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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, JUNE 7 ** KHARTOUM - Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Friday to meet with the chief of Sudan's Transitional Military Council Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. ** TORONTO - Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez will meet Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland in Toronto for talks on Venezuela and other topics - 1930 GMT.

** THIMPHU - Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will embark on a two-day visit to Bhutan (to June 8). 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). 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). LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to 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 - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin meet on the sidelines of G20 finance leaders' meeting in Japan. 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 ** TEHRAN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas vists Iran.

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 ** BOLIVIA - Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez meets with Bolivian President Evo Morales in La Paz. ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan speak to reporters ahead of a working dinner - 1700 GMT.

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 ** BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at the Chancellery in Berlin - 0730 GMT. 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.

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 21

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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