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- NEW DELHI - Argentina's Defence Minister Jorge Enrique Taiana arrives on a four-day visit to India (To July 20).
- SINGAPORE - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on an official visit to Singapore at the invitation of Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (To July 18).
- KUALA LUMPUR - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia YB Dato' Seri Diraja Zambry Abd Kadir will host Minister of Foreign Affairs II of Brunei Darussalam, Dato Seri Setia Haji Erywan bin Pehin Datu Pekerma Jaya Haji Mohd Yusof. (To July 18)
- JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Jeddah to participate in the first Summit of Heads of State Central Asia - Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (To July 19).
- JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon will pay a working visit to Saudi Arabia (To July 19).
- JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov will make a working visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of the King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in order to participate in the first summit of the heads of state of Central Asia-Gulf Cooperation Council (To July 20).
- DOHA - Japanese Prime Minister Kishida will hold a news conference in Qatar at the conclusion of his Gulf tour of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar – 1300 GMT.
- NEW DELHI - Canada's finance minister Chrystia Freeland speaks to reporters from the G20 in India – 1600 GMT.
BRUSSELS - Chilean President Gabriel Boric is set to travel to Europe to meet leaders and discuss trade partnerships with them (To July 21).
JAKARTA/ BANGKOK - S. Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs of India to embark on 7-day visit to Indonesia and Thailand (final day)
BEIJING - President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune will pay a state visit to China. (To July 21)
RIYADH/ DOHA/ ABU DHABI - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan visits Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE (To July 19).
GANDHINAGAR, INDIA - G20 finance ministers and central bank governor's meet (final day)
BRUSSELS - EU-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) summit (final day)
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.
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- BRUSSELS - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives a press conference in Brussels after attending a summit of EU and Latin American leaders – 0630 GMT
- BANGKOK - Thai finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith gives a speech at CEO Insurance Forum – 0200 GMT
WASHINGTON DC - Isaac Herzog President of Israel addresses joint meeting of U.S. Congress.
BRUSSELS - EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Council.
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- KARUIZAWA, Japan - U.S., Japan, South Korea hold trilateral meeting on North Korea.
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. (To July 21)
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 21GOA, 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 22BUDAPEST - 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 24GENEVA, Switzerland - World Trade Organization (WTO) general council meets in Geneva.
BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2023 (till Aug. 28)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 25ACCRA - 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. (To 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.
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- PORT MORESBY - French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Papua New Guinea.
GENEVA - 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.
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- LISBON - Pope Francis meets Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa for a courtesy visit – 0845 GMT
- - - - - - - - - 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. (To Aug. 16)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 18TRALEE, Ireland - 2023 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To 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. (To 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. (To 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 (To 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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- NEW DELHI - G20 finance and central bank deputies meet + G20 sherpa meet (To Sept 6).
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- NEW DELHI - G20 finance and energy ministers meet (To Sept 8).
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- BOGOTA - Mexican President Lopez Obrador to visit Colombia, where he will meet with Gustavo Petro President of Colombia (To Sept 9).
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- NEW DELHI - G20 leaders' summit in New Delhi (To Sept 10).
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- MOSCOW - Russia holds VIII Eastern Economic Forum.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
- DUBLIN - UK to host Northern Ireland investment summit (To Sept 13)
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- SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain - EU informal minister economic and financial affairs meeting (To Sept 16).
- HAVANA - Heads of state and government of G77+China group gather in Havana for summit.
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