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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ASTANA/ BISHKEK – High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell will visit Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. (To Aug. 3) BEIJING - Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Zambia Mulambo Haimbe will pay an official visit to China (Final day) HANOI - President of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos-Horta's visit to Vietnam. (To Aug. 3)
GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To Aug. 7) 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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** ADDIS ABABA - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits Ethiopia to meet his counterpart Taye Atske Selassie and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
** KAMPALA - The Transitional President of of Gabon, General Brice Oligui Nguema, on official visit to Uganda.
** ULAANBAATAR - Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Enrique Manalo will pay an official visit to Mongolia (To Aug. 6)
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** MANILA - Philippine defense secretary Gilberto Teodoro and German defence minister Boris Pistorius hold a briefing in Manila - 0330 GMT.
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** WELLINGTON - Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai meets with Prime Minister of New Zealand Christopher Luxon.
** SANTIAGO - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives in Chile for talks with his counterpart Gabriel Boric. 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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** GEORGETOWN - The United Kingdom's Foreign Minister David Lammy will visit Guyana. 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7ASTANA - 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)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 8SINGAPORE - Anniversary (1967) of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 9NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 79th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
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DILI - President of India Droupadi Murmu will undertake state visit to Timor-Leste. EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 26)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 12MOSCOW - President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas will visit Russia and meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. (To Aug. 14) GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14ANKARA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 15NEW 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 16LIMA - APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting.
TRALEE, Ireland - 2024 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To Aug 20)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 19SINT 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21DAMASCUS, Syria - 11th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 23BALTIC 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 24WARSAW, 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.
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** LUXEMBOURG 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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