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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, JUNE 16 ** RIYADH - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Saudi Arabia. ** OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel - 1700 GMT. OSLO - Colombia Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar meets Timochenko, the leader of Marxist FARC guerillas, in Oslo - 0700 GMT. MIAMI, United States - Vice President Mike Pence, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly attend the conference on "Prosperity and Security in Central America." (Final Day). WASHINGTON - New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay meets American Counterpart Robert Lighthizer in Washington DC (to Jun 17). SEOUL - Indian Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley visits South Korea (to June 17). STOCKHOLM - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits Sweden (Final Day). SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2016 (to June 18) MOSCOW – Laos Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith visits Russia and meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (Final Day). OTTAWA – Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel visits Canada (Final Day). PRAGUE - Belarus Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei visits Prague (Final Day). COPENHAGEN – Japan Crown Prince Naruhito will visit Denmark (to June 21). BEIJING - Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes Ferreira visits China (to June 20). PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Estonian Premier Juri Ratas and Spainish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at Elysee palace. LONDON - Czech Republic President Milos Zeman visits London and meets British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson. BRUSSELS - Belgium King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will meet German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Laeken Royal Castle - 1030 GMT. LUXEMBOURG - Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council. BRUSSELS - European Union Finance Ministers will meet in Brussels. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 17 GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. SHANGHAI, China - Shanghai International Film Festival 2017 (to June 26). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 18 BEIJING - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Foreign Ministers will meet in Beijing (to Jun 19).

LUSAKA - Rwanda President Paul Kagame will visit Zambia (to June 19). ALBANIA - Parliament election. - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 19 ** TOKYO - Guinean President Alpha Conde visits Japan (to June 22). ** MOSCOW - Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev visits Russia (to June 24). WASHINGTON - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko meets U.S. President Donald Trump (to June 20). WARSAW - Prime Ministers of Visegrad and Benelux countries meet in Warsaw. VIENNA - Cuba Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez gives a news conference in Vienna. ATHENS - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will visit Greece. LUXEMBOURG - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council. WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump meets Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela at the White House. - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 20 ** WARSAW - Sweden Prime Minister Stefan Lofven visits the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.

MOSCOW – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visits Moscow. LUXEMBOURG - Meeting of General Affairs Council GLOBAL - World Refugee Day. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 MOSCOW - Indian Finance and Defense Minister Arun Jaitley visits Russia (to June 23). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 22 BANGKOK - Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Deputy PM Somkid Jatusripitak and Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong among key speakers at Thailand Investment Forum (June 23). BRUSSELS - European Council Meeting (to June 23). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 24 BERLIN - 69th anniversary of the beginning of the Berlin Blockade. PAPUA NEW GUINEA - National parliament election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 25 WASHINGTON – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make a no-frills, no-thrills, but no-spills trip to Washington (to June 27). LOS ANGELES - Eighth death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 26 ** WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump holds talks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ** PRAGUE - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellena will meet Czech Republic President Milos Zeman (to June 27). GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. MONGOLIA – Presidential election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 27 DALIAN, China - World Economic Forum (to June 29). PRAGUE - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellena meets Czech Republic President Milos Zeman in Czech Republic. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 29 WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump hosts South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House (to June 30). PYEONGTAEK, South Korea - South Korea observes the 15th anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash. BEJING/TAIPEI - 7th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JULY 2 SENEGAL - Senegalese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 4 MOSCOW - Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Russia. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 JERUSALEM – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Israel (to July 6). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 6 WARSAW – U.S President Donald Trump visits Poland. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 7 HAMBURG, Germany - G20 summit in Hamburg (to July 08). BERLIN – Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have agreed to hold a one-on-one meeting during the G20 summit in Germany (to July 8). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JULY 9 KIEV - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the alliance's ambassadors in Brussels will visit Ukraine (to July 10).

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 10 HOI AN CITY, Vietnam – Asia-Pacific Forum on Financial Inclusion (to July 11). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 11 BRUSSELS - Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 HOI AN CITY, Vietnam – 4th APEC Financial Infrastructure Development Network Conference on Financial Infrastructure Reforms. KYIV - EU-Ukraine Summit (to July 13). LONDON - Spain King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on a State visit to meet Britain Queen Elizabeth II (to July 14). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 17 WARSAW/BERLIN - Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visit Poland and Germany (to July 21). BRUSSELS - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 18 BRUSSELS - Meeting of General Affairs Council. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 20 ** MELBOURNE, Australia - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Treasurer Scott Morrison, Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg speak at Melbourne Institute 2017 Economic and Social Outlook Conference - 0300 GMT. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 24 BRUSSELS - Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council on budget. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 29 GABONESE REPUBLIC - Gabonese National Assembly election.

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