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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, JULY 17** NICOSIA - Yasin Ekrem Serim, Deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Turkey, pay a visit to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
** WASHINGTON D.C. - Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit United States.
** BRUSSELS - Chilean President Gabriel Boric is set to travel to Europe to meet leaders and discuss trade partnerships with them (To July 21).
** GUJARAT, India - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for a bilateral meet in the western city of Gandhinagar to be followed by a joint statement – 0230 GMT
** MEXICO CITY - Mexican Deputy Finance Minister Gabriel Yorio is set to speak at a Georgetown forum at nearshoring event – 1500 GMT
JAKARTA/ BANGKOK - S. Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs of India to embark on 7-day visit to Indonesia and Thailand (To July 18)
BEIJING - President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune will pay a state visit to China. (till July 21)
BANGKOK - S. Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs of India will attend the BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers' Retreat.
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva travels to Europe to join a summit between Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) and European Union.
RIYADH/ DOHA/ ABU DHABI - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan visits Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE (To July 19).
GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, on July 17.
GANDHINAGAR, INDIA - G20 finance ministers and central bank governor's meet (till July 18)
BRUSSELS - EU-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) summit (till July 18)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 18** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Israeli President Isaac Herzog to the White House.
** RIYADH - President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay a working visit to Saudi Arabia (To July 19).
LISBON - Portugal will host the 2023 EurAfrican Forum, an annual event attended by business leaders, bankers, NGOs and politicians, which this year includes Ghanian President Nana Akufo-Addo, Angola's Health Minister Silvia Lutucuta, Portugal's Foreign Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho and Cape Verde's Sea Minister Abraao Vicente. (To July 19)
GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 19** WASHINGTON DC - Isaac Herzog President of Israel addresses joint meeting of U.S. Congress.
BRUSSELS - EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Council.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 20** BRUSSELS - EU ministers hold informal meeting on organised crime and migration – 0700 GMT.
** SEVILLE, Spain - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calviño speaks at Europa Forum, Tribuna de Andalucía – 0730 GMT.
** HANOI - Anwar Ibrahim, prime minister of Malaysia, visits Hanoi as the two countries this year celebrate their 50th diplomatic anniversary.
** HANOI - U.S. Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen is to meet with Pham Minh Chinh Prime Minister of Vietnam as she seeks to work in partnership with the Southeast Asian country to power a global clean energy transition.
ISLAMABAD - Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba will visit Pakistan.
CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
LOGRONO, Spain - EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers. (till July 21)
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 21** GOA, India - G20 energy ministers meet in Goa (To July 22).
** PRAGUE - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visits Prague and meets Czech counterpart Jana Cernochova.
** NEW DELHI - Ranil Wickremesinghe, president of Sri Lanka, will embark on a visit to India (To July 23).
** HANOI - U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen meets Ho Duc Phoc, minister of finance of Vietnam.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 23rd anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 22** BUDAPEST - Viktor Orbán, prime minister of Hungary, holds his annual speech on politics, economy at a summer university in Romania.
OSLO – 12th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people were killed.
GOA, INDIA - Energy ministers from the Group of 20 major economies will meet in India's western coastal state of Goa for a day-long meet.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 23MADRID - Spain holds snap election.
SPAIN - Spanish Senate Election.
SPAIN - Spanish Congress of Deputies Election.
CAMBODIA - Cambodian National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 24** GENEVA, Switzerland - World Trade Organization (WTO) general council meets in Geneva.
BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2023 (till Aug. 28)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 25** ACCRA - Ghana's finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will present the mid-term budget review in parliament.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 26MOSCOW - Saint Petersburg hosts the second summit and economic forum Russia-Africa. (till July 29)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 27WASHINGTON DC - Giorgia Meloni, prime minister of Italy, will visit Washington DC and meet with U.S. President Joe Biden to reaffirm the United States' strong relationship with Italy.
ANKARA - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi plans to pay an official visit to Turkey.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 28GENEVA - World Trade Organization's dispute settlement body holds a meeting.
GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.
GLOBAL – 109th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.
PERU – 202nd anniversary of independence.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 1GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To Aug 7)
WARSAW – Poland marks 79th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation.
CHINA – 96th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 4EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 (To Aug 28)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 6HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 78th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
SEATTLE, United States - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra hosts APEC health ministers in Seattle.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 8BELEM, Brazil - Brazil hosts a two-day summit of the eight countries in the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) to discuss protection of the Amazon rainforest. (To Aug. 9)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 78th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 12GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 28)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 13ARGENTINA - Argentinian Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 14ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – 76th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 15NEW DELHI, India – 76th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule.
TOKYO, Japan – 78th Anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two.
LIECHTENSTEIN – 217th Anniversary of Independence.
SEATTLE, Washington - APEC Energy Ministers Meeting. (till Aug. 16)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 18TRALEE, Ireland - 2023 Rose of Tralee International Festival (till Aug 22)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 19GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day.
MOSCOW – 31st Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 20GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemala Presidency election.
ECUADOR - Ecuador Referendum Election.
ECUADOR - Ecuadorian National Congress Election.
ECUADOR - Ecuadorian Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 21DAMASCUS, Syria - 10th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 22JOHANNESBURG - South Africa to host 15th BRICS summit. (till Aug. 24)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23BALTIC WAY - 34th 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.
COLOGNE, Germany - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck attends opening of gamescom 2023.
ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwean Presidency Election.
ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwean National Assembly Election.
BALI, Indonesia - 55th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings. (till Aug. 24)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 24WARSAW, Poland - Poland marks the 34th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989.
KYIV, Ukraine – 32nd Anniversary of Independence.
WASHINGTON DC – 211th Anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.
JAIPUR, INDIA - Trade and investment ministers from Group of 20 major economies will meet in the western Indian city of Jaipur for a two day meet (till Aug. 25).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 25URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day.
PARIS – 79th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 26GABON - Gabonese national assembly election.
GABON - Gabonese presidency election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 28GENEVA - Human Rights Council - Organizational meeting on the 54th session.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 29TOLEDO, Spain - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers. (To Aug. 30)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30VENICE, Italy – 80th Venice International Film Festival (To Sept 9)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 31TOLEDO, Spain - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers - Gymnich.
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