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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, AUGUST 26** TOKYO - Nancy Tembo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Malawi, will visit Japan to attend the TICAD Ministerial Meeting and as a guest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (to August 28).
** BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN- Prime Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will visit to Brunei for the 25th Malaysia-Brunei Darussalam Annual Leaders' Consultation (ALC), touted as the highest bilateral mechanism between the two nations. (to August 26).
** BAKU - Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrived in Azerbaijan's capital Baku (to August 26).
** NEW DELHI - Brazil's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, will be on an official visit to India (to August 28)
** TEHRAN - The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, will pay an important visit to Tehran
** CHIȘINĂU – Latvia President Edgars Rinkevics will make a working visiting to Moldova (to August 28)
** BAMAKO - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visits West Africa aiming to stem migration surge
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 (final day) EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (final day)
WASHINGTON DC – Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to visit United States. (final day) HANOI - Chilean Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren will pay an official visit to Vietnam (to August 27). COPENHAGEN - The prime ministers of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland meet in Denmark to discuss shared interests (to August 27). GENEVA - Swiss and Sierra Leone ministers give press briefing following a visit of the UN Security Council to Geneva to discuss reinforcing international humanitarian law. - 1000 GMT
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27
** ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan hosts his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in Ankara for talks on bilateral and regional matters. NOUAKCHOTT / DAKAR / BANJUL - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visits Western Africa's Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to discuss migration and aid. (To Aug 29)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28VENICE, 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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** BELGRADE - French President Emmanuel Macron and Serbia's counterpart Aleksandar Vucic will sign bilateral agreements and speak to media during Macron's visit to Serbia. - 1730 GMT ISTANBUL - Ministers from Turkey, Iraq, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) meet in Istanbul to discuss steps aimed at realising the "Development Road Project", a trade corridor passing through Iraq, as part of an agreement to jointly establish the route. - 1100 GMT BELGRADE - French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Serbia. (To Aug 30) BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers
- - - - - - - - - Friday, AUGUST 30BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers.
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** MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers his final state of the union address at Zocalo Square, in downtown Mexico City. NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 20th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School. AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2BIEIJING - President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa is set to undertake a State Visit to the People’s Republic of China (to September 5).
BUDAPEST - 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 9BEIJING - Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Store visits China. (To Sept 11) 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).
- - - - - - - - - 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)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TOKYO - Canada-Japan LNG Partnership Forum will be held at the Embassy of Canada - 0300 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - 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 21SRI LANKA - Sri Lankan Presidency Election. MUNICH, Germany - 189th Munich Oktoberfest. (To Oct. 6)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24VIENTIANE - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26LUXEMBOURG CITY - Pope Francis visits Luxembourg before travelling on to Belgium for a multi-day visit - 0800 GMT.
BRUSSELS - Pope Francis visits Belgium (To Sep. 29)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29BERLIN – BMW Berlin Marathon. AUSTRIA - Austrian National Council Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1GLOBAL - International day of older persons. ABUJA - Nigeria to celebrate its 64th year of independence. CHINA – 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2GUINEA – 66th anniversary of independence from France. GLOBAL - International Day of Non-violence.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day. SAN FRANCISCO – 13th death anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6TUNISIA - Tunisian Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 7MOSCOW - 18th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. LUXEMBOURG- Eurogroup Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9GLOBAL - World Post Day. MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambican Presidency Election. MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambican Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10GLOBAL - World mental health day. GLOBAL - World Day against death penalty. GLOBAL - World Sight Day. FIJI – 54th anniversary of independence. LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council (to October 11)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12BALI – 22nd anniversary of Bali bombings.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction. SAN JOSE, Chile – 14th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine. Lithuania - Lithuanian Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 14LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council
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** ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is set to host the Shanghai Cooperation organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting (to October 16). GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day. GLOBAL - International day of rural women. LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16GLOBAL - World food day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty. BRUSSELS -European Council (to October 18) BUDAPEST – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers (to October 18)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18JERUSALEM – 13th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20TRIPOLI – 13th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23LIBYA – 12th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation. VAN, Turkey – 12th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.
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