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- CAIRO - Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri visits Cairo.
- LISBON - Portugal's economy minister Pedro Siza Vieira speaks at a parliamentary committee - 0930 GMT.
- MADRID - Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez and economy minister Nadia Calvino participate in a presentation of Digital Rights in Madrid - 1000 GMT.
- DUBLIN - Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe speaks in parliament on tax treaties - 1130 GMT.
- MADRID - Spain's health minister Carolina Daria holds news conference after meeting with regions on COVID-19 surge - 1630 GMT.
- BAKU - Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze will pay an official visit to Baku (final day).
- FERGANA, Uzbekistan - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoglu visits Uzbekistan.
- ATHENS - Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte to visit Greece to discuss migration management DUSHANBE - Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will visit Tajikistan to take part in the meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers. (final day). DUSHANBE - The delegation of Uzbekistan led by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Foreign Ministers Council in Dushanbe (final day). ANKARA - Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis visits Turkey amid spat with Belarus over migrants (final day).
PRAGUE - Prague European Summit, Slovenia President Borut Pahor, Czech Deputy Prime Minister Karel Havlicek and Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanek are among speakers at the three-day Prague European Summit (final day)
DUSHANBE/ASHGABAT/TASHKENT - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will make working visits to Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (to July 16).
KINSHASA - Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye will travel to neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo on 12 July for a three-day state visit (final day)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jordan's King Abdullah II left for the United States for a three-week visit. (To July 22) DUSHANBE - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Tajikistan. (final day) BANGKOK - Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hold a virtual meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. BRUSSELS - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Commissioner for budget Johannes Hahn give a press conference on a proposal for an own resource’s decision.
PARIS - Bastille Day.
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- GENEVA - Germany's health minister Jens Spahn takes part at panel discussion: "Lessons from the COVID crisis for global health cooperation" - 1300 GMT.
- TASHKENT - The High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell will visit Uzbekistan to attend an international forum on connectivity between Central and South Asia (to July 16).
- TASHKENT - Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan (to July 16). MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calvino participates in a tribute ceromony for coronavirus victims and recognition to healthcare staff - 0700 GMT.
MADRID - Spain's economy minister Nadia Calvino takes part in ELKARGI business meeting - 1010 GMT.
GENEVA - WTO ministerial meeting aimed at reaching deal on over-fishing rules.
DUBLIN - Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe presents Summer Economic Statment- 0830 GMT.
DUBLIN - EU Commissioner for Financial Services Mairead McGuinness speaks at Irish parliament - 0830 GMT. WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel confer at the White House.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 16BANGKOK - Thai finance minister, Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, speaks at the World Bank,s seminar on Thailand economic monitor - 0200 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 17WELLINGTON - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hold a news conference after hosting an informal virtual meeting of leaders from countries in the Asia-Pacific trade group APEC to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic effects.
GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 18GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 19WASHINGTON D.C - U.S. President Joe Biden and King Abdullah of Jordan confer at the White House.
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- BRUSSELS - European Commission vice-president Vera Jourova gives a press conference on the bloc's 2021 rule of law report. CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 21LISBON - Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa and government ministers hold State of the Nation's debate in Parliament with lawmakers KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida – 10th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after the successful completion of mission STS-135.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 22KRANJ, Slovenia – EU Informal meeting of the European Affairs ministers. (To July 23)
OSLO – 10th anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people were killed.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 23BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 26MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his final State of the Nation Address.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 28PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Portugal 2021
GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 107th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU - 200th anniversary of independence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 30PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Hungary 2021
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 31PALESTINIAN - Palestinians hold presidential elections.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 1GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7).
WARSAW – Poland marks 77th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation.
CHINA – 94th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 2BRUNEI - 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). BRUNEI – ASEAN Senior Economic Officials’ Meeting (SEOM) (To Aug. 4).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 3SINGAPORE - APEC Business Advisory Council (Virtual Meeting).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 6EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2021 (To Aug 30) HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 76th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 9NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 76th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 12GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 14PAKISTAN – 74th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 15JAPAN – 76th Anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two. INDIA – 74th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. LIECHTENSTEIN – 215th Anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 16WELLINGTON - APEC 2021 Food Security Ministers' Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 19GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 29th Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 21SYRIA – 8th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighbourhoods on the edge of Damascus.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 23BALTIC 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 24POLAND - 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 77th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 31PALESTINE - Palestinians hold National Council Elections
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1NORTH 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).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5MUNICH, Germany - 49th anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6INDIA/BANGLADESH – 10th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8MOROCCO - Moroccan Chamber of Representatives Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2021 (to Sept 18).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10SOUTHAMPTON – 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11UNITED STATES – 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13NORWAY - Norwegian Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15GLOBAL - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19RUSSIA - Russia hold parliament election
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20VIENNA - IAEA 65th General Conference (to Sept 24).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 48th anniversary of Independence from Portugal.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26BERLIN –BMW Berlin Marathon.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.
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