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DIARY-Political and General News Events from June 1

Published 01/06/2018, 11:18 pm
Updated 01/06/2018, 11:20 pm
DIARY-Political and General News Events from June 1
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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, JUNE 1

** BRUSSELS - China's top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi meets EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini - 0830 GMT. ** KREMLIN, Russia - President Vladimir Putin meets Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates - 1100 GMT. ** LOME, Togo - ACP-EU Council of ministers (Final Day).

RIYADH – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri visits for Saudi Arabia (Final Day). TAIPEI CITY - Haitian President Jovenel Moise and his delegation are to be welcomed by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen, as part of a five-day state visit (to Jun 02). TOKYO - Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang and his wife Nguyen Thi Hien visit to Japan, meet Emperor and Empress of Japan. Prime Minister Abe holds a meeting with the President (to Jun 2).

NEW YORK – United Nations Meeting of the Chairs of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies, Thirtieth Session (Final Day).

TOKYO - Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang and his wife Nguyen Thi Hien will make a visit to Japan for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito (to Jun 2).

WHISTLER, Canada - G7 finance and development ministers, as well as central bank governors will meet on the theme of "Investing in Growth that Works for Everyone" (to Jun. 2).

MIAMI, FL - Miami Beach International Fashion Week (to Jun. 3). ALMATY - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to visit Tajikistan, attend meeting of CIS government heads (Final Day).

SINGAPORE – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Singapore (to June 02). BRUSSELS - Belarussian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei meets his Belgian counterpart Didier Reynders - 1100 GMT.

UNITED NATIONS - Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia to hold news conference as Russia assumes U.N. Security Council presidency for June.

KATHMANDU - 17th anniversary of Nepal King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family assassinated by Crown Prince in royal family massacre.

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GWANDA - Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa will visit Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JUNE 3 SEOUL - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will make his first visit to South Korea. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Rodrigo Duterte will have a summit on June 4. (to Jun 5).

SLOVENIA - Slovenian National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 4 ** BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet the President of Montenegro Milo Dukanovic. ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint news conference after discussing relations between Israel and Iran - 1430 GMT. ** PARIS - Israel Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu visits Paris and meets President of France Emmanuel Macron.

VIENNA - EU strategic talk with Kneissl, Asselborn, Karas, Kwasniewski - 0730 GMT.

SYDNEY - Emirates president Tim Clark speaks at a media roundtable - 2130 GMT.

WASHINGTON – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington. VEINNA - United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors meeting (to Jun 8).

LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Jun 5).

HONOLULU – Japan Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko to visit Hawaii (to June 7).

CHILE – 7th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia. HONG KONG - Tens of thousands attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square (NYSE:SQ) crackdown in Beijing. JOHANNESBURG - BRICS Foreign Ministers meets ahead of annual summit (to Jun. 5). SINGAPORE - 34th High Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration (HLTF– EI) (to Jun. 5). SINGAPORE - ASEAN SOM, ASEAN Plus Three (APT) SOM, East Asia Summit (EAS) SOM, and ASEAN Regional Forum SOM (to Jun. 7).

JOHANNESBURG - Foreign ministers of the BRICS group of emerging economies meet ahead of the July 25-27 main summit (to Jun. 5).

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TUESDAY, JUNE 5 ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA – APEC Second Senior Finance Officials' Meeting (to June 8).

** BRUSSELS - Belgian King meets Rwanda's President Paul Kagame - 0730 GMT. BRUSSELS - The President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, economics commissioners Valdis Dombrovskis and Pierre Moscovici, the head of the eurogroup of eurozone finace ministers Mario Centeno and the Executive Chairman of Spain's Santander (MC:SAN) Ana Botin speak at the annual Brussels Economic Forum.

GLOBAL - World Environment Day.

VIENNA - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Austria.

KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea - Second Senior Finance Officials' Meeting (to Jun. 8).

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May hosts her Norwegian counterpart Erba Solberg for talks. AUCKLAND, New Zealand - The Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, Rick Houenipwela, attends a welcome ceremony at Government House and holds a joint news conference with his counterpart Jacinda Ardern.

QUEBEC, Canada - France President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Canada for a working visit and to attend the 2018 G7 Leaders' summit in Charlevoix, Quebec (to June 9).

SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2018 (to June 17). SEOUL - South Korea marks the 63th anniversary of Memorial Day.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 7 WASHINGTON D.C - U.S. President Donald Trump to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House, according to White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders. BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers meet in Brussels.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 8 BEIJING - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pays a working visit to China, during which he is scheduled to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the port city of Qingdao.

OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host a summit of leaders from the G7 leading industralised nations in the province of Quebec.

BEIJING - Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to China (to June 10).

QUEBEC, Canada – G7 Summit (to June 9).

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SATURDAY, JUNE 9 QINGDAO, China - Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrive in China's northern port city of Qingdao for the 18th SCO summit. Hassan Rouhani, president of SCO observer member Iran, is also expected to attend. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JUNE 11 ** BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the Normandy Four countries namely Ukraine, France, Germany and Russia have agreed on a meeting of their foreign ministers.

RIGA - Netherland King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima will visit to Latvia (to Jun. 12). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 12 GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour ILO .

SINGAPORE - U.S. President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 14 GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day.

GAZA - 11th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah.

COOK ISLANDS - Cook Islands Parliament election.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 15

GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JUNE 16

SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2018 (to June 25). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JUNE 17

GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JUNE 18 GENEVA – United Nations Human Rights Council, Thirty-eighth session (to Jul 6). - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JUNE 19

BEIJING – Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is set to visit China (to June 23). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20

GLOBAL - World Refugee Day.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 21 LUXEMBOURG CITY – Eurogroup meeting. GENEVA - Pope Francis pays a one-day visit to Geneva. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 22

LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 24 BERLIN - 70th 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.

JERUSALEM / RAMALLAH – Prince William will visit Jerusalem and Ramallah when he becomes the first senior member of Britain's royal family.

TURKEY - Grand National Assembly of Turkey election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 25 LOS ANGELES - 9th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson.

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).

GENEVA – United Nations Human Rights Committee, pre-sessional Working Group on Communications, 123rd session (to Jun 29).

LUXEMBOURG CITY - EU Foreign Affairs Council meets. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 26 GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

LUXEMBOURG CITY - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 28 BRUSSLES - European Council meets (to Jun. 29).

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FRIDAY, JUNE 29

PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 16th anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash.

BEJING/TAIPEI - 8th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan.

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