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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, JULY 12** JAKARTA/ BANGKOK - S. Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs of India to embark on 7-day visit to Indonesia and Thailand (To July 18)
** BAKU - Israeli defense minister Yoav Galant will pay a three-day visit to Azerbaijan (To Jul 15)
** RIYADH - Şimşek Minister of Finance of Turkey and Hafize Gaye Erkan Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye to visit Saudi Arabia.
** VILNIUS - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japan's Fumio Kishida are to meet on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Lithuania
** JAKARTA - Indonesia's foreign minister Retno Marsudi will hold trilateral meetings with Russia and China as well as Australia and India on the sidelines of the ASEAN Ministers Meeting and upcoming regional forum. VILNIUS - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends NATO summit. (to July 12) VILNIUS - French President Emmanuel Macron makes a two-day trip to Vilnius to participate in a NATO summit. (To July 12) BEIJING - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare visits China (to July 15).
SINGAPORE - Tunku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim will be on a three-day official visit to Singapore (To July 12).
NEW DELHI - Abdulla Shahid, minister of foreign affairs of the Maldives, to visit India (To July 12).
WELLINGTON - New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins in Europe. (To July 14)
BEIJING - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will visit China. (To July 15)
RIGA/VILNIUS - Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau will travel to Latvia and Lithuania. (To July 12) VILNIUS - Leaders of Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand are arranging a meeting on the sidelines of the July 11-12 NATO Summit in Lithuania (To Jul. 12)
VALLADOLID, Spain – EU Informal meeting of energy ministers. (To July 12)
LABUAN BAJO, INDONESIA - Foreign Ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet their counterparts in the annual ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Indonesia (To July 15). VILNIUS - US President Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Lithuania. VILNIUS - U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. VILNIUS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to meet Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey, on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Vilnius.
DAMASCUS - V Muraleedharan, minister of state (MoS) for external affairs and parliamentary affairs of India, will pay an official visit to the Syrian Arab Republic. (To July 13)
VILNIUS - U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks following a summit of NATO leaders in Vilnius.
WARSAW - President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk Yeol visits Poland. (To July 15)
VILNIUS - NATO leaders gather for a summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 13JAKARTA - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov holds meetings with counterparts from ASEAN and other countries during the annual ASEAN Regional Forum in Jakarta.
PARIS - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Bastille Day celebrations in France at President Emannuel Macron's invite (to July 14).
BRUSSELS - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a summit in Brussels where he meets European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
HELSINKI - United States President Joe Biden meets with Nordic leaders in Helsinki, Finland. The meeting is hosted by Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and attended by Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen and Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir.
JAKARTA - The 30th ASEAN Regional Forum foreign ministers' meeting that gathers top diplomats from the 10 ASEAN member states and 10 ASEAN Dialogue Partners (Australia, Canada, China, the European Union (EU), India, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia and the United States). (To Jul 15)
BRUSSELS - EU-Japan summit.
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 14JAKARTA - Indonesian president Joko Widodo holds a courtesy call to delegates and foreign ministers at the annual 56th ASEAN Regional Forum in Jakarta.
GANDHINAGAR, INDIA - Deputy finance and central bank chiefs of the Group of 20 major economies will meet in India's Gandhinagar. (To July 16)
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo with military honours in Berlin – 1330 GMT.
PARIS - Bastille Day.
DHAKA - Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Bo Li will visit Dhaka.
JAKARTA - Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi holds a press conference at the conclusion of the ASEAN and dialogue partners foreign ministers' meeting in Jakarta.
JAKARTA - ASEAN foreign ministers meet with their U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken at the annual ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Indonesia.
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.
PARIS - On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the India-France Strategic Partnership, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend BasToe Day Parade as Guest of Honour in Paris.
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** ABU DHABI - Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India will visit United Arab Emirates (UAE) and hold talks with President of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 17** BANGKOK - S. Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs of India will attend the BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers' Retreat.
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva travels to Europe to join a summit between Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) and European Union.
DOHA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit the Gulf (To July 19).
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.
GANDHINAGAR, INDIA - G20 finance ministers and central bank governor's meet (To July 18)
BRUSSELS - EU-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) summit (to July 18)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 18LISBON - Portugal will host the 2023 EurAfrican Forum, an annual event attended by business leaders, bankers, NGOs and politicians, which this year includes Ghanian President Nana Akufo-Addo, Angola's Health Minister Silvia Lutucuta, Portugal's Foreign Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho and Cape Verde's Sea Minister Abraao Vicente. (To July 19)
GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 19BRUSSELS - EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Council.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 20CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
LOGRONO, Spain - EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers. (To July 21)
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 21KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 23rd anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 22OSLO – 12th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people killed.
GOA, INDIA - Energy ministers from the Group of 20 major economies will meet in India's western coastal state of Goa for a day-long meet.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 23MADRID - Spain holds snap election.
SPAIN - Spanish Senate Election.
SPAIN - Spanish Congress of Deputies Election.
CAMBODIA - Cambodian National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 24BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2023 (to Aug. 28)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 26MOSCOW - Saint Petersburg hosts the second summit and economic forum Russia-Africa. (To July 29)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 27ANKARA - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi plans to pay an official visit to Turkey.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 28GENEVA - World Trade Organization's dispute settlement body holds a meeting.
GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.
GLOBAL – 109th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.
PERU – 202nd anniversary of independence.
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** GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To Aug 7)
** WARSAW – Poland marks 79th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation.
** CHINA – 96th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.
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** EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 (To Aug 28)
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** HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 78th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. SEATTLE, United States - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra hosts APEC health ministers in Seattle.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 8BELEM, Brazil - Brazil hosts a two-day summit of the eight countries in the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) to discuss protection of the Amazon rainforest. (To Aug. 9)
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** NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 78th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
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** GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
** EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 28)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 13ARGENTINA - Argentinian Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 14
** ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – 76th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 15** NEW DELHI, India – 76th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule.
** TOKYO, Japan – 78th Anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two.
** LIECHTENSTEIN – 217th Anniversary of Independence.
SEATTLE, Washington - APEC Energy Ministers Meeting. (To Aug. 16)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 18
** TRALEE, Ireland - 2023 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To Aug 22)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 19
** GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day.
** MOSCOW – 31st Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 20ECUADOR - Ecuador Referendum Election.
ECUADOR - Ecuadorian National Congress Election.
ECUADOR - Ecuadorian Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 21
** DAMASCUS, Syria - 10th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 22JOHANNESBURG - South Africa to host 15th BRICS summit. (To Aug. 24)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23** BALTIC WAY - 34th 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.
COLOGNE, Germany - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck attends opening of gamescom 2023.
ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwean Presidency Election.
ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwean National Assembly Election.
BALI, Indonesia - 55th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings. (To Aug. 24)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 24** WARSAW, Poland - Poland marks the 34th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989.
** KYIV, Ukraine – 32nd Anniversary of Independence.
** WASHINGTON DC – 211th Anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.
JAIPUR, INDIA - Trade and investment ministers from Group of 20 major economies will meet in the western Indian city of Jaipur for a two day meet (To Aug. 25).
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** URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day.
** PARIS – 79th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 26GABON - Gabonese national assembly election.
GABON - Gabonese presidency election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 28GENEVA - Human Rights Council - Organizational meeting on the 53rd session.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 29TOLEDO, Spain - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers. (To Aug. 30)
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** VENICE, Italy – 80th Venice International Film Festival (To Sept 9)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 31TOLEDO, Spain - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers - Gymnich.
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