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** BEIRUT - Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty visits Lebanon.
** JERUSALEM – Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy and French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne meet with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz to discuss efforts to prevent a regional escalation, in Jerusalem. – 0830 GMT
** JERUSALEM - British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne to deliver joint statements during a visit to Jerusalem. – 1100 GMT MANILA - President of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam will make a State visit to the Republic of the Philippines. (To Aug 17)
MALABO - President of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is set to depart Abuja for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea for a three-day official visit. (Final Day)
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 (To Aug 26) EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 26)
BEIJING - Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is set to visit China (to August 21). NAYPYIDAW / BANGKOK - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Myanmar and Thailand. (to Aug 17) BOGOTA – UK Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex visit Colombia invited by the Vice President of Colombia, Francia Márquez. (To Aug 18) CANBERRA - Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese will welcome the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Christopher Luxon, to Australia. (Final Day) BANGKOK - Thailand's Foreign Minister, Maris Sangiampongsa, will hold a joint press conference with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on Lancang-Mekong Cooperation. - 0515 GMT LIMA - APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting.
TRALEE, Ireland - 2024 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To Aug 20)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 17
** CAIRO - Egyptian Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelaty, meets his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné in Cairo.
HARARE - President of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera will head to Zimbabwe to attend the 44th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit.
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** NEW DELHI – Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba to visit India. (To Aug 21)
BEIJING - Vietnamese President To Lam will pay a state visit to China. (To Aug 20)
Kuwait City – Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will pay an official visit to the State of Kuwait.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 19NEW DELHI - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will visit India. (to Aug 20) 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 20ULAANBAATAR - President of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar will pay a state visit to Mongolia. (To Aug 21)
GENEVA / PARIS - President of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam on working visit to Geneva and Paris. (To Aug 23)
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** CHISINAU - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to Moldova. WARSAW – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Poland. SEOUL - South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul holds talks with Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira. DAMASCUS, Syria - 11th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ULAANBAATAR - President of the Republic of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar will participate as an honorable guest in the World Women’s Forum, which will be held in Ulaanbaatar. (To Aug 23)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 23BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives President of the Republic of Malawi, Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera with military honors in Berlin. – 0800 GMT 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 24MEXICO CITY - Argentina's President Javier Milei attends the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Mexico City. 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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)
- - - - - - - - - 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.
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