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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, JUNE 8** RIYADH - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, YB Datuk Mohamad Bin Alamin, visits Saudi Arabia. (final day)
** DUSHANBE - The Emir of the state of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, paid a state visit to the Republic of Tajikistan.
** RIYADH - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, YB Datuk Mohamad Bin Alamin, will be representing the minister of foreign affairs to the ministerial meeting of the global coalition against ISIS/Da'esh in Riyadh.
** NASSAU, Bahamas - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits Nassau for a bilateral meeting with Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis and other Caribbean leaders in the Bahamas. KUALA LUMPUR - Indonesia's president Joko Widodo will undertake a two-day working visit to Malaysia (final day) ROME - President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay an official visit to Italy (To June 9)
RIYADH - Don Pramudwinai Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand will pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (To June 10)
ASTANA - Kwati Candith Mashego-Dlamini, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation in South Africa, will travel to Astana, Kazakhstan (To June 9)
WELLINGTON - Sitiveni Rabuka, prime minister of Fiji, visits New Zealand. (final day)
PARAMARIBO/BELGRADE - President of India, Droupadi Murmu will pay a State Visit to the Republic of Suriname and the Republic of Serbia. (To June 9)
GENEVA, Switzerland - ILO, International Labour Conference, 111th session. (To June 16) RIYADH - Antony Blinken, United States secretary of state, to visit Saudi Arabia. (final day)
PARIS - The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council Meeting 2023 on Securing a resilient future: Shared values and global partnerships (final day)
WASHINGTON DC - Britain's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, travels to Washington DC to meet with U.S President, Joe Biden (final day)
SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2023 (to June 18) BRUSSELS - EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager delivers keynote speech at event organised by centrist Renew Europe group of political parties. RIYADH - U.S Secretary of state Antony Blinken will hold a joint news conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan. PARIS - UK foreign minister James Cleverly and OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann hold closing press conference after OECD ministerial meeting – 1230 GMT.
MANILA - Philippines Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla speaks at a clean energy forum organized by the World Bank – 0200 GMT.
ROME - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to visit Italy.
SEOUL - South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho to attend a discussion session to talk about various economic issues - 0100 GMT.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To June 9)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 9BEIJING - Honduran President Xiomara Castro will pay a state visit to China (To June 14)
MANAMA - His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam will make a state visit to Bahrain (To June 11)
TOULOUSE - European Commission President Ursula gives a speech as she receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Toulouse. BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will welcome Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili to Berlin, where they will discuss current political topics – 1200 GMT.
SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2023 (to June 18)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 10ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will hold a briefing on Saturday to discuss the federal budget presented before parliament a day earlier.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 11** CARACAS - Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Venezuela. (to June 12) MONTENEGRO - Montenegrin Assembly Election
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 12** BRASILIA - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives in Brazil to reinforce bilateral relations and a breakthrough in the free trade agreement with Mercosur. (to June 13).
** WASHINGTON DC - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg travels to Washington. He will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and members of Senate NATO Observer Group (SNOG). (to June 13) BEIJING - Honduran President Xiomara Castro’s will visit China at the invitation from her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (to June 13). WASHINGTON, D.C - Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers to meet in the United States.
GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour (ILO)
DUBLIN - Irish finance minister Michael McGrath speaks at national economic dialogue. (To June 13)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 13
** AMSTERDAM - Defence ministers from the ten North-European countries united in the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) meet in Amsterdam to discuss security threats to Europe and the war in Ukraine - 1500 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14
** SANTIAGO - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives in Chile. Von der Leyen is on a Latin American tour that also includes Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.
** GENEVA, Switzerland - President of the UN Human Rights Council, Václav Bálek, holds a briefing ahead of the UN human rights council.
** BERLIN - German economy minister Robert Habeck addresses delegates at the Bauindustrie construction summit in Berlin - 1125 GMT.
** BERLIN - German finance minister Christian Lindner addresses delegates at the Bauindustrie construction summit in Berlin - 1345 GMT. GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day.
GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).
GAZA - 16th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 15** MEXICO CITY - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives in Mexico to reinforce bilateral relations. DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Tanzania's Finance Minister Mwigulu Nchemba presents the 2023/24 (July-June) budget to parliament. - 1300 GMT
NAIROBI - Kenya's Finance Minister Njuguna Ndung'u presents the 2023/24 (July-June) budget to parliament - 1100 GMT
KAMPALA - Uganda's Finance Minister Matia Kasaija presents the 2023/24 (July-June) budget to parliament. – 1100 GMT
LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 16LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 17GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 18TEHRAN - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a visit to Iran.
LISBON - Finland's prime minister Sanna Marin to visit Portugal (To June 21)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19GENEVA - Human Rights Council meeting (To July 14)
LONDON - Irish foreign minister meets UK's Northern Ireland minister in London
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 20GLOBAL - World Refugee Day.
BRUSSELS - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on state visit to Belgium. (To June 22)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council meeting (To June 22)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 22PARIS - 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 23ANAHEIM, United States - Asia-Pacific (APAC) 2023 Annual Meetings (To July 1)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 24BERLIN - 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 26BRASÍLIA - 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 27LUXEMBOURG - 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)
- - - - - - - - - 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)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 9UZBEKISTAN - Uzbekistani Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 11BRUSSELS - 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).
- - - - - - - - - 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 23SPAIN - Spanish Senate Election.
SPAIN - Spanish Congress of Deputies Election.
CAMBODIA - Cambodian National Assembly Election.
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