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- CAIRO - Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to visit Egypt
- OTTAWA - Pope Francis to visit Canada (To June 29)
- TEHRAN, Iran - European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will arrive in Tehran on Friday night for talks.
- NEW DELHI, India - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually takes part in BRICS+ meeting during the BRICS summit hosted by China.
- BERLIN, Germany - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock give a joint news conference ahead of the G7 summit at a secluded Bavarian castle this weekend. - 1100 GMT
- BRUSSELS, Belgium - EU Council President Charles Michel, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron give news conference after second day of summit. - 1200 GMT
KIGALI - Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong will visit Kigali, Rwanda to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) (To June 25)
BEIJING, China (PRC) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin takes part in BRICS summit held by China (through video-link) (final day).
BAKU - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be on a visit to Azerbaijan and meets counterpart and President Ilham Aliyev (final day).
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (final day).
SINGAPORE - Sultan Nazrin Shah, the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and the Sultan of Perak is on a four-day visit to Singapore (final day)
KHON KAEN, Thailand – APEC Senior Finance Officials' Meeting (SFOM) (final day).
KIGALI - S. Jaishankar, minister of external affairs of India, to visit Rwanda for 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (to June 25).
BERLIN - International Air Show (to June 25).
GENEVA, Switzerland - 50th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to July 8).
KIGALI, Rwanda - British prime minister Boris Johnson holds a news conference at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
WASHINGTON DC - The IMF holds a virtual news conference to discuss its annual review of the U.S. economy. - 2000 GMT
BRUSSELS - Euro Summit.
BEIJING - Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev takes part in BRICS summit held by China via video link.
BAKU - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Azerbaijan, meets his counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov and Azeri President Ilham Aliyev.
BERLIN - 74th 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.
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- SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko meet in St Petersburg.
KIGALI, Rwanda - A final news conference is held to conclude the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
BERLIN – U.S. President Joe Biden departs Washington, D.C. to attend the G7 summit in Germany.
VIENNA – IAEA International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Exploration, Mining, Production, Supply and Demand, Economics and Environmental Issues (to June 29).
LOS ANGELES - 13th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson.
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- MADRID - Anthony Albanese Prime Minister of Australia will travel to Europe for the NATO Leaders' Summit in Madrid.
- HANOI - Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Penny Wong will pay an official visit to Vietnam (To June 28)
BERLIN - Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India will visit Germany to attend G7 Summit (To June 27)
GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
BERLIN - G7 summit, Schloss Elmau (to June 28)
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- HANOI, Vietnam - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong will hold a bilateral meeting with her Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son in Hanoi.
- LISBON, Portugal - Governments of Portugal and Kenya co-host the U.N. Ocean Conference in Lisbon, (to July 1)
LUXEMBOURG - Energy ministers from EU countries meet in Luxembourg to agree their joint position on more ambitious climate change policies, including a higher renewable energy goal. If they manage, negotiations with EU parliament can begin on the final laws.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a news conference ahead of a NATO summit - 1100 GMT
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- MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will meet U.S. President Joe Biden in Madrid ahead of a NATO summit hosted by Spain.
MADRID - U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to attend the NATO summit in Madrid.
ABU DHABI - Narendra Modi, prime minister of India, to visit United Arab Emirates.
MADRID - NATO's General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg delivers opening remarks at a public forum ahead of the Madrid summit - 1520 GMT.
MADRID - Spain's King Felipe hosts Royal Gala dinner for NATO leaders - 2030 GMT.
PARIS - OECD Economic Survey of Estonia.
VIENNA - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on three-day State visit to Austria (to June 30).
MADRID - NATO Summit is be held in Madrid (to June 30)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29MADRID - NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds news conference at the end of the second working session of the alliance summit in Madrid. - 1345 GMT
MADRID - South Korea's President Yoon Seok-youl to attend NATO summit in Madrid (to June 30).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 30VIENNA - 30th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting Via videoconference.
MADRID - NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg holds news conference after second and final day of the Madrid NATO summit, with Ukraine on top of the agenda - 1015 GMT
MADRID - Leaders of various members of NATO alliance hold news conferences after second and final day of the Madrid NATO summit, with Ukraine on top of the agenda - 1400 GMT
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Moscow.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 1CHINA – 101st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China.
SONKAJARVI - Wife-Carrying World Championship 2020 (to July 2)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 2GLOBAL - World UFO day on anniversary of the Roswell incident.
SIENA - July annual horse race "Palio di Siena".
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 3KINSHASA - Pope Francis visits Congo (To July 4)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 4UNITED STATES - Independence Day.
GLOBAL - International Day of Cooperatives.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 5JUBA - Pope Francis visits South Sudan, where violence and hunger stalk world's youngest nation (to Jul. 6).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 7MOSCOW - Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov takes part in G20 foreign ministers meeting (To July 8).
BALI, Indonesia - G20 Foreign Ministers are set to meet in Indonesia's Bali in a hybrid meeting.
KATHMANDU - 75th birthday of Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra.
LONDON - 17th anniversary of the attacks on London's transport network, killing more than 50 and injuring 700.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 9TEHRAN - 22nd anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999.
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks 17th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal.
SOUTH SUDAN – 11th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 10CONGO (Brazzaville) - Congolese National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 11BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day.
MUMBAI - 15th anniversary of deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 12BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council
BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers will set the irrevocable exchange rate at which croatia will convert its kuna currency into euros when it adopts the single currency on Jan 1, 2023.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 13ISRAEL/PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - U.S. President Joe Biden to meet Israeli and Palestinian leadership during a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. (To July 14)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 14PRAGUE - EU affairs ministers informal meeting in Prague. (to July 15) PARIS - Bastille Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 15RIYADH - US President Joe Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia and is set to meet the country’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (to July 16)
BALI, Indonesia - Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from the G20 countries meet in Indonesia's Bali.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 18BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
HAMPSHIRE - Farnborough International Airshow 2022 (to Jul 22)
GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 19PRAGUE - EU industry and trade ministers informal meeting in Prague. (to July 20)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 20CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 21KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 22nd anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.
GLOBAL - International Yoga Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 22OSLO – 11th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people killed.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 24OTTAWA - Pope Francis to visit Canada (to July 30)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 25TUNISIA – Referendum election
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 28GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.
GLOBAL – 108th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.
PERU - 201st Anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 29BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2022 (to Aug. 9)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 31KINSHASA, Congo - Election for Congolese National Assembly
DAKAR, Senegal - Election for Senegalese National Assembly
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 9KENYA – President election. KENYA - Kenyan National Assembly election. KENYA - Kenyan Senate election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 14BANGKOK - 11th APEC Tourism Ministers Meeting and the 60th APEC Tourism Working Group Meeting (to August 20).
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