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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 
    

    • WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the State Department in Washington - 1830 GMT.
    • TEHRAN - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will pay a visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
    • KIGALI - Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera is scheduled to travel to Rwanda.

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    FRIDAY, AUGUST 6 
    

    GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7). BRUNEI - 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (to August 7). BRUNEI - 22nd APT Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (APT FMM) (to August 7). BRUNEI - 11th EAS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS FMM) (to August 7). HANOI - Switzerland's Vice President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis will pay an official three-day visit to Vietnam. (to August 6) AWAZA, Turkmenistan – Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and their Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev meet in the Turkmen city of Avaza on the Caspian sea coast. EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2021 (To Aug 30) HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 76th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 9 
    
    • Vientiane - Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will pay an official visit to Laos (to Aug.10). NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to chair U.N. Security Council meeting on maritime security. NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 76th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 
    
    • MALAYSIA - OECD Economic Surveys: Malaysia 2021.

    Zambia - Presidential election. Zambia - Zambian National Assembly election.

    GLOBAL - International Youth Day.

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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 
    

    PAKISTAN – 74th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.

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    SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 
    

    JAPAN – 76th Anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two. INDIA – 74th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. LIECHTENSTEIN – 215th Anniversary of Independence.

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 16 
    

    WELLINGTON - APEC 2021 Food Security Ministers' Meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18 
    
    • OSLO - NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg speaks during digital event organised by Norwegian Institute of International Affairs - 1100 GMT. NEW YORK, United States - Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will preside over meetings on peacekeeping and counter-terrorism at the UN Security Council.

    THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 29th Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 
    

    SYRIA – 8th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighbourhoods on the edge of Damascus.

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 23 
    

    BALTIC WAY – 32nd 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.

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    TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 
    

    POLAND - Poland marks the 32nd anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. UKRAINE – 30th Anniversary of Independence. WASHINGTON – 209th Anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.

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    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 
    

    URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 77th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.

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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 28 
    

    JERUSALEM - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Israel (to August 30).

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 30 
    

    WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at White House to discuss Ukraine's sovereignty and energy issues.

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    TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 
    

    PALESTINE - Palestinians hold National Council Elections

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 
    
    • BRUNEI DARUSSALAM - ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Taskforce Meeting (ASEAN+3 TF) (to September 2). KRANJ, Slovenia - Informal meeting of EU defence ministers (to Sept 2).

    NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 17th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School.

    MEXICO - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds his third state of the union address. VENICE, Italy - 78th Venice International Film Festival (To Sept 11).

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 
    

    KRANJ, Slovenia - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich. (To Sept. 3)

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 
    

    MUNICH, Germany - 49th anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis.

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 
    

    BRUSSELS - Informal video conference of EU economy and finance affairs ministers.

    INDIA/BANGLADESH – 10th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 
    

    MOROCCO - Moroccan Chamber of Representatives Election.

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 
    

    BRUNEI - 53rd ASEAN Economic Ministers(AEM) Meeting. TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2021 (to Sept 18).

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 
    

    SOUTHAMPTON – Southampton International Boat Show 2021 (to Sept 19).

    KRANJ, Slovenia – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept 11)

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 
    

    UNITED STATES – 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 
    

    BRATISLAVA - Pope Francis visits Slovakia (to Sept 15).

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 
    

    NORWAY - Norwegian Parliament Election.

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 
    

    GLOBAL - International day of Democracy. GUATEMALA – 200th anniversary of Independence. EL SALVADOR – 200th anniversary of Independence. COSTA RICA – 200th anniversary of Independence. HONDURAS – 200th anniversary of Independence. NICARAGUA – 200th anniversary of Independence.

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 
    

    RUSSIA - Russia hold parliament election

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 
    

    WELLINGTON - APEC 2021 Woman in Economy Forum.

    VIENNA - IAEA 65th General Conference (to Sept 24).

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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 
    
    • NEW YORK – United Nations General Assembly, General debate, seventy-sixth session (to Sept. 27).

    KRANJ, Slovenia - Informal meeting of EU transport and energy ministers (to Sep. 23)

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 
    

    ISLE OF MAN - Isle of Man House of Keys Election.

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 
    

    BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 48th anniversary of Independence from Portugal.

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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 
    

    ICELAND - Icelandic Parliament Election.

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 
    

    BERLIN - Berlin holds state elections PORTUGAL - Portugal holds local elections.

    PORT AU PRINCE - Haiti to hold first round of presidential elections.

    GERMANY - German Federal Diet Election. BERLIN –BMW Berlin Marathon.

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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 
    

    GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 
    

    BRUNEI - ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting with the UN Secretary-General and the President of the 76th UNGA (AUMM)

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 
    

    GLOBAL - International day of older persons. ABUJA - Nigeria to celebrate its 61st year of independence. CHINA – 72nd founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 
    

    GUINEA – 63rd anniversary of independence from France. GLOBAL - International day of non-violence.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 4 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting.

    KRANJ, Slovenia - Informal meeting of EU health ministers (to Oct. 5)

    BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers to discuss EU recovery plans, G20 and IMF meetings, banking union, fiscal policy – 1300 GMT.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5 
    

    GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day. SAN FRANCISCO – 10th death anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

    LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6  
    

    LJUBLJANA - EU-Western Balkans summit.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 
    

    MOSCOW - 15th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9 
    

    GLOBAL - World Post Day.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10  
    

    IRAQ - Election for Iraqi Council of Representatives

    GLOBAL - World mental health day. GLOBAL - World day against death penalty. FIJI – 51st anniversary of independence.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12 
    

    BALI - 19th anniversary of Bali bombings.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction. SAN JOSE, Chile – 11th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 
    

    GLOBAL - World sight day.

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15 
    

    • Washington, D.C – G20 Finance ministers and central bank governors meeting (to Oct. 16).

    GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day. GLOBAL - International day of rural women.

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 
    

    GLOBAL - World food day.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 
    

    GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 
    

    JERUSALEM – 10th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20 
    

    TRIPOLI – 10th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - European Council (to Oct. 22)

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23 
    

    LIBYA – 10th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation. VAN, Turkey – 10th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.

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