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- SINGAPORE - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Al Thani made an official visit to Singapore. (Final day)
- KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah will host the official visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. (To Aug. 12)
- SEOUL - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits South Korea. (To Aug. 12)
- COPENHAGEN - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to hold online opening speech at donor conference in Copenhagen where defence ministers of Ukraine, UK and Denmark host ministers from allied countries to discuss long-term support for Ukraine – 0815 GMT.
HAVANA/ BOGOTÁ/ SAN JOSÉ/ CARACAS - Nikola Selaković Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia will pay official visits to Cuba, Colombia, Costa Rica and Venezuela (To Aug 12)
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022 (To Aug 29). BEIJING - Nepal foreign minister Narayan Khadka to visit China (Final day)
WELLINGTON - Edgars Rinkevics, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, is due to make an official visit to New Zealand (To Aug 12)
BOGOTA - Colombia's new President Gustavo Petro, Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo and other officials will attend and speak at the Colombian Business Association's (ANDI) annual conference (to Aug. 12).
COPENHAGEN - Defence ministers of Ukraine, UK and Denmark will host Ukraine donors conference in Copenhagen - 0600 GMT.
KIGALI - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the East African nation of Rwanda.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 12GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 13EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 29)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 14PAKISTAN – 75th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule. BANGKOK - 11th APEC Tourism Ministers Meeting and the 60th APEC Tourism Working Group Meeting (to August 20).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 15OSLO - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet with Nordic prime ministers in Oslo - 1500 GMT. INDIA – 75th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. JAPAN – 77th Anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two. LIECHTENSTEIN – 216th Anniversary of Independence.
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- STOCKHOLM - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Sweden.
JAKARTA - Indonesia's President Joko Widodo delivers his annual state of the union address at parliament, followed by a speech on his 2023 budget proposal.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17BANGKOK - Thai Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith speaks about the economy at a business seminar - 0530 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 18BRUSSELS - Serbian President Aleksandr Vucic and Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti will meet in Brussels to discuss a flare-up of tensions between the neighbouring western Balkan nations.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TRALEE, Ireland - 2022 Rose of Tralee International Festival (to Aug 23). GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 30th Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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- OTTAWA - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to Canada. (To Aug. 23)
SUNDAY – 9th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighbourhoods on the edge of Damascus.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 23BALTIC WAY – 33rd anniversary of the Baltic Way, a human chain of people in 1989 stretching from Vilnius to Tallinn to mark solidarity in the struggle for independence from the Soviet Union.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24POLAND - Poland marks the 33rd anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. UKRAINE – 31st Anniversary of Independence. WASHINGTON – 210th Anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.
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- PARIS - OECD Economic Survey of South Africa.
URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 78th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 28AQUILA, Italy - Pope Francis visits the Italian town of Aquila, which was struck by an earthquake in 2009, and gives mass after meeting families of victims – 0600 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 29PRAGUE - EU informal meeting of defence ministers. (To Aug. 30)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 30GENEVA - Human Rights Council - Organizational meeting on the 51st session.
PRAGUE - EU foreign ministers meet in Prague (to Aug 31).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31JAKARTA - G20 environmental and climate ministerial meeting.
VENICE, Italy – 79th Venice International Film Festival (to Sept 10).
PRAGUE – EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 18th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School.
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds his four state of the union address.
LISBON - European Parliament President Roberta Metsola visits Portugal (to Sept. 2)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2LISBON - European Parliament President Roberta Metsola to speak at the Estoril conferences under the theme 'The World ahead' - 1130 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5MUNICH, Germany - 50th anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis.
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russia holds VII Eastern Economic Forum (to September 8). PHNOM PENH - 14th CLMV Economic Ministers' Meeting. (To Sept. 11)
PHNOM PENH - 54th ASEAN Economic Ministers' (AEM) Meeting and Related Meeting. (To Sept. 11)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6PRAGUE - EU health ministers informal meeting in Prague (to Sept. 7).
INDIA/BANGLADESH – 11th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2022 (to Sept 18).
PRAGUE - EU economy and finance ministers' informal meeting in Prague. (to September 10)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9PRAGUE – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept. 10)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11UNITED STATES – 21st anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
SWEDEN - Swedish Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12GENEVA – 51st regular session of the Human Rights Council (To Oct. 7)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13NUR-SULTAN - On Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's invitation, Pope Francis will make a state visit to Kazakhstan. (To Sept. 15)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14ASTANA - Pope Francis attends Congress of Religions in Kazakhstan - 0400 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold talks on the sidelines of a summit of leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
GLOBAL - International Day of Democracy.
GUATEMALA – 201st anniversary of Independence.
EL SALVADOR – 201st anniversary of Independence.
COSTA RICA – 201st anniversary of Independence.
HONDURAS – 201st anniversary of Independence.
NICARAGUA – 201st anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16LONDON - London Boat Show 2022 (to Sept. 25).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17MUNICH – 187th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct 3).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20NEW YORK CITY - The high-level General Debate at the UN General Assembly (To Sept 26)
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21BRAZZAVILLE - The intergovernmental commission between Russia and the Republic of the Congo will meet in the Congo's capital of Brazzaville (To Sept 23)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 49th anniversary of Independence from Portugal.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25BERLIN –BMW Berlin Marathon.
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - Sao Tomean National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26VIENNA - IAEA 66th General Conference (to Sept 30).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1LATVIA - Latvian Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2BRAZIL - Brazil Presidential Election.
BRAZIL - Brazilian Federal Senate Election.
BRAZIL - Brazilian Chamber of Deputies Election.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives Election.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Chairman of the Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11STOCKHOLM - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on a three-day state visit to Sweden (to Oct. 13).
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