News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from July 30

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    TUESDAY, JULY 30 
    

    ** MANILA - U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin meet with their Filipino counterparts Enrique Manalo and Gilberto Teodoro for a 2+2 ministerial dialogue, the first such meetings to be held in Manila.

    ** BELFAST - British new minister for EU relations Nick Thomas-Symonds to speak to reporters about the Windsor Framework governing post-Brexit trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK - 0930 GMT.

    ** NEW DELHI - Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh visits India (Aug. 1) BEIJING - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visits China (To Jul. 31)

    BEIJING - President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Jose Ramos-Horta, will visit China. (To July 31) COSTA RICA - The IMF holds a regional conference in Costa Rica on Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (Final day) WELLINGTON - Indonesia's foreign minister, Retno Marsudi visits New Zealand (To Jul. 31) MANILA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to the Philippines for a 2-day official visit (Final day)

    TEHRAN - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran's president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian. HANOI, Vietnam - EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell meets with Vietnamese president To Lam and discuses trade between EU and Vietnam in Hanoi.

    PANMUNJOM, SOUTH KOREA - Australian Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, visits the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas.

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    WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 
    

    HANOI - EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell meets Vietnamese officials in Hanoi

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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 
    

    ULAANBAATAR - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Mongolia. LONDON - 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)

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    FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 
    

    ULAANBAATAR - President of the Swiss Confederation Viola Amherd will pay a visit to Mongolia (To Aug. 4) EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 (To Aug 26)

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 5 
    

    	​** SUVA - President of India Droupadi Murmu will undertake state visit to Fiji (To Aug. 6) 
       
    POTSDAM, Germany - Germany's Finance Minister Christian Lindner takes part in citizens' dialogue 
    

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    TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 
    

    ANNAPOLIS, US - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin host their Australian counterparts – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Penny Wong – in Annapolis, Maryland, for the 2024 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN). HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 79th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.

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    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 
    

    	​** WELLINGTON - President of India Droupadi Murmu will undertake state visit to New Zealand 
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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 
    

    SINGAPORE - Anniversary (1967) of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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    FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 
    

    NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 79th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.

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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 
    

    	​** DILI - President of India Droupadi Murmu will undertake state visit to Timor-Leste. 
       
    	
    EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 26) 
    
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    MONDAY, AUGUST 12 
    

    MOSCOW - President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas will visit Russia and meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. (To Aug. 14) GLOBAL - International Youth Day.

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    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 
    

    KIRIBATI - Kiribati Presidency Election. KIRIBATI - Kiribati House of Assembly Election. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – 77th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.

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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 
    

    NEW 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.

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    FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 
    

    LIMA - APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting.

    TRALEE, Ireland - 2024 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To Aug 20)

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 19 
    

    SINT 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.

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    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 
    

    DAMASCUS, Syria - 11th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus.

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    FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 
    

    BALTIC 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.

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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 
    

    WARSAW, 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.

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    SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 
    

    URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.

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    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 
    

    VENICE, Italy – 81st Venice International Film Festival (To Sept 7) BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich. (To Aug. 29)

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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers. (To Aug. 30)

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 
    

    NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 20th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School. AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani National Assembly Election.

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 
    

    BUDAPEST - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council. (To Sept. 3)

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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 
    

    JAKARTA - Pope Francis visits Indonesia's capital Jakarta amid Southeast Asia tour (to September 6)

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 
    

    TORONTO, 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.

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 
    

    GENEVA, 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)

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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 
    

    ALGERIA - Algerian Presidency Election.

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 
    

    GENEVA, 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).

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    TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10 
    

    JORDAN - Jordanian House of Deputies Election.

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 
    

    UNITED STATES – 23rd anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. SINGAPORE - Pope Francis visits Singapore (to September 13)

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 
    

    BUDAPEST - EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept. 14)

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 
    

    VIENTIANE - 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.

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 
    

    VIENNA - IAEA 68th General Conference. (To Sept. 20)

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of transport ministers. (To Sept. 20)

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 
    

    CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech Senate Election.

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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 
    

    MUNICH, Germany - 189th Munich Oktoberfest. (To Oct. 6)

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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 
    

    VIENTIANE - 42nd ASEAN Minister on Energy Meeting. (To Sept. 27) BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 51st anniversary of Independence from Portugal.

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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 
    

    GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 
    

    BERLIN – BMW Berlin Marathon. AUSTRIA - Austrian National Council Election.

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