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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, JUNE 6 ** WASHINGTON D.C - Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze visits the United Sates (to June 14).
SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2019 (to June 16) MOSCOW - Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo will be paying a working visit to Russia (to June 9).
ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet President Prokopis Pavlopoulos to discuss snap elections (to June 10). MOSCOW - Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini visits Russia (Final Day). HANOI - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte visits Vietnam (Final Day). BOGOTA - Colombian Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla and Central Bank Chief Juan Jose Echavarria will speak at a three-day banking event during which they will address the state of the economy and ongoing fiscal problems (to June 7). MOSCOW - Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin (to June 7).
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of St Petersburg Economic Forum. MADRID - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and European Council President Donald Tusk meet in the PM's residence for a working meeting. -1730 GMT. SEOUL - South Korea marks the 64th anniversary of Memorial Day.
WASHINGTON D.C - Managing Director of IMF Christine Lagarde to hold a news conference on the preliminary findings of its annual review of the U.S. economy. - 1000 GMT BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes the Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj at the Chancellery in Berlin. - 0900 GMT COLLEVILLE, France - U.S President Donald Trump and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron attend French American commemoration ceremony for the 75th anniversary of D-Day in the American cemetery of Colleville in Normandy - 0900 GMT
TOKYO - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda to speak at Institute of International Finance seminar in Tokyo, to be held ahead of the Group of 20 finance leaders' meeting in Fukuoka, southern Japan. BUENOS AIRES - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro meets Argentina President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires.
LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to June 7). PARIS - U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife travel to France, where Trump will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, JUNE 7 ** PORTUGAL - European Council President Donald Tusk to meet Portugal Prime Minister Antonio Costa to discuss top EU jobs. ** ZAGREB - European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker visits Croatia, meets country's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic. Juncker and Plenkovic hold joint news conference - 1100 GMT. ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Elysee Palace, with a press conference after the meeting - 0800 GMT. ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven at the Elysee Palace, both leaders give statements - 1300 GMT. SINGAPORE - Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison holds a meeting and joint news conference with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a visit to Singapore. MALE - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Maldives (to June 8). SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia - Chinese President Xi Jinping takes part in St Petersburg Economic Forum, holds meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 08 ** FUKUOKA, Japan - Finance ministers meet at a G20 session in Tokyo to debate the ongoing trade war and slowing global growth. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 9 COLOMBO - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Sri Lanka.
TSUKUBA, Japan - Trade ministers of the G20 nations gather in the Japanese city of Tsukuba for a meeting. ASTANA - Kazakhstan to hold early presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 10 VIENNA - United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors meeting (to June 14).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 11 ** GENEVA, Switzerland - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, are scheduled to address high-level session of International Labour Organization's annual conference, marking its centenary. - 0700 GMT. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 12 ** BISHKEK - Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga will pay an official visit to Kyrgyzstan (to June 13).
** Tehran - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will make a two-day visit to Iran (to June 13). GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour ILO.
WASHINGTON DC, United States - U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Polish President Andrzej Duda at the White House. OSLO - South Korean President Moon Jae-in on state visit to Norway (to June 13).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 13 LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 14 VALLETTA, Malta - Leaders from EU southern states - Malta, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain - hold a summit in Valletta.
LUXEMBOURG - Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day. GAZA - 12th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 15 KARUIZAWA, JAPAN - Energy ministers of the G20 nations gather in the Japanese city of Karuizawa. TALLINN - Queen Margrethe II of Denmark on a state visit to Estonia.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Referendum election. SHANGHAI – 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival 2019 (to June 24). GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 16 GUATEMALA – President election. GUATEMALA - Guatemalan Congress of the Republic election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 17 WARSAW - European Council President Donald Tusk is scheduled to be questioned by a parliamentary commission concerning accusations that his government did not take adequate measures to crack down on VAT fraud. GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, JUNE 18 PARIS - Aerospace Meetings PARIS 2019 (to June 20). LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Swiss Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 20 GLOBAL - World Refugee Day.
PERTH - Bill Johnston, Western Australia's minister for mines, will meet Hon Yeo Bee Yin, Malaysia's energy minister, in Perth. BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to June 21). BANGKOK - ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (to June 23). BANGKOK - 34th ASEAN Summit.
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** GENEVA, Switzerland - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses ILO's conference as annual meeting closes. BRUSSELS - EU leaders meet in Brussels for European Council Summit. MINSK - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili will visit Belarus for the opening ceremony of the 2nd European Games in Minsk.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 22 MAURITANIA - President election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 24
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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 25 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 GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
VIENNA - 6th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, JUNE 28 OSAKA, Japan - G20 summit (to June 29). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 29
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. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 2
GLOBAL - World UFO day on anniversary of the Roswell incident. SIENA - July annual horse race "Palio di Siena". - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, JULY 4 UNITED STATES - Independence Day.
ALGERIA – President election. PARIS - G7 development and education ministers meet in France ahead of August summit.
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SONKAJARVI - Wife-Carrying World Championship 2019 (to July 6). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 6
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. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, JULY 9 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. - - - - - - - - -
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. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 17
GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 18
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
OSLO – 8th anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people were killed. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 25
BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2019 (to Aug 28). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 28
GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 105th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.
PERU - 198th anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.
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