
LONDON - Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive in the UK ahead of a state visit. SHANGHAI, China (PRC) - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks in Shangai - 1030 GMT CHAD - Chad holds second round of presidential election
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 23** CANBERRA - Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese will welcome the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Jeremiah Manele, to Australia. (To June 29)
HANGZHOU, China (PRC) - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou - 0700 GMT
Tallinn/ Vilnius/ Riga - King of Spain Felipe VI will pay an official visit to Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia (To June 25)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 24** ROME/TALLINN - President Tharman Shanmugaratnam will visit Italy and Estonia. (June 26)
AMSTERDAM - The Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, will pay an official visit to the Netherlands.
CZECH REPUBLIC – Argentina President Javier Milei visits Prague
GENEVA - Geneva hosts the ministerial meeting of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). - 0845 GMT BERLIN - 76th 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. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 25THIMPHU - The official visit to the Kingdom of Thailand of His Excellency Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan, and his spouse. (To June 28)
MOSCOW - President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, is visiting Russia and plans to meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin
LOS ANGELES - 15th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council
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** PRAGUE - Slovakia's new President Peter Pellegrini to visit Prague, meeting Czech President Petr Pavel - 0800 GMT
** WARSAW - Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski will meet with his counterparts from Romania, Luminița Odobescu, and Turkey, Hakan Fidan.
** WASHINGTON, D.C. - Margrethe Vestager, EU Commissioner for Competition is scheduled to speak at an Open Markets Institute event - 1600 GMT LONDON - Emperor of Japan Naruhito visits United Kingdom (to June 28) GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 27Brussels - European Council meeting (to June 28).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 28IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF - Iranian President election.
Mongolia - Mongolian State Great Hural election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 29MAURITANIA - Mauritanian Presidency Election.
PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 22nd anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash.
BEJING/TAIPEI - 14th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 30FRANCE - French National Assembly Election (First round)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 1MAPUTO/LUANDA - President of Timor-Leste, José Ramos-Horta, will pay state visits to Mozambique and Angola. (To July 13)
CHINA – 103rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 2GLOBAL - World UFO Day on the anniversary of the Roswell incident.
SIENA - July annual horse race, "Palio di Siena".
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 3KAZAKHSTAN - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Kazakhstan's capital Astana. (to July 4)
ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in SCO summit in Astana (to July 4)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 4UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND - British House of Commons Election.
UNITED STATES - Independence Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 6BAKU - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Azerbaijan
GLOBAL - International Day of Cooperatives.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 7FRANCE - French National Assembly Election (Second round)
KATHMANDU - 77th birthday of Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra.
LONDON - 19th anniversary of the attacks on London's transport network, in which more than 50 people where killed and 700 injured.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 9SUCRE - President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will visit Bolivia. Washington DC. - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends the NATO summit
TEHRAN - 24th anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999.
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks 19th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal.
SOUTH SUDAN – 13th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 11GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day.
MUMBAI - 17th anniversary of the deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 14PARIS - Bastille Day.
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** BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of energy ministers. (To July 16) BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC - Syrian People's Council Election.
RWANDA - Rwanda will hold parliamentary elections.
RWANDA - Rwanda will hold a presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 16BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 17GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, on July 17,
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 18GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 20CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 21VIENTIANE - 25th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (APT FMM). (To July 27) VIENTIANE - 14th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS FMM). (To July 27)
VIENTIANE - 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting. (To July 27)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 24th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 22** BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers. (To July 23)
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting.
HAMPSHIRE - Farnborough Air show 2024 (to Jul 26).
OSLO – 13th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island, where 77 people were killed.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 28GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.
GLOBAL – 110th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.
PERU - 203rd Anniversary of Independence.
VENEZUELA - Venezuela will hold a presidential election.
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** WARSAW – Poland marks 80th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation.
** CHINA – 97th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.
** GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To Aug. 7)
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** EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 (To Aug 26)
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** HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 79th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
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** NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 79th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 10
** EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 26)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 12
** GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14
** ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – 77th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.
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** NEW DELHI, India – 77th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule.
** TOKYO, Japan – 79th Anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two.
** LIECHTENSTEIN – 218th Anniversary of Independence.
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** TRALEE, Ireland - 2024 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To Aug 20)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 19
** GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day.
** MOSCOW – 32nd Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21
** DAMASCUS, Syria - 11th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus.
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** BALTIC WAY - 35th anniversary of the Baltic Way, a human chain of people in 1989 stretching from Vilnius to Tallinn to mark solidarity in the struggle for independence from the Soviet Union.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 24
** WARSAW, Poland - Poland marks the 35th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989.
** KYIV, Ukraine – 33rd Anniversary of Independence.
** WASHINGTON DC – 212th Anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.
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** URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day.
** PARIS – 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
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