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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, JULY 18** BEIJING - Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly will visit China (To Jul. 20)
** OXFORD, London - Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to hold news conference at EPC summit.
** ISTANBUL - Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar signs hydrocarbon cooperation deal with Somalia's Minister of Natural Resources Abdirisak Omar Mohamed.
- OXFORD, London - French President Emmanuel Macron to host a bilateral meeting with Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit - 1530 GMT.
** OXFORD, London - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to give remarks on arrival at EPC summit - 0830 GMT.
** LONDON - President of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Ilham Aliyev is on working visit to UK to participate in 4th summit of European Political Community. BUCHAREST/WARSAW - Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry will pay official visits to Romania and Poland (To Jul. 19)
OXFORD, UK - French President Emmanuel Macron to hold news conference at the sidelines of EPC summit.
OXFORD, UK - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to hold news conference at EPC summit. TASHKENT - President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will make a state visit to Uzbekistan upon the invitation of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. (To July 19)
LONDON - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will travel to the United Kingdom. BUDAPEST - Hungary's President Tamas Sulyok meets new Slovak President Peter Pellegrini, news conference to follow at 1000 GMT.
OXFORD, United Kingdom - EU leaders to meet in Oxford for the EPC summit GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.
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** THIMPHU - Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will pay an official visit to Bhutan (To Jul. 20)
BELGRADE - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 20CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 21VIENTIANE - 25th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (APT FMM). (To July 27) VIENTIANE - 14th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS FMM). (To July 27)
VIENTIANE - 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting. (To July 27)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 24th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 22WASHINGTON DC - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Joe Biden at the White House. NEW DELHI - India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey of India, a report on the state of economy in parliament - 0700 GMT.
BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers. (To July 23)
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting.
HAMPSHIRE - Farnborough Air show 2024 (to Jul 26).
OSLO – 13th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island, where 77 people were killed.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 23NEW DELHI - Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present annual budget on Tuesday - 0530 GMT. ACCRA - Ghana finance minister Mohammed Amin Adam will present the midyear budget to Parliament - 1000 GMT.
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** VIENTIANE, Laos - Laos' Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, along with the Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, is to host an informal consultation on the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus - 0630 GMT.
** BERLIN - British defence minister Boris Pistorius hosts German counterpart John Healey in Berlin - 1230 GMT. VIENTIANE - ASEAN foreign ministers to hold a meeting of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) Commission - 0230 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers interface meeting with ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) - 0345 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 25VIENTIANE - Laos' Foreign Minister, Saleumxay Kommasith, hosts the meeting as a plenary session for his ASEAN Foreign Ministers counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0200 GMT.
VIENTIANE - Laos is set to host a bilateral meeting at the National Convention Center during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0745 GMT.
VIENTIANE - Laos' Foreign Minister holds a trilateral meeting with Norway and the ASEAN Secretariat during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0800 GMT.
VIENTIANE - Laos' Foreign Minister holds a trilateral meeting with Switzerland and the ASEAN Secretariat during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0900 GMT.
HARARE - Zimbabwe's finance minister Mthuli Ncube will present his mid-term budget review amid a drought that has dampened economic prospects - 1200 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 26VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their New Zealand and China's counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0130 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their Japan and European Union's counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0245 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their South Korean and Indian counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0400 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their Russian and United Kingdom's counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0600 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their US and Canadian counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0715 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their Australian counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting -0830 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers hold a conference with their Turkish counterparts during the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 1000 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers arrive for dinner hosted by Lao's Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Vientiane - 1130 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 27VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers arrive for courtesy call hosted by Lao's Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Vientiane - 0130 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers arrive for 25th ASEAN Plus Three FMs' meeting - 0200 GMT.
VIENTIANE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers arrive for 31st ASEAN Regional Forum - 0345 GMT.
VIENTIANE - Laos' Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith holds press conference at the end of ASEAN FFM meeting - 1030 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 28BERLIN - Christian Lindner, German finance minister and leader of the fiscally conservative FDP, gives an interview to ARD as part of the broadcaster's summer series of political interviews - 1630 GMT. GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.
GLOBAL – 110th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.
PERU - 203rd Anniversary of Independence.
VENEZUELA - Venezuela will hold a presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 29MANILA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to the Philippines for a 2-day official visit (To Jul. 30)
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** LONDON - OPEC+ ministerial panel meets to review oil policy. WARSAW – Poland marks 80th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation. CHINA – 97th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To Aug. 7)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 2EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 (To Aug 26)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 5POTSDAM, Germany - Germany's Finance Minister Christian Lindner takes part in citizens' dialogue - 1015 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 6HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 79th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 8SINGAPORE - Anniversary (1967) of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 9NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 79th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 10EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 26)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 12GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
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** KIRIBATI - Kiribati Presidency Election.
** KIRIBATI - Kiribati House of Assembly Election. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – 77th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 15NEW DELHI, India – 77th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. TOKYO, Japan – 79th Anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two. LIECHTENSTEIN – 218th Anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 16LIMA - APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting.
TRALEE, Ireland - 2024 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To Aug 20)
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 19SINT MAARTEN - Sint Maarten Parliament Election.
GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 32nd Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21DAMASCUS, Syria - 11th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 23BALTIC WAY - 35th 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 24WARSAW, Poland - Poland marks the 35th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. KYIV, Ukraine – 33rd Anniversary of Independence. WASHINGTON DC – 212th Anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 25URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28VENICE, Italy – 81st Venice International Film Festival (To Sept 7) BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich. (To Aug. 29)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 29BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers. (To Aug. 30)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 20th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School. AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijani National Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2BUDAPEST - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council. (To Sept. 3)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3JAKARTA - Pope Francis visits