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——————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————————————– THURSDAY, JUNE 30 BERLIN – German Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks at the SZ Sustainability Summit – 0700 GMT VIENNA – OPEC and OPEC+ meet to debate oil output policy post August (To June 30) ** WARSAW – European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira visits Poland. ** MADRID – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will hold a news conference in Madrid following the NATO summit – 1200 GMT ** MADRID – French President Emmanuel Macron holds news conference at the end of NATO summit – 0845 GMT ** MADRID – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds news conference at the end of NATO summit – 1045 GMT ** MADRID – Turkey´s President Tayyip Erdogan holds news conference at the end of NATO summit – 1500 GMT ** MADRID – Spain´s prime minister Pedro Sánchez meets Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau at Moncloa Palace – 1200 GMT ** MADRID – Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez holds news conference at the end of the NATO summit in Madrid – 1230 GMT ** MADRID – Germany´s Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds news conference at the end of NATO summit – 1245 GMT LISBON – President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari departs from Abuja as the head of a nine-man Nigerian team on a four-day state visit to Portugal at the invitation of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. (To July 1) LISBON – Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan will visit Lisbon, Portugal. (To July 2) GENEVA, Switzerland – 50th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to July 8). LISBON, Portugal – Governments of Portugal and Kenya co-host the U.N. Ocean Conference in Lisbon, (to July 1) MADRID – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will attend a summit of Turkey, NATO, Sweden and Finland in Madrid prior to the alliance summit (final day) KUALA LUMPUR – Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong makes a three-day trip to her birthplace Malaysia, where she is scheduled to meet her counterpart Saifuddin Abdullah, followed by a joint news conference (final day) VIENNA – Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on three-day State visit to Austria (final day). MADRID – NATO Summit is be held in Madrid (final day) MADRID – South Korea’s President Yoon Seok-youl to attend NATO summit in Madrid (final day). PRAGUE – European Council President Charles Michel visits Prague on the eve of the Czech presidency of EU, meeting Prime Minister Petr Fiala – 1715 GMT MADRID – U.S. President Joe Biden holds a news conference in Madrid after attending the NATO Summit there and the G7 Summit in Germany – 1200 GMT GRODNO, Belarus – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko speak at Russia-Belarus forum which takes place in the Belarusian city of Grodno near the Belarusian-Polish border. MINSK – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Minsk takes part in celebration of 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Belarus. BERLIN – German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will discuss how the war in Ukraine and Germany’s energy transition fit together at the SZ Sustainability Summit – 0700 GMT BRUSSELS – Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern visits Brussels, meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola – 1230 GMT BRUSSELS – European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni speaks at the conference on the “euro area’s productivity and competitiveness in challenging times.” BRUSSELS – Kadri Simson European Commissioner for Energy speaks at the MEF Energy Forum 2022. BERLIN – German Economy Minister Robert Habeck gives keynote at KATAG conference – 1200 GMT VIENNA – 30th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting Via videoconference. MADRID – NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg holds news conference after second and final day of the Madrid NATO summit, with Ukraine on top of the agenda – 1015 GMT MADRID – Leaders of various members of NATO alliance hold news conferences after second and final day of the Madrid NATO summit, with Ukraine on top of the agenda – 1400 GMT MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Moscow – 1000 GMT – – – – – – – – –

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FRIDAY, JULY 1 ** BANGKOK – Thai finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith speaks at housing finance association event – 0700 GMT ** LONDON – New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gives a speech on her country’s “international outlook and priorities” at London think tank event – 1500 GMT ** BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her Slovenian counterpart Tanja Fajon speak to reporters after discussing the war in Ukraine – 1310 GMT HELSINKI – Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Pekka Haavisto will meet Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau in Helsinki – 1040 GMT PRAGUE – The European Commission holds a joint session with the Czech government as Prague starts its EU presidency. BERLIN – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner gives press conference on 2023 budget and financial plan up to 2026 – 1145 GMT CHINA – 101st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China. SONKAJARVI – Wife-Carrying World Championship 2020 (to July 2) – – – – – – – – –

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SATURDAY, JULY 2 KINSHASA – Pope Francis visits Congo (To July 5) GLOBAL – World UFO day on anniversary of the Roswell incident. SIENA – July annual horse race “Palio di Siena.” – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 4 ** TOKYO – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy gives an online speech to Toyo University in Tokyo. UNITED STATES – Independence Day. GLOBAL – International Day of Cooperatives. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JULY 5 ABUJA – Mohammed Barkindo, secretary-general of OPEC, to give main speech at Nigeria oil and gas conference – 1030 GMT GENEVA, Switzerland – Human Rights Council debate on Ukraine at the Council in Geneva – 1300 GMT – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 7 MOSCOW – Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov takes part in G20 foreign ministers meeting (To July 8). BALI, Indonesia – G20 Foreign Ministers are set to meet in Indonesia’s Bali in a hybrid meeting (To July 8) KATHMANDU – 75th birthday of Nepal’s deposed King Gyanendra. LONDON – 17th anniversary of the attacks on London’s transport network, killing more than 50 and injuring 700. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JULY 8 ** JAKARTA – Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi to hold a news conference after G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, JULY 9 TEHRAN – 22nd anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999. JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH – Palestine marks 17th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel’s walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal. SOUTH SUDAN – 11th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 10 TOKYO – Japanese House of Councilor’s Election. CONGO (Brazzaville) – Congolese National Assembly election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 11 BANGKOK – Thai finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith speaks at a ‘property inside 2022’ seminar – 0530 GMT BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. GLOBAL – United Nations World Population Day. MUMBAI – 15th anniversary of deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai’s commuter rail network. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JULY 12 WASHINGTON DC – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in Washington. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council BRUSSELS – European Union finance ministers will set the irrevocable exchange rate at which croatia will convert its kuna currency into euros when it adopts the single currency on Jan 1, 2023. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 ISRAEL/PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES – U.S. President Joe Biden to meet Israeli and Palestinian leadership during a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. (To July 14) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 14 PARIS – G20/OECD Corporate Governance Forum. PRAGUE – EU affairs ministers informal meeting in Prague. (to July 15)

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PARIS – Bastille Day. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JULY 15 RIYADH – US President Joe Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia and is set to meet the country’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (to July 16) BALI, Indonesia – Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from the G20 countries meet in Indonesia’s Bali. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 17 GLOBAL – World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, on July 17. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 18 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. HAMPSHIRE – Farnborough International Airshow 2022 (to Jul 22) GLOBAL – Nelson Mandela International Day. – – – – – – – – –

TUESDAY, JULY 19

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PRAGUE – EU industry and trade ministers informal meeting in Prague. (to July 20) – – – – – – – – –

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 CYPRUS – Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974. – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, JULY 21 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 22nd anniversary of conclusion of NASA’s space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135. GLOBAL – International Yoga Day. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, JULY 22 OSLO – 11th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people killed. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 24 OTTAWA – Pope Francis to visit Canada (to July 30) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 25

TUNISIA – Referendum election – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, JULY 28 GLOBAL – World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 108th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU – 201st Anniversary of Independence. – – – – – – – – –

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FRIDAY, JULY 29 BAYREUTH, Germany – Annual Bayreuth festival 2022 (to Aug. 9) – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, JULY 31 KINSHASA, Congo – Election for Congolese National Assembly DAKAR, Senegal – Election for Senegalese National Assembly – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, AUGUST 9

KENYA – President election.

KENYA – Kenyan National Assembly election.

KENYA – Kenyan Senate election. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14

BANGKOK – 11th APEC Tourism Ministers Meeting and the 60th APEC Tourism Working Group Meeting (to August 20).

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