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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14
- TORONTO – Germany Minister for Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas visits Canada (to Aug 15). EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016 (to Aug 26). BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2019 (to Aug 28). THIMPHU/ NEW DELHI – U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan will undertake a two-nation visit to Bhutan and India (to Aug. 17). TORONTO - Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will speak to reporters after meeting in Toronto -1330 GMT.
SOCHI, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Iran's Presiden Hassan Rouhani and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi. PAKISTAN – 72nd anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 15JAPAN – 74th anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two.
INDIA – 72nd anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule.
LIECHTENSTEIN - 213th Anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 16BERLIN - Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes Latvia's President Egils Levits with military honors in Berlin. - 1330 GMT. TUVALU - Pacific Island leaders meet with delegations from China, EU, Japan and the U.S., among other countries, on the final day of meeting in the tiny island state of Tuvalu. - 2100 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 17THIMPHU – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Bhutan for a two-day visit during which the two strategic allies will explore ways to further strengthen and diversify bilateral partnership (to Aug. 18). SANTIAGO – APEC Third Senior Officials' meeting and related meetings (to Aug 30).
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- BEIJING - Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will pay a working visit to China (to Aug 20) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 19 BUDAPEST - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Hungarian premier Viktor Orban visit the Hungarian border town Sopron, where the iron curtain was first cut 30 years ago. PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Bregancon fort. SYDNEY - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape and oil executives address investment conference in Sydney - 2300 GMT.
GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day.
MOSCOW – 27th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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- WASHINGTON D.C - U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the White House. BOGOTA - Colombian President Ivan Duque and Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla will attend a stock exchange conference. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 BERLIN, Germany - Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes Slovakia´s President Zuzana Caputova with military honors in Berlin - 0800 GMT. SYRIA – 6th anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 23PARIS – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he will visit France from Aug. 23 to attend a summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations. TRALEE, Ireland - 2019 Rose of Tralee International Festival (to August 27). BALTIC WAY – 30th 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 24BIARRITZ, France - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte arrives in Biarritz, southwest France for the G7 summit.
BIARRITZ, France - German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in Biarritz, southwest France for the G7 summit. BIARRITZ, France - United States President Donald Trump arrives in Biarritz, southwest France for the G7 summit.
BIARRITZ, France - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives in Biarritz, southwest France for the G7 summit.
BIARRITZ, France - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Biarritz, southwest France for the G7 summit.
BIARRITZ, France - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Biarritz, southwest France for the G7 summit. NAURU - Nauruan Parliament election.
POLAND - Poland marks the 30th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989.
UKRAINE – 28th Anniversary of Independence.
WASHINGTON – 207th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812. BIARRITZ - G7 summit, Biarritz, France meeting (to Aug 26).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 25URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day.
PARIS – 75th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 26BIARRITZ, France - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a closing news conference after the G7 summit in Biarritz. - 1400 GMT. BIARRITZ, France - French President Emmanuel Macron gives closing news conference after G7 summit in Biarritz.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28VENICE, Italy – 2019 Venice International Film Festival (to September 7). HELSINKI - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (to August 29). YOKOHAMA, Japan - Leaders of African nations and representatives of international organisations meet for the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Japan.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 29HELSINKI - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (to Aug. 30).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 31WARSAW – U.S President Donald Trump visits Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two (to Sep 02).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1WARSAW - Polish President Andrzej Duda and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier commemorate 80th anniversary of WWII start. WARSAW - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Poland.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2COPENHAGEN - U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive in Denmark for a two-day visit (to Sept. 3).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3BANGKOK - 51st ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM) & Related Meetings (to September 11).
BANGKOK - 33rd AEM-AFTA Council Meeting (to September 11).
BANGKOK - AEM – 22nd AIA Council Meeting (to September 11).
BANGKOK - 11th CLMV Economic Ministers Meeting (to September 11).
BANGKOK - 11th Mekong-Japan Economic Ministers Meeting (to September 11).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russia hosts Eastern Economic Forum which is traditionally attended by Asian leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin (to September 6).
MAPUTO/ ANTANANARIVO/ PORT LOUIS - Pope Francis visits Mozambique, Madagscar and Mauritius (to September 10).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5LONDON - Brexit minister Steve Barclay and his ministerial team take questions in parliament - 0830 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7ANTANANARIVO - Pope Francis meets Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9MAURITIUS - Pope Francis pays a courtesy meeting to Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth at the country's presidential palace.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11BEIJING – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay an official visit to China (to Aug. 12).
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- MOSCOW - Russia holds its annual Moscow Financial Forum attended by finance minister Anton Siluanov and a number of other economic and fiscal officials (to Aug. 13).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13HELSINKI - EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to September 14).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16DUBLIN – Irish Minister of Finance Paschal Donohoe to address an event on "Brexit, the Irish Economy and the Future of European Fintech" at Dublin City University's (DCU) Brexit Institute. - 1100 GMT.
BANGKOK - ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) (to September 19).
BRUSSELS - General Affairs Council meeting
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17ISRAEL - Israeli Knesset election. NEW YORK, U.S. - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends U.N. General assembly in New York.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18RIYADH - Euromoney GCC Financial Forum 2019, a finance conference with speakers including Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) Governor Ahmed al-Kholifey, Saudi Arabian Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan, senior bankers, CEOs of major corporates and banks (to Sept. 19).
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- WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the White House for an official visit and State dinner.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22HELSINKI - Informal meeting of agriculture ministers (to September 24).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28KABUL - Presidential election.
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- ABU DHABI - Election for Emirati Federal National Council.
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- LISBON - Election for Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.
- TUNIS - Election for Tunisian Constituent Assembly.
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- STRBSKE PLESO, Slovakia - Slovakian Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, Slovakian central bank governor and member of the ECB governing council Peter Kazimir, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Vice-President of the European Commission for the Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis, European Investment Bank Vice-President Vazil Hudak will speak at the annual Tatra Summit conference (to Oct. 13). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13
- WARSAW - Election for Polish Sejm.
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- MAPUTO - Election for President.
- MAPUTO - Election for Mozambican Assembly.
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- BERN - Election for Swiss National Council.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOMBER 21OTTAWA - Election for Canadian House of Commons.
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- BUENOS AIRES - Election for Argentinian Chamber of Deputies.
- BUENOS AIRES - Election for Argentinian Senate.
- BUENOS AIRES - Election for President.
- SUCRE - Election for Bolivian Chamber of Deputies.
- SUCRE - Election for Bolivian Chamber of Senators.
- SUCRE - Election for President.
- PORT-AU-PRINCE - Election for Haitian Senate.
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