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DIARY-Political and General News Events from June 24

Published 24/06/2019, 09:34 pm
Updated 24/06/2019, 09:40 pm
DIARY-Political and General News Events from June 24

DIARY-Political and General News Events from June 24

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MONDAY, JUNE 24 ** BRUSSELS - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on a two-day official visit to Belgium (to June 25). ** BERLIN - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis travels on a working visit to Germany (to Jun. 25).

** RIYADH - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Saudi Arabia as U.S. prods Iran for talks. ** MARSEILLE, France - France hosts "Mediterranean Summit" at a ministerial level in Marseille to boost cooperation with the two sides of the Mediterranean countries on education, environment, energy, culture and economy. French President Emmanuel Macron is due to make an appearance - 0400 GMT. ** BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas gives a statement with visiting Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew - 0700 GMT. ** ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu holds talks and a joint news conference with the Rwandan Foreign Minister Richard Sezibera - 1000 GMT. ** JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev in Jerusalem, ahead of trilateral summit between national security advisers of Israel, Russia and the U.S.- 1100 GMT. ** BRUSSELS - EU Council President Donald Tusk meets EU Parliament's political party leaders -0630 GMT. SHANGHAI – 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival 2019 (Final Day). MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry, followed by joint talks with the defence ministers of the two countries Sergei Shoigu and Mohamed Ahmed Zaki. - 1200 GMT

PARIS - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe meets Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev.

NEW DELHI/COLOMBO/TOKYO/SEOUL - US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will embark on a four-nation visit to India, Sri Lanka, Japan and South Korea (to June 30).

BERLIN – 71st 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 organize a massive airlift.

WELLINGTON - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: New Zealand 2019.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 25 BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. - 0900 GMT

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds a news conference ahead of defence ministers' meeting - 0830 GMT.

NEW DELHI - US secretary of state Mike Pompeo visits India and meets Indian Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar (to June 26).

LOS ANGELES - 10th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. LUXEMBOURG - General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting.

VIENNA - 176th Meeting of the OPEC Conference. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 ** LUXEMBOURG CITY - EU environment ministers meet to discuss matters related to foreign affairs.

** SEOUL - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to visit South Korea and meet with President Moon Jae-in. BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from the 29 allied governments of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation meet in Brussels to discuss policy (to June 27) TOKYO - French President Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte visit Japan ahead of the G20 summit (to June 27) GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

VIENNA - 6th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting.

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 27 ISLAMABAD - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to visit Pakistan (to Jun. 28). - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JUNE 28 ** OSAKA, Japan - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attends G20 summit in Osaka, meets Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and BRICS leaders (to Jun. 29). OSAKA, Japan - G20 summit (to June 29). - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JUNE 29 ** SEOUL - U.S. President Donald Trump will make a two-day trip to South Korea and to hold summit talks with South Korea President Moon Jae-in (to June 30).

** OSAKA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a news conference after hosting a G20 leaders' summit in Osaka. OSAKA, Japan - Ivanka Trump, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to speak at a side event on empowerment of women in Osaka.

PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 17th anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash.

BEJING/TAIPEI - 9th anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan.

OSAKA, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 1 VIENNA - 15th Meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) VIENNA - 176th Meeting of the OPEC Conference

DALIAN, China (Mainland) - The World Economic Forum will be held in the northeastern Chinese port city of Dalian (to July 3).

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TUESDAY, JULY 2

VIENNA - 6th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting

TORONTO, Canada - Foreign Ministers from several states to include, EU, G7, and NATO will meet in Toronto for the third Ukraine Reform Conference (to July 4).

GLOBAL - World UFO day on anniversary of the Roswell incident.

SIENA - July annual horse race "Palio di Siena". - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 4

** WARSAW - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic meets Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw ahead of Western Balkans summit in Poland. VATICAN CITY - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican.

UNITED STATES - Independence Day.

PARIS - G7 development and education ministers meet in France ahead of August summit.

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Friday, JULY 5

SONKAJARVI - Wife-Carrying World Championship 2019 (to July 6).

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SATURDAY, JULY 6

LIMA - Lima hosts 14th Pacific Alliance Summit. GLOBAL – 2019 International Day of Cooperatives. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JULY 7

KATHMANDU – 72nd birthday of Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra.

LONDON - 14th anniversary of the attacks on London's transport network, killing more than 50 and injuring 700. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JULY 8 KYIV- EU-Ukraine summit. BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.

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TUESDAY, JULY 9 HIGH TATRAS, Slovakia - Foreign ministers of OSCE members hold informal meeting.

BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, confer at the White House. TEHRAN - 20th anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999.

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks the 14th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal.

SOUTH SUDAN – 8th anniversary of South Sudan becoming an independent state. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 LONDON - British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland host a two-day conference in London about media freedom around the world (to July 11).

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THURSDAY, JULY 11 GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day.

MUMBAI - 12th anniversary of deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network.

VIENNA - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: Austria 2019. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JULY 14

PARIS - Bastille Day. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JULY 15

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17

CHANTILLY, France - The G7 countries' finance ministers and central bank governors will meet in Chantilly, France (to July 18). GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 18

BUENOS AIRES - Buenos Aires hosts the hemispheric anti-terrorism summit with the attendance of US secretary of state Mike Pompeo in Argentina (to July 19). GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JULY 20

CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JULY 21

BAKU - 2019 Summer European Youth Olympics Festival (to July 27). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JULY 22

HANGZHOU, China - 3rd APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) meeting (to July 25).

OSLO – 8th anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people were killed. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 23 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 25

SANTIAGO - Finance ministers from APEC countries meet ahead of presidential summit (to July 26). BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2019 (to Aug 28). - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JULY 26

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Foreign ministers of China, Russia, India, Brazil and South African meet in Rio to prepare for the November presidential summit in Brasilia. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JULY 27 BANGKOK - ASEAN senior officials' meeting (to Aug 3).

BANGKOK - 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (to Aug 3).

BANGKOK - 20th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers Meeting (to Aug 3).

BANGKOK - 9th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting (to Aug 3). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JULY 28

GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.

GLOBAL – 105th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.

PERU - 198th anniversary of Independence.

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 SANTIAGO – APEC Third Senior Officials' meeting and related meetings (to Aug 30). - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24

BIARRITZ - G7 summit, Biarritz, France meeting (to Aug 26).

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 YOKOHAMA, Japan - Leaders of African nations and representatives of international organisations meet for the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Japan.

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