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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, JULY 18
- BAKU - Italian President Sergio Mattarella to visit Azerbaijan (to July 19).
- RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Japan Princess Mako de Akishino visits Rio Christ the Redeemer statue as part of a variety of event to mark 110th anniversary of Japanese migration to Brazil.
- BUCHAREST - Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl visits Romania - 0750 GMT.
- SAO PAULO, Brazil - Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer to sit for an interview with Reuters during a visit to Sao Paulo. We'll aim to break news from him on the latest in a tit-for-tat battle with the European Union over stock market rules, as well as the relative strength of the Swiss franc - 1500 GMT.
- BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas receives his Chilean counterpart Roberto Ampuero - 1030 GMT.
NEW YORK - United Nations Economic and Social Council, Substantive session, high-level segment, including the three-day ministerial meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Council meeting (to Jul. 19).
HAMPSHIRE - Farnborough Air Show 2018 (to Jul. 22).
VIENNA - Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak will meet Ukraine, EU officials, discuss gas supplies (Final Day).
BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker holds a news conference in Brussels with the president of the European Investment Bank Werner Hoyer - 1030 GMT.
LONDON - British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt meets South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha.
JERUSALEM - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visits region (to Jul. 20).
GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.
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- BELFAST - British Prime Minister Theresa May will make a two-day visit to Northern Ireland (to July 20).
- KHARTOUM - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi visits Sudan and talks with Sudan President Omar al-Bashir to boost the ties between the two sisterly countries (to July 20).
MADRID - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to deliver speech at the Carlos de Amberes Foundation on "New perspectives for the future of the EU." in Madrid - 1700 GMT.
ABU DHABI - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit UAE, Senegal, Rwanda and South Africa (to Jul. 24). BEIJING - Russia Energy Minister Alexander Novak visits China and meets China officials to discuss energy cooperation.
ABU DHABI / DAKAR / KIGALI/ JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Senegal, Rwanda and South Africa , attend the 10th BRICS summit from July 25 to 27 in Johannesburg (to Jul. 27). JERUSALEM - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visits region of Jerusalem, Israel (to Jul. 20).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 20CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 21BUENOS AIRES - Finance Ministers and Central Bank Presidents from G20-member countries meet in Buenos Aires (to Jul. 22).
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 7th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 22KIGALI - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Rwanda (to Jul. 23). OSLO – 6th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people were killed.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, July 23SINGAPORE - 36th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Energy (SOME) and Associated Meetings (to Jul. 27).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 24PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico - Mexico to host 13th Pacific Alliance Summit (to Jul. 25).
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico - Mexico hosts Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera for meeting of the Pacific Alliance, a group aimed at increasing trade with Asia.
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
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- KAMPALA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Uganda and address parliament – 0700 GMT.
- WASHINGTON D.C. – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will travel to Washington where he will be received by U.S President Donald Trump at the White House. JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will host a summit of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies in Johannesburg in July (to Jul. 27).
BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2017 (to Aug. 29).
Pakistan - Pakistani National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 26JOHANNESBURG - Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit South Africa for a summit of BRICS (to Jul. 27).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 28WASHINGTON, D.C. – New Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will visit to the U.S (to Jul. 29). GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.
GLOBAL – 104th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.
PERU - 197th Anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 29Cambodia - Cambodian National Assembly election. Mali - Presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 30WASHINGTON D.C. – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will visit Washington and meet President Donald Trump.
SINGAPORE - 51st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM), Post-Ministerial Conferences (PMCs), 19th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers Meeting (APTFMM), 8th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting (EASFMM) and 25th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) (to Aug. 4). Zimbabwe - Zimbabwean National Assembly election.
Zimbabwe – President election. Comoros – Referendum election. Zimbabwe - Zimbabwean Senate election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 .GLOBAL - World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7).
WARSAW - Poland marks 74th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation.
CHINA – 91st founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.
SINGAPORE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers will meet in Singapore.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 3EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018 (to Aug. 27).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 4PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Third Senior Officials Meeting and Related Meetings (to Aug. 20).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 6HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 73rd Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8RACICE, Czech Republic - 2018 World Rowing Junior Championships (to Aug. 12)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 9NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 73rd Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 11EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug. 27).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 12GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 14PAKISTAN – 71st anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.
LEBANON - Hezbollah marks 12th anniversary of its "divine victory" - - the end of its war with Israel.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15JAPAN – 73rd anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two.
INDIA – 71st anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule.
LIECHTENSTEIN - 212th Anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 17TRALEE, Ireland - 2018 Rose of Tralee International Festival (to Aug. 21).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 19GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day.
MOSCOW – 26th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 21SYRIA – 5th anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22MOSCOW - Finnish President Sauli Niinisto will pay a visit to Russia.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 23BALTIC WAY – 29th 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 24POLAND - Poland marks the 29th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989.
UKRAINE – 27th Anniversary of Independence.
WASHINGTON – 206th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 25URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day.
PARIS – 74th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 26SINGAPORE - 50th ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting & Related Meetings 6th RCEP Ministerial Meeting (to Sept. 2). THAILAND - Special Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM)-(to Aug. 31).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29VENICE, Italy – 2018 Venice International Film Festival (to Sep. 8).
COPENHAGEN - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Denmark.
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- ABUJA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel pays a state visit to Nigeria (to Aug. 31).
COPENHAGEN - World Food Summit (to Aug. 31).
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