News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from August 1

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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 
    

    ** ASTANA/ BISHKEK – High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell will visit Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. (To Aug. 3)

    ** PARIS - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock travels to Paris to meet her counterpart Stéphane Séjourné – 1500 GMT.

    ** NEW DELHI - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends his ceremonial reception at the presidential palace and later holds a meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi – 0330 GMT. BEIJING - Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Zambia Mulambo Haimbe will pay an official visit to China (To Aug. 2) HANOI - President of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos-Horta's visit to Vietnam. (To Aug. 3) NEW DELHI - Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh visits India(Final day) 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 
    

    ** ASTANA - President of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan. (To Aug. 3) 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 - 1015 GMT.

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    TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 
    

    ** SANTIAGO - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva meets Chile's counterpart Gabriel Boric.

    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 
    

    ASTANA - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a state visit to Kazakhstan. (To Aug. 8) ​WELLINGTON - President of India Droupadi Murmu will undertake state visit to New Zealand (To Aug. 9)

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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 
    

    ** ANKARA - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visits Turkey. Abbas meets President Tayyip Erdogan on August 14 and address parliament on August 15. (To Aug. 15)

    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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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12  
    

    TOKYO - Canada-Japan LNG Partnership Forum will be held at the Embassy of Canada - 0300 GMT.

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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 
    

    SRI LANKA - Sri Lankan Presidency Election. 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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