Global Diplomatic Diary: Key Events to Watch

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FRIDAY, JUNE 21 ** WASHINGTON DC, United States - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Romanian Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu at the State Department. - 1300 GMT ** UNITED NATIONS - U.N. chief Antonio Guterres to speak to reporters on Lebanon - 1510 GMT

BANGKOK - Bendito dos Santos Freitas, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is scheduled to pay an official visit to Thailand. (final day) SHANGHAI - Shanghai International Film Festival 2024 (To June 23) BRUSSELS / LUXEMBOURG - Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang will attend the fifth China-European Union High-Level Environment and Climate Dialogue in Brussels, Belgium and pay a visit to Luxembourg. (final day)

BEIJING - Nigeria's foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar will visit China. (To June 26) NEW DELHI - Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits New Delhi for a summit meeting with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi. (to June 22)

MADRID - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, along with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, holds the first Spain-Qatar Strategic Dialogue in Madrid - 0900 GMT MADRID - Qatarsi Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani visits Spain and meets King Felipe VI. - 1430 GMT

BEIJING - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks in Beijing MADRID - Argentina's President Javier Milei to receive Juan de Mariana Institute award for "an exemplary defence of the ideas of freedom". GLOBAL - International Yoga Day.

LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 22 BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Polish President Andrzej Duda will pay a state visit to China. (To June 26) LONDON - Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive in the UK ahead of a state visit.

SHANGHAI, China (PRC) - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks in Shangai - 1030 GMT CHAD - Chad holds second round of presidential election

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 23 ** CANBERRA - Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese will welcome the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Jeremiah Manele, to Australia. (To June 29) HANGZHOU, China (PRC) - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou - 0700 GMT Tallinn/ Vilnius/ Riga - King of Spain Felipe VI will pay an official visit to Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia (To June 25)

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** ROME/TALLINN - President Tharman Shanmugaratnam will visit Italy and Estonia. (June 26) AMSTERDAM - The Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, will pay an official visit to the Netherlands. CZECH REPUBLIC – Argentina President Javier Milei visits Prague GENEVA - Geneva hosts the ministerial meeting of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). - 0845 GMT BERLIN - 76th 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.

LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JUNE 25 THIMPHU - The official visit to the Kingdom of Thailand of His Excellency Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan, and his spouse. (To June 28) MOSCOW - President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, is visiting Russia and plans to meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin LOS ANGELES - 15th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JUNE 26 ** PRAGUE - Slovakia's new President Peter Pellegrini to visit Prague, meeting Czech President Petr Pavel - 0800 GMT

** WARSAW - Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski will meet with his counterparts from Romania, Luminița Odobescu, and Turkey, Hakan Fidan. ** WASHINGTON, D.C. - Margrethe Vestager, EU Commissioner for Competition is scheduled to speak at an Open Markets Institute event - 1600 GMT

LONDON - Emperor of Japan Naruhito visits United Kingdom (to June 28) GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JUNE 27 Brussels - European Council meeting (to June 28). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 28

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF - Iranian President election. Mongolia - Mongolian State Great Hural election. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JUNE 29 MAURITANIA - Mauritanian Presidency Election. PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 22nd anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash. BEJING/TAIPEI - 14th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 30

FRANCE - French National Assembly Election (First round) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 1 MAPUTO/LUANDA - President of Timor-Leste, José Ramos-Horta, will pay state visits to Mozambique and Angola. (To July 13) CHINA – 103rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JULY 2 GLOBAL - World UFO Day on the anniversary of the Roswell incident. SIENA - July annual horse race, "Palio di Siena". - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 KAZAKHSTAN - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Kazakhstan's capital Astana. (to July 4) ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in SCO summit in Astana (to July 4) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 4 UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND - British House of Commons Election. UNITED STATES - Independence Day. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 6 BAKU - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Azerbaijan GLOBAL - International Day of Cooperatives. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JULY 7 FRANCE - French National Assembly Election (Second round) KATHMANDU - 77th birthday of Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra. LONDON - 19th anniversary of the attacks on London's transport network, in which more than 50 people where killed and 700 injured. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 9 SUCRE - President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will visit Bolivia.

Washington DC. - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends the NATO summit TEHRAN - 24th anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999. JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks 19th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal. SOUTH SUDAN – 13th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 11 GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day. MUMBAI - 17th anniversary of the deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JULY 14 PARIS - Bastille Day. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 15

** BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of energy ministers. (To July 16) BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC - Syrian People's Council Election. RWANDA - Rwanda will hold parliamentary elections. RWANDA - Rwanda will hold a presidential election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JULY 16 BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, on July 17, - - - - - - - - -

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 VIENTIANE - 25th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (APT FMM). (To July 27) VIENTIANE - 14th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS FMM). (To July 27) VIENTIANE - 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting. (To July 27) KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 24th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JULY 22 ** BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers. (To July 23) BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting. HAMPSHIRE - Farnborough Air show 2024 (to Jul 26). OSLO – 13th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island, where 77 people were killed. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JULY 28 GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 110th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU - 203rd Anniversary of Independence. VENEZUELA - Venezuela will hold a presidential election.

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 ** WARSAW – Poland marks 80th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation.

** CHINA – 97th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. ** GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To Aug. 7) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 ** EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 (To Aug 26) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 ** HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 79th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 ** NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 79th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 ** EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 26) - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, AUGUST 12 ** GLOBAL - International Youth Day. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 ** ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – 77th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 ** NEW DELHI, India – 77th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule.

** TOKYO, Japan – 79th Anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two. ** LIECHTENSTEIN – 218th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 ** TRALEE, Ireland - 2024 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To Aug 20) - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, AUGUST 19 ** GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day.

** MOSCOW – 32nd Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21

** DAMASCUS, Syria - 11th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 23

** BALTIC WAY - 35th anniversary of the Baltic Way, a human chain of people in 1989 stretching from Vilnius to Tallinn to mark solidarity in the struggle for independence from the Soviet Union. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 24

** WARSAW, Poland - Poland marks the 35th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. ** KYIV, Ukraine – 33rd Anniversary of Independence.

** WASHINGTON DC – 212th Anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 25

** URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. ** PARIS – 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.

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