DIARY-Political and General News Events from June 23

- 0100 GMT OSLO - Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg to hold news conference as parliament prepares for summer recess - 0830 GMT BRUSSELS - EU Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic speaks at EPC event on how to boost EU resilience in the aftermath of COVID-19 - 0700 GMT. GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

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---------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, JUNE 23 ** MOSCOW - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make a working visit to Moscow at the invitation of Russia's president, Vladimir Putin (to June 24).

** MOSCOW – Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Russia during which he is expected to ask Moscow to urgently supply spares required by the Indian military against the backdrop of tensions with China (to June 24) ** ROME - Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok to visit Italy.

** THE HAGUE, Netherlands – French President Emmanuel Macron to meet Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to discuss EU recovery fund. - 1730 GMT BRUSSELS - EU Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean speaks to EU lawmakers on latest developments in the Trans-European Transport Network. - 0700 GMT

BRUSSELS - EU's executive vice-president for digital, Margrethe Vestager, speaks to EU lawmakers on artificial intelligence, data protection and technology during COVID-19 and measures to support struggling EU companies. - 0700 GMT BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds video conference with prime ministers of Portugal and Slovenia, Antonio Costa and Janez Jansa. - 0900 GMT

BRUSSELS - EU's commissioner for democracy and demography speaks on demographic changes in the EU - a threat to democracy at EPC online event. - 1400 GMT MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister hosts a virtual meeting with foreign ministers of China, Wang Yi, and India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – APEC finance senior officials' meeting (to June 25). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 ** HELSINKI - Finland's prime minister, Sanna Marin, and her Norwegian counterpart Erna Solberg will hold a video conference on Wednesday to discuss the coronavirus outbreak in the region as well as Arctic and EU matters among other things. - 1200 GMT

MOSCOW - Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vucic, travels to Moscow JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's National Treasury has set a target date of June 24 for Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to present a new budget to ratify plans for a 500 billion rand stimulus package aimed at easing the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. WASHINGTON - Polish President Andrzej Duda and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet in Washington BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen holds structured debate on racism.

BRUSSELS - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EU's budget chief Johannes Hahn, present the EU draft general budget for 2021 and the annual management and performance report for 2019. BERLIN - 72nd 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 organise a massive airlift.

MOSCOW - Abkhazia's President Aslan Bzhania will attend Moscow's Victory Day parade, rescheduled by Russian President Vladimir Putin for June 24 CHISINAU - Moldovan President Igor Dodon will attend a military parade commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War. BRUSSELS - Vice president of the EU Commission, Frans Timmermans, presents the bloc's smart sector integration.

Mongolia – Mongolian State Great Hural Election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 25 ** MADRID - Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok to visit Spain.

BRUSSELS - EU's commissioner for industry and internal market speaks to EU lawmakers on security and defence. - 0700 GMT BRUSSELS - EU's commissioner for environment, Virginijus Sinkevicius, speaks at online event on "A return to nature - the solution to our crisis-driven times?" - 0900 GMT

BRUSSELS - EU's commissioner for energy, Kadri Simson, speaks at a conference on energy poverty. - 1230 GMT ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks at the "Human Rights in Business" international virtual conference. Margaritis Schinas, vice president for promoting the European way of life, and Norway's prime minister are also taking part. LOS ANGELES - 11th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 26 HANOI - The 36th Association of Southeast Asian Nation's summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, via online teleconference. - 0100 GMT

OSLO - Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg to hold news conference as parliament prepares for summer recess - 0830 GMT BRUSSELS - EU Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic speaks at EPC event on how to boost EU resilience in the aftermath of COVID-19 - 0700 GMT.

GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 27

BRUSSELS - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hosts a global summit with world leaders and "Global Goal: Unite for our Future - the Concert" with Shakira, Coldplay, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber among others. - 1300 GMT Iceland – President election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 29 PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 18th anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash.

BEJING/TAIPEI - 10th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan. LUXEMBOURG - European ministers for agriculture and fisheries meet for talks. (to June 30). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 30

** BRUSSELS - EU's commissioner for justice, Didider Reynders, speaks at an event presenting the European Data Protection Supervisor strategy for 2021-2024. - 1130 GMT - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 MEXICO CITY - Mexico's president, Andres Manuel Lopez, delivers a speech on the second anniversary of his victory at presidential elections. MOSCOW – Russian Federation Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 4

** WASHINGTON D.C - U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at "2020 Salute to America" on White House South Lawn and Ellipse. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JULY 5 Dominican Republic - Chamber of Deputies election. Dominican Republic - Senate election. Dominican Republic - President election.

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Malawi - President's election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 TOKYO - IMF Deputy Managing Director Furusawa, ADB President Asakawa speak at Columbia-hosted seminar - 1200 GMT.

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 18 RIYADH - Saudi Arabia hosts third meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Riyadh.(to July 19).

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 20 KYIV - President of Switzerland Simonetta Sommaruga will be the first foreign visitor of Ukraine after the COVID-19 outbreak (to July 23) - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 21

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia - Russia hosts SCO and BRICS summits (to July 23). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 22

BRUSSELS - EU Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis presents targeted amendments to financial regulations to facilitate the economic recovery post-COVID-19 crisis. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JULY 27 MANILA - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte delivers State of the Nation address. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, July 31

VALPARAISO, Chile - Chile's President Sebastian Pinera delivers the annual state of the nation address. HANOI - Vietnam host 53rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and Related Meetings (to August 5).

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST, 9 BELARUS – Belarus President Election.

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