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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, JUNE 25

** BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera visits the city of Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. 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).

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

** NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter's residence in New Delhi. ** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Moscow - 0830 GMT. 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 ** BEIJING - Prime Minister of Netherlands Mark Rutte meets Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing - 0900 GMT.

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). - - - - - - - - -

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. - - - - - - - - -

Friday, JULY 5 SONKAJARVI - Wife-Carrying World Championship 2019 (to July 6). - - - - - - - - -

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.

- - - - - - - - - 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). - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 11 ** BANGKOK - Defense ministers from Southeast and East Asian nations gather in Bangkok for the 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (to Jul. 12).

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).

- - - - - - - - - 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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