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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, JUNE 5

ABUJA - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi visits Nigeria (to June 6). THIMPHU - The eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito of Japan, Princess Mako, visits Bhutan (to June 8).

JERUSALEM - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn meets Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. TALLINN - President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite on a state visit to Estonia (to June 06). ANKARA - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel visits Ankara. GLOBAL - World Environment Day. GUATEMALA CITY - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto visits Guatemala to meet Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales (to June 6). TOKYO - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the "Future of Asia" conference - 1230 GMT. TOKYO – Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith visits Japan (to June 8). WASHINGTON - Romanian president Klaus Iohannis to meet United States President Donald Trump (to June 9). MOSCOW – Belarus Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei visits Russia (Final Day). TOKYO - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to visit Japan (to June 8). OTTAWA – Chile President Michelle Bachelet to visit Canada (to June 6).

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 6 ** KUWAIT CITY - Jordanian King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein visits Kuwait.

WELLINGTON – U.S Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English and Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee in Wellington. KALININGRAD, Russia – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak in Kaliningrad. SEOUL - South Korea marks the 62nd anniversary of Memorial Day. PARIS - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Forum 2017(to June 7). LONDON - Spain King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on a State visit to meet Queen Elizabeth in United Kingdom (to June 08). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7

ASTANA - Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Kazakhstan to attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the opening ceremony of the Astana EXPO-2017 exhibition (to June 10). KIEV - Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz visits Kiev (to June 8). SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2016 (to June 18) PARIS - OECD annual Ministerial Council Meeting starts in Paris (to June 8). ASTANA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kazakhstan and participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit (to June 9). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 8 BUENOS AIRES – German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Argentina. LANGENBURG, Germany - Prince of Wales Charles Philip Arthur George and former UN Secretary General Kofi Atta Annan to speak at Langenburg Forum - 2200 GMT (to June 9). UNITED KINGDOM – UK general election. - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 10 ROME - Pope Francis meets Italian President Sergio Mattarella. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 11 FRANCE - National assembly election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 12 GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour ILO. AMSTERDAM – 25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (to June 15). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

GLOBAL - World Blood Donors Day. GAZA - 10th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah. GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). FRANKFURT - IMF Chief Christine Lagarde and Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann to speak at a conference. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 15 COPENHAGEN – Japan Crown Prince Naruhito will visit Denmark (to June 21). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 16 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 LUSAKA - Rwanda President Paul Kagame will visit Zambia (to June 19). ALBANIA - Parliament election. - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 20 GLOBAL - World Refugee Day. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 24 BERLIN - 69th anniversary of the beginning of the Berlin Blockade. PAPUA NEW GUINEA - National parliament election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 25 LOS ANGELES - Eighth death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 26 GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. MONGOLIA – Presidential election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 29 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). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 7 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). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 29 GABONESE REPUBLIC - Gabonese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 RWANDA – Presidential election.

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