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** KUWAIT CITY - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah arrived in the State of Kuwait for an official visit.
** COLOMBO – Maldivian Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer will be undertaking an official visit to Sri Lanka. (To June 6)
** CONAKRY - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has arrived in Guinea on a working visit.
** BRASILIA - Croatian President Zoran Milanovic will meet with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Palacio de Planalto for the first time since establishing diplomatic relations in 1992.
** MADRID - Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, meets with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Madrid - 0700 GMT
** VIENNA - Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner and his Finnish counterpart Mari Rantanen speak to reporters after a meeting focusing on immigration. - 0900 GMT SEOUL - President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan on a working visit to South Korea. (To June 6)
ULAANBAATAR - President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko will pay an official visit to Mongolia. (To June 4) BEIJING – Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will pay an official visit to China (To June 5)
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** MALAYSIA - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker TĂĽrk holds a press conference during a visit to Malaysia - 0815 GMT
** BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, Vice President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Geraldo Alckmin will pay an official visit to China. (To June 8)
** BEIJING - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto will visit China. (To June 7)
** ALOFI/SUVA - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will travel to Niue and Fiji. (To June 7)
BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan will pay an official visit to China (To June 8) PHNOM PENH - U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin makes an official visit to Cambodia. CHILE – 13th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia.
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** HELSINKI - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to Finland and will have a meeting with the President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb. (To June 6)
** COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Maldivian Foreign minister Moosa Sameer and Sri Lankan counterpart Ali Sabri will make statements to the media after holding official talks - 1100 GMT PARIS - U.S President Joe Biden visits France. (To June 9) BERLIN - International Air Show (To June 9).
GLOBAL - World Environment Day.
SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2024 (to June 16)
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** STOCKHOLM - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Finnish President Alexander Stubb hold press conference during Stoltenberg's visit to Finland.
** HANOI – New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters visits Vietnam and will meet Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the foreign minister and the chairman of the Communist Party's external relations commission SEOUL - South Korea marks the 69th anniversary of Memorial Day. KAMPALA - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni to give a state of the nation address in parliament. EUROPEAN UNION - European Parliament Election.
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** KUALA LUMPUR – New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters visits Malaysia and meets Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the foreign minister (to June 8) PORT LOUIS - Mauritius' Finance Minister Renganaden Padayachy to present the 2024/25(July-June) budget to parliament. – 1100 GMT
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 8PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron will host a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 9MANILA - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters visits Philippines. (To June 10) BELGIUM - Belgian Chamber of Representatives Election. BULGARIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 10NEW YORK, U.S - His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands to travel to the United States for a working visit to the states of Georgia and New York. (To June 13) CAIRO - Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic travels to Egypt.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour .
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** NAIROBI - Kenya's Finance Minister Njuguna Ndung'u is due to present the 2024/25 budget to parliament. - 1200 GMT MANILA - Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto visits Manila. – 0330 GMT DODOMA - Tanzania's Finance Minister Mwigulu Nchemba is due to present the 2024/25 budget to parliament. – 1300 GMT KAMPALA - Ugandan Finance Minister Matia Kasaija is due to present the 2024/25 budget at the parliament. BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy - Italy hosts G7 summit of world leaders. (To June 15)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 14** BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers meet in Brussels. SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2024 (To June 23)
GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day.
GAZA - 9th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah.
GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 17GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 18CZECH REPUBLIC - Argentina's President Javier Milei visits Prague.
LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 20GLOBAL - World Refugee Day. LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 21GLOBAL - International Yoga Day. LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 22Mauritania - Mauritanian Presidency election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 24BERLIN - 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 25LOS ANGELES - 15th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 26GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 27Brussels - European Council meeting (to June 28).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 28Mongolia - Mongolian State Great Hural election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 29PYEONGTAEK - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 1CHINA – 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".
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 4UNITED STATES - Independence Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 5SONKAJARVI - Wife-Carrying World Championship 2016 (to July 6)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 6GLOBAL - International Day of Cooperatives.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 7KATHMANDU - 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 9TEHRAN - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 15RWANDA - Rwanda will hold parliamentary elections.
RWANDA - Rwanda will hold a presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - 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 21KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 24th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 22HAMPSHIRE - 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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