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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
- PARIS/ ABU DHABI/ MANAMA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplaned for Paris for the first leg of his three-nation visit to France, the UAE and Bahrain (to Aug. 26).
- LEBANON - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Lebanon and holds talks with his Lebanese counterpart, the country's president and prime minister (to Aug. 23).
- ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets Ersin Tatar, prime minister of the breakaway state of northern Cyprus, at a time of dispute on the divided Mediterranean island over gas exploration nearby - 1530 GMT
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016 (to Aug. 26). BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2019 (to Aug. 28).
SANTIAGO – APEC Third Senior Officials' meeting and related meetings (to Aug. 30).
HANOI - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets the business community of both Australia and Vietnam in Hanoi. OTTAWA – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ottawa. PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to talk about European and bilateral issues. - 1230 GMT
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel in The Hague to discuss ways to coordinate their efforts to fight climate change.
PARIS - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
BEIJING - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, who are in Beijing for the ninth China-Japan-ROK foreign ministers' meeting. - 0300 GMT PARIS - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Paris for a bilateral meeting with President Emmanuel Macron (to Aug. 23).
STOCKHOLM - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visits Norway and meets the country's Prime Minister Erna Solberg and his Norwegian counterpart Ine Eriksen Soereide. BERLIN - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier and Turkish Industry Minister Mustafa Varank hold speeches at a conference on artificial intelligence in Berlin - 0650 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 23PARIS - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to travel to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron at a time of rising tensions with the United States.
PARIS – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 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 Aug. 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).
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- BIARRITZ, France - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets the President of the European Council Donald Tusk on the margins of the G7 summit in Biarritz - 1030 GMT.
URUGUAY - 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 27BEIJING - Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov attends a welcoming and signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28
- TOKYO - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif holds news conference after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Kono. - 0500 GMT
- BEIJING - Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. - 0800 GMT
WARSAW - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis meets Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki for intergovernmental consultations. VENICE, Italy – 2019 Venice International Film Festival (to Sept. 7). HELSINKI - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (to Aug. 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 31LEIPZIG, Germany - Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF and nominee to head the European Central Bank, will address a ceremony in the Leipzig Opera presenting German Chancellor Angela Merkel with an honorary doctorate from the city's business school. WARSAW – U.S President Donald Trump visits Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two (to Sept. 2).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 12th anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School.
WARSAW - Polish President Andrzej Duda and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier commemorate 80th anniversary of WWII start. WARSAW - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Poland.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3REYKJAVIK - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will visit Iceland.
BANGKOK - 51st ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM) & Related Meetings (to Sept. 11).
BANGKOK - 33rd AEM-AFTA Council Meeting (to Sept. 11).
BANGKOK - AEM – 22nd AIA Council Meeting (to Sept. 11).
BANGKOK - 11th CLMV Economic Ministers Meeting (to Sept. 11).
BANGKOK - 11th Mekong-Japan Economic Ministers Meeting (to Sept. 11).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4LONDON - World Nuclear Association (WNA) Annual Symposium (to Sept. 6).
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russia hosts Eastern Economic Forum which is traditionally attended by Asian leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin (to Sept. 6).
MAPUTO/ ANTANANARIVO/ PORT LOUIS - Pope Francis visits Mozambique, Madagscar and Mauritius (to Sept. 10).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5MUNICH, Germany – 47th anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis.
TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2019 (to Sept. 15).
MAPUTO- Pope Francis meets Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi - 0730 GMT.
LONDON - Brexit minister Steve Barclay and his ministerial team take questions in parliament - 0830 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6INDIA/BANGLADESH – 8th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.
DUBLIN - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visits Ireland for talks (to Sept. 7)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7ANTANANARIVO - Pope Francis meets Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9FUNAFUTI - Tuvaluan House of Assembly election. MAURITIUS - Pope Francis pays a courtesy meeting to Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth at the country's presidential palace.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11UNITED STATES – 18th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. BEIJING – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay an official visit to China (to Aug. 12).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12MOSCOW - Russia holds its annual Moscow Financial Forum attended by finance minister Anton Siluanov and a number of other economic and fiscal officials (to Sept. 13).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13HELSINKI - EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to Sept. 14).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TUNIS - Tunisia Presidential Election.
GLOBAL - International day of Democracy. GUATEMALA – 198th anniversary of Independence. EL SALVADOR - 198th anniversary of Independence. COSTA RICA - 198th anniversary of Independence. HONDURAS - 198th anniversary of Independence. NICARAGUA - 198th anniversary of Independence.
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- ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hosts a summit with the leaders of Russia and Iran.
VIENNA - 63rd IAEA General Conference (to Sept. 20). DUBLIN – 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 Sept. 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 18UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to hold a news conference ahead of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. RIYADH - 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).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY,SEPTEMBER 20WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the White House for an official visit and State dinner.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21MUNICH – 186th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct. 6).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22HELSINKI - Informal meeting of agriculture ministers (to Sept. 24).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 46th anniversary of Independence from Portugal.
NEW YORK CITY, NY - World leaders arrive for UNGA General Debate. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, U.S. President Donald Trump, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to speak in the morning session - 1200 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.
KABUL - Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29VIENNA - Austrian National Council election.
BERLIN – BMW Berlin Marathon.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5ABU DHABI - Election for Emirati Federal National Council.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6LISBON - Election for Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.
TUNIS - Election for Tunisian Constituent Assembly.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOMBER 11STRBSKE 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 13WARSAW - Election for Polish Sejm.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 14SANTIAGO – APEC finance ministers' meeting (to Oct. 15).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15MAPUTO - Election for President.
MAPUTO - Election for Mozambican Assembly.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20BERN - Referendum election.
BERN - Election for Swiss National Council.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOMBER 21OTTAWA - Election for Canadian House of Commons.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27BANGKOK - Leaders from Southeast and East Asian nations gather in Bangkok to attend the 35th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits before handing over the chairmanship to Vietnam. 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.
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Election for Haitian Chamber of Deputies.
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