What's happening in the world next week

The Australian and Malaysian government officials are set to meet; Thailand will host the 34th ASEAN Summit; Mauritania will hold presidential election, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit India, Sri Lanka, Japan and the Republic of Korea.

These are the international events under the spotlight for the week starting June 17.

Australian and Malaysian government officials to meet

Australian and Malaysian government officials are due to meet later this month, Reuters reports. The plan for Lynas Corp's controversial waste storage project is likely to be at the top of the agenda.

Bill Johnston, Western Australia's minister for mines, will meet Yeo Bee Yin, Malaysia's energy minister, in Perth on June 20.

Australia's Lynas is waiting to get an operating license for its Malaysian processing plant renewed before it expires in September.