DIARY -Political and General News Events from May 31

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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang meets. ** ATHENS - Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet Croatia Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Davor Ivo Stier at Maximos Mansion. ** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the 21st St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) (to June 3). ** THIMPHU - The eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito of Japan, Princess Mako, visits Bhutan (to June 8). WASHINGTON - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to visit United States (Final Day). HANOI - Queen Máxima of the Netherlands to visit Vietnam (to June 1). MADRID - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Spain and meet Spanish President Mariano Rajoy.(Final Day). BERLIN/ BRUSSELS - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit Germany and Belgium (to June 2). MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Zambian Foreign Minister Harry Kalaba. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the White House.

CAIRO - Sudan Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour to visit Egypt. WASHINGTON - Organization of American States (OAS) Foreign Ministers gather in Washington D.C. for a meeting on Venezuela - 1800 GMT. GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day. - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 1 ** LJUBLJANA - Irish Foreign Minister Charles Flanagan to visit Slovenia and meet Slovenia Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec.

BRUSSELS - European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker meet Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang. KATHMANDU - 15th death anniversary of Nepal King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family assassinated by Crown Prince in royal family massacre. MOSCOW - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia and participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum & Annual Summit (to June 2). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 2 ** BRUSSELS – Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel to meet Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

SINGAPORE - Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is officially visiting Singapore.

SOFIA - European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis to visit Bulgaria. PARIS - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit France and meet with French President Emmanuel Macron (to June 3). ROME – 156th Anniversary of the unification of Italy. DUBLIN - Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan and Michel Servoz, the European Commission's Director-General of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, speak at event on Irish, EU economies – 1130 GMT. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 3 KRANJ, Slovenia - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier attends a regional summit hosted by Slovenian President Borut Pahor. LESOTHO - Lesotho national assembly election. - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 4 TOKYO - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to visit Japan (to June 8). OTTAWA – Chile President Michelle Bachelet to visit Canada (to June 6). CHILE – 6th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption that caused air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia. HONG KONG - Tens of thousands attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 5 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. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 6 KALININGRAD, Russia – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with 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 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 will visit Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Mattarella's office in the Quirinale palace in Rome. - - - - - - - - - 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 Donor 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 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. PAPUA NEW GUINEA - National parliament election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 25 LOS ANGELES - 8th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 26 GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. MONGOLIA – President election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 29 PYEONGTAEK - 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 to visit 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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