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** HARARE - Zimbabwe's finance minister, Mthuli Ncube, will speak about fiscal policy at a conference in Harare hosted by the Zimbabwe Economic Society. – 0530 GMT
MANILA - Timor-Leste's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Bendito dos Santos Freitas to visit Philippines for bilateral talks. (To Aug 21)
KUALA LUMPUR - The Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office of Brunei Darussalam, His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, will undertake an official visit to Malaysia. (to Aug 21)
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). NEW DELHI – Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba to visit India. (To Aug 21)
NEW DELHI - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will visit India. (to Aug 21) MOSCOW / MINSK - Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit Russia and Belarus. (To Aug 23) ULAANBAATAR - President of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar will pay a state visit to Mongolia. (To Aug 22)
GENEVA / PARIS - President of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam on working visit to Geneva and Paris. (To Aug 23)
WELLINGTON – Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, will visit New Zealand.
CAPE TOWN - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Mélanie Joly to visit South Africa. (To Aug 22)
BANGKOK - Thai finance minister Pichai Chunhavajira gives a speech on Thai economic outlook at a business seminar, held by Dailynews newspaper. – 0200 GMT
CHISINAU - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold talks with Moldovan President Maia Sandu and Prime Minister Dorin Recean on issues including security and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. – 1330 GMT WARSAW – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Poland. (To Aug 22) 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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**BEIJING - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi will pay a visit to China. (To Aug 24) BANGKOK - Thai finance minister Pichai Chunhavajira gives a speech at a business forum, held by Prachachat newspaper. – 0600 GMT DUSHANBE - President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay a state visit to Tajikistan. (To Aug 23) STOCKHOLM – Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson holds press conference on the country's economy and 2025 budget. – 1300 GMT
ULAANBAATAR - 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)
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** WASHINGTON DC – Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to visit United States. (To Aug 26)
** MANILA - Foreign Minister of Brazil, Mauro Vieira and his Philippine counterpart, Enrique Manalo to deliver joint statement. – 0200 GMT KYIV – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Ukraine. BERLIN - 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 foreign affairs ministers
- - - - - - - - - Friday, AUGUST 30BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
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** BEIJING - 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
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15GLOBAL - 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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