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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, JUNE 28 ** WARSAW - Heir to the Japanese throne, Crown Prince Akishino and his wife meet Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw. The royal couple is on tour of Poland and Finland to mark the 100th anniversary of the two countries' establishment of diplomatic ties with Japan.

** OSAKA, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono. ** OSAKA, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka - 1345 GMT. ** OSAKA, Japan - U.S. President Donald Trump holds much-anticipated trade talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Osaka. 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). TOKYO - Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Japan (to July 2). ISLAMABAD - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to visit Pakistan (Final Day). OSAKA, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka - 0800 GMT. BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani speak to reporters in Berlin after discussing Afghanistan's peace process and regional topics - 1100 GMT. OSAKA, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka - 0200 GMT. OSAKA, Japan - U.S. President Donald Trump to holds talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka - 0500 GMT. OSAKA, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka - 1300 GMT. 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 OSAKA, Japan - U.S. President Donald Trump to hold much-anticipated trade talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Osaka. OSAKA, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka. OSAKA, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka - 0030 GMT. OSAKA, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka - 0230 GMT. OSAKA, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka - 0500 GMT. OSAKA, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to Russian media after G20 summit in Osaka - 0600 GMT. 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. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 30 SEOUL - U.S. President Donald Trump to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Seoul, following a summit of G20 leaders in Japan. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 1 TOKYO - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Tokyo after the G20 Summit in Osaka and meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a working dinner. BEIJING - Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard meets Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan at Zhongnanhai in Beijing. OTTAWA - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Canada (to July 3). 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 BEIJING - Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard hold a news conference following their meeting at Diaoyutai in Beijing - 0345 GMT. BEIJING - Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit China. 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". - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 ** BEIJING - Bulgarian President Radev attends a welcoming ceremony followed by his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing - 0900 GMT. - - - - - - - - - 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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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 MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet Honduran President Juan Orlando to discuss migration, development. 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 SANTIAGO - Financial minister from APEC countries meet ahead of presidential summit.

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.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 29 BANGKOK - Foreign ministers from Southeast and East Asian nations gather in Bangkok for the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, 20th ASEAN Plus Three, and the 9th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting (to Aug. 3). - - - - - - - - - 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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