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** BUCHAREST - U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm opening remarks at an annual meeting of the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC) in capital Bucharest (To Jul. 24)
** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meets with Iraq's Defense Minister Muhammad Al-Abbasi at the Pentagon.
** ISLAMABAD - Rasit Meredow, the Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan, has arrived in Pakistan for a three-day diplomatic visit aimed at strengthening ties between the two nations. (To July 24)
** GUJARAT, India - The King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay arrived in Gujarat on a three-day private visit. (To July 24)
BEIJING - Maldives foreign minister Moosa Zameer to visit China. (To July 24) VIENTIANE - 25th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (APT FMM). (To July 27) VIENTIANE - 14th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS FMM). (To July 27)
VIENTIANE - 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting. (To July 27)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting will take place from July 22-23, ahead of the G20 Brazil Summit 2024 (Final day) BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers. (Final day)
HAMPSHIRE - Farnborough Air show 2024 (to Jul 26).
BEIJING - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visits China (To Jul. 26)
SEOUL - Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Vladimirovich Ruzenkov will visit North Korea (To Jul. 26)
BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her newly appointed Dutch counterpart Caspar Veldkamp speak to reporters in Berlin - 1120 GMT. NEW DELHI - Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present annual budget on Tuesday - 0530 GMT. ACCRA - Ghana finance minister Mohammed Amin Adam will present the midyear budget to Parliament - 1000 GMT.
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** PARIS - Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits France for a series of meetings ahead of the Olympics, including with Israeli athletes. NEW DELHI - UK foreign secretary David Lammy to visit India (To Jul. 25)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - G20 Finance Ministers will hold meeting from July 24-25, ahead of the G20 Brazil Summit 2024 (To Jul. 25) MANILA - Philippines' finance, economic planning, and other ministers at a news conference on education, workers’ welfare, infrastructure development, energy security, and peace and order - 0100 GMT. VIENTIANE, Laos - Laos' Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, along with the Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, is to host an informal consultation on the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus - 0630 GMT.
BERLIN - British defence minister Boris Pistorius hosts German counterpart John Healey in Berlin - 1230 GMT. VIENTIANE - ASEAN foreign ministers to hold a meeting of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) Commission - 0230 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers interface meeting with ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) - 0345 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 25VIENTIANE - Laos' Foreign Minister, Saleumxay Kommasith, hosts the meeting as a plenary session for his ASEAN Foreign Ministers counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0200 GMT.
VIENTIANE - Laos is set to host a bilateral meeting at the National Convention Center during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0745 GMT.
VIENTIANE - Laos' Foreign Minister holds a trilateral meeting with Norway and the ASEAN Secretariat during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0800 GMT.
VIENTIANE - Laos' Foreign Minister holds a trilateral meeting with Switzerland and the ASEAN Secretariat during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0900 GMT.
HARARE - Zimbabwe's finance minister Mthuli Ncube will present his mid-term budget review amid a drought that has dampened economic prospects - 1200 GMT.
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** VIENTIANE - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov takes part in ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Laos. VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their New Zealand and China's counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0130 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their Japan and European Union's counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0245 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their South Korean and Indian counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0400 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their Russian and United Kingdom's counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0600 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their US and Canadian counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0715 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their Australian counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting -0830 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their Turkish counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 1000 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers arrive for dinner hosted by Lao's Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Vientiane - 1130 GMT.
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** TOKYO - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Tokyo during his Asia trip (To Jul. 28)
** PARIS - Finnish President Alexander Stubb visits France and the Paris Summer Olympics - 0000 GMT. VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers arrive for courtesy call hosted by Lao's Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Vientiane - 0130 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers arrive for 25th ASEAN Plus Three FMs' meeting - 0200 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers arrive for 31st ASEAN Regional Forum - 0345 GMT.
VIENTIANE - Laos' Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith holds press conference at the end of ASEAN FFM meeting - 1030 GMT.
