DIARY-Political and General News Events from June 17

Leaders from various countries, including Albania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Laos, and Singapore, are on official visits to Uzbekistan, Russia, Malaysia, and the UK.

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TASHKENT - Albania's President Bajram Begaj and his spouse pay an official visit to Uzbekistan (Final day) BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is in Russia for the ASEAN-Russia Summit (To June 19)

KUALA LUMPUR - Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta arrived in Malaysia for a five-day special visit. (Final day) MOSCOW - Prime Minister of Laos Sonexay Siphandone will lead a high-ranking delegation on an official visit to Russia to strengthen bilateral ties, before attending a summit marking 35 years of Asean-Russia relations. (Final day) LONDON – President of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam is on a working visit to the United Kingdom. (To June 18) EVIAN, FRANCE – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will ‌embark on a European tour to attend the G7 summit. ( To June 18) PARIS/BRATISLAVA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a week-long visit to France and Slovakia to discuss bilateral ties and global challenges. The prime minister will attend the G7 Summit in Evian in France. (Final day) BEIJING - Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing visits China, at the invitation ‌of Chinese President Xi Jinping. (To June 19) MANILA - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is set to fly to the Philippine for a three-day state visit. (Final day) MOSCOW - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit Russia in mid-June and will hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (Final day) EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France - G7 summit starts in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Final day) BISHKEK - Albania's President Bajram Begaj will pay an official visit Kyrgyztan (to June 19). BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds a press conference ahead of defence ministers meeting. - 0900 GMT BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will meet Latvia's Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. - 1230 GMT

VERSAILLES - U.S. President Donald Trump visits Palace of Versailles after the G7 summit with French President Emmanuel Macron. KAZAN, Russian - Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong is set to visit the Russian city of Kazan. Wong will attend the Asean-Russia Commemorative Summit to mark the 35th anniversary of dialogue relations between Moscow ⁠and Asean. (To June 19) MOSCOW - ​ASEAN-Russia summit (to June 18) BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul will speak at the German-Polish Forum in ⁠Berlin together with his Polish counterpart, Radoslaw Sikorski. Following a bilateral working lunch at the Federal Foreign Office, Wadephul and Sikorski will hold a joint press conference. - 1200 GMT THE HAGUE - Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on state visit to the Netherlands. (To June 19) GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JUNE 18 BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers meet at the alliance headquarters in Brussels.

BRUSSELS - European Council (To June 19) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 20

GLOBAL - World ⁠Refugee Day - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 21 GLOBAL - International Yoga Day - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JUNE 22 BRUSSELS - Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on state visit to Belgium (To June 24) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24

BERLIN - 78th 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. MACAO SAR, People's Republic of China - APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting (To June ​28) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JUNE 25 LOS ANGELES - 17th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JUNE 26 GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 29 ATHENS - Greece hosts defence conference in Athens (To June 30)

PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 24th anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash BEIJING/TAIPEI - 16th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade ⁠deal between China and Taiwan - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 CHINA – 105th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 2 GLOBAL - World UFO Day on the anniversary of the Roswell incident.

SIENA - July annual horse race "Palio di Siena". ALGERIA - Algerian National People's Assembly Election - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 3 SEOUL - Thailand’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow will visit Seoul. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JULY 4 SLOVAKIA – Slovakia Referendum Election. UNITED STATES - Independence Day.

GLOBAL - International Day of Cooperatives. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY JULY 5 VIENNA - The seven OPEC+ countries will hold monthly ⁠meetings ​to review market conditions. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JULY 7 KATHMANDU - 79th birthday of Nepal's Gyanendra, the last king of the Himalayan nation, who was deposed in 2008

LONDON – 21st anniversary of the attacks on London's transport network, in which more than 50 people were killed and 700 injured. ANKARA - Turkey hosts NATO summit (To July 8) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 9 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. TEHRAN - 26th anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999.

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks 21st anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal. SOUTH SUDAN – 15th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State.

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BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 11

GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day. MUMBAI - 19th anniversary of the deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's ⁠commuter rail network.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 13 SEOUL - Member of the British royal family, Princess Anne and her husband, Sir Tim Laurence, will make a three-day trip to South Korea. (To July 15) BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JULY 14 PARIS - Bastille Day.

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GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal ⁠Court, the Rome Statute - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JULY 18 GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 19 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - ⁠Sao Tomean Presidency Election.

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MANILA - ASEAN foreign ministers hold an annual meeting. CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 26th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 OSLO – 15th anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island, where 77 people were killed. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JULY 24 MANILA - The Philippines hosts foreign ministers from 59 countries to commemorate the 50th year anniversary of the signing of ‌Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, JULY 28 GLOBAL - World ‌Hepatitis Day.

GLOBAL – 112th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU – 205th anniversary of Independence. - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file ​a story based on the event. For Technical Issues Please Contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx