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** ATHENS – Greece Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will meet with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. The ministers will sign an agreement on the delimitation of maritime zones between the two countries followed by statements to the press.

** WARSAW – Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski to hold a press conference, as the government is expected to announce its border opening plan – 1000 GMT. ** BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell gives a news conference following a video conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi – 1100 GMT. ** BRUSSELS – EU ministers responsible for trade hold video conference to discuss WTO affairs, including the selection of the next director-general, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on trade – 1100 GMT. ** BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets Montenegro’s president Milo Dukanovic and deliver statements following their meeting – 1130 GMT.

** BERLIN – German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz talks to reporters ahead of EU finance ministers meeting – 1145 GMT.

BRUSSELS – EU finance ministers hold videoconference on EU recovery plan – 1300 GMT. MADRID – Spain’s Foreign Ninister Gonzalez Laya to address economic reconstruction commission in Parliament – 1300 GMT.

ATHENS – Italian foreign minister visits Greece, will meet his Greek counterpart.

VIENNA – 179th Meeting of the OPEC Conference via video conference.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10

JERUSALEM/AMMAN – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas travels to Israel and Jordan.

BRUSSELS – EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier speaks on state of Brexit neogtiations – 1300 GMT.

VIENNA – 11th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via video conference.

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DAKAR – Experts from the World Health Organization and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention will hold online media briefings on the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa – 0800 GMT.

KIGALI – Rwanda’s finance minister is scheduled to present the government’s budget for the 2020/21 fiscal year to parliament – 1200 GMT.

DODOMA – Tanzania finance minister presents 2020/21 fiscal budget to parliament

NAIROBI – Kenya’s Finance Minister is scheduled to present the government’s budget for the 2020/21 fiscal year to parliament – 1200 GMT FREDRICK COUNTY, MARYLAND, U.S. – U.S. President Donald Trump hosts G7 leaders at Camp David (to June 12).

LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, JUNE 12

BRUSSELS – European Union health ministers hold a regular meeting by videoconference to discuss the bloc’s strategy to acquire, manufacture and develop possible vaccines against the novel coronavirus.

LUXEMBOURG CITY – EU finance ministers meet for monthly talks. GLOBAL – World Day against Child Labour. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, JUNE 14

GLOBAL – World Blood Donor Day.

GAZA – 13th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah. – – – – – – – – –

MONDAY, JUNE 15 GLOBAL – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). BRUSSELS – EU-UK officials meet to assess progress in Brexit talks ahead of EU summit

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TUESDAY, JUNE 16

BRUSSELS – NATO pre-defense ministerial online news conference by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg – 1400 GMT.

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WENDESDAY, JUNE 17

GLOBAL – United Nation’s World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. MOSCOW – Russian Energy minister Alexander Valentinovich Novak attends a conference on COVID-19 and the future of energy sector. – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, JUNE 18

** BELGRADE – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to visit Serbia (to June 19).

BRUSSELS – European Council meeting (to June 19).

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SATURDAY, JUNE 20

GLOBAL – World Refugee Day. Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan Parliament election. – – – – – – – – –

TUESDAY, JUNE 23 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – APEC finance senior officials’ meeting (to June 25). – – – – – – – – –

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24

BRUSSELS – EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EU’s budget chief Johannes Hahn, present the EU draft general budget for 2021 and the annual management and performance report for 2019.

BERLIN – 72nd 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 organize a massive airlift.

MOSCOW – Abkhazia’s President Aslan Bzhania will attend Moscow’s Victory Day parade, rescheduled by Russian President Vladimir Putin for June 24

CHISINAU – Moldovan President Igor Dodon will attend a military parade commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the Great Patriotic War. BRUSSELS – Vice president of the EU Commission, Frans Timmermans, presents the bloc’s smart sector integration.

Mongolia – Mongolian State Great Hural Election. – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, JUNE 25

LOS ANGELES – 11th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JUNE 26

GLOBAL – International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, JUNE 27 Iceland – President election. – – – – – – – – –

MONDAY, JUNE 29 PYEONGTAEK – South Korea observes the 18th anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash.

BEJING/TAIPEI – 10th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan.

LUXEMBOURG – European ministers for agriculture and fisheries meet for talks. (to June 30). – – – – – – – – –

WEDNESDAY, JULY 01 ** MOSCOW – Russian Federation Referendum Election. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, JULY 5

Dominican Republic – Chamber of Deputies election. Dominican Republic – Senate election. Dominican Republic – President election.

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TUESDAY, JULY 7

Malawi – President’s election. – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, JULY 18 RIYADH – Saudi Arabia hosts third meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Riyadh.(to July 19).

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SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia – Russia hosts SCO and BRICS summits (to July 23). – – – – – – – – –

MONDAY, JULY 27 MANILA – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte delivers State of the Nation address.

FRIDAY, July 31

VALPARAISO, Chile – Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera delivers the annual state of the nation address.

HANOI – Vietnam host 53rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and Related Meetings (to August 5).

SUNDAY, AUGUST, 09 ** BELARUS – Belarus President Election.

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