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** TOKYO - Foreign and defence ministers from Japan and the United States will hold security talks in Japan.
** TOKYO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets their Japanese counterparts, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Japanese Defence Minister Minoru Kihara for a 2+2 meeting.
** TOKYO - United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, and South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-sik will hold a trilateral meeting in Tokyo. TOKYO - U.S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken to visit Japan (To Jul. 29) BERLIN - Christian Lindner, German finance minister and leader of the fiscally conservative FDP, gives an interview to ARD as part of the broadcaster's summer series of political interviews - 1630 GMT. GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.
GLOBAL – 110th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.
PERU - 203rd Anniversary of Independence.
VENEZUELA - Venezuela will hold a presidential election.
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** TOKYO - The foreign ministers of the "Quad" countries - the United States, Japan, Australia and India - will meet in Japan. MANILA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to the Philippines for a 2-day official visit (To Jul. 30)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 1LONDON - OPEC+ ministerial panel meets to review oil policy. WARSAW – Poland marks 80th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation. CHINA – 97th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To Aug. 7)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 2EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 (To Aug 26)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 5POTSDAM, Germany - Germany's Finance Minister Christian Lindner takes part in citizens' dialogue - 1015 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 6HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 79th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 8SINGAPORE - Anniversary (1967) of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 9NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 79th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 10EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 26)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 12MOSCOW - President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas will visit Russia and meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. (To Aug. 14) GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14KIRIBATI - Kiribati Presidency Election. KIRIBATI - Kiribati House of Assembly Election. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – 77th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 15NEW DELHI, India – 77th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. TOKYO, Japan – 79th Anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two. LIECHTENSTEIN – 218th Anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 16LIMA - APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting.
TRALEE, Ireland - 2024 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To Aug 20)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 19SINT MAARTEN - Sint Maarten Parliament Election.
GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 32nd Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21DAMASCUS, Syria - 11th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 23BALTIC WAY - 35th 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 24WARSAW, Poland - Poland marks the 35th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. KYIV, Ukraine – 33rd Anniversary of Independence. WASHINGTON DC – 212th Anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 25URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28VENICE, Italy – 81st Venice International Film Festival (To Sept 7) BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich. (To Aug. 29)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 29BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers. (To Aug. 30)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 20th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School. AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2BUDAPEST - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council. (To Sept. 3)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3JAKARTA - Pope Francis visits Indonesia's capital Jakarta amid Southeast Asia tour (to September 6)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2024. (To Sept. 15) MUNICH, Germany – 52nd anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6GENEVA, Switzerland - 57th Session UN Human Rights Council. (To Oct. 9) PORT MORESBY - Pope Francis will tour Papua New Guinea from Sept. 6-9, where he will visit the country's capital Port Moresby and north western township Vanimo (To Sep. 9)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7ALGERIA - Algerian Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9GENEVA, Switzerland - 57th Session UN Human Rights Council. (To Oct. 9) JAKARTA - Pope Francis visits Timor's capital Dili amid Southeast Asia tour (to September 11).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10JORDAN - Jordanian House of Deputies Election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11UNITED STATES – 23rd anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. SINGAPORE - Pope Francis visits Singapore (to September 13)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13BUDAPEST - EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept. 14)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15VIENTIANE - 56th ASEAN Economic Minister Meeting. (To Sept. 22) GLOBAL - International Day of Democracy. GUATEMALA – 203rd anniversary of Independence. EL SALVADOR – 203rd anniversary of Independence. COSTA RICA – 203rd anniversary of Independence. HONDURAS – 203rd anniversary of Independence. NICARAGUA – 203rd anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16VIENNA - IAEA 68th General Conference. (To Sept. 20)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of transport ministers. (To Sept. 20)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech Senate Election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21MUNICH, Germany - 189th Munich Oktoberfest. (To Oct. 6)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 51st anniversary of Independence from Portugal.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29BERLIN – BMW Berlin Marathon. AUSTRIA - Austrian National Council Election.
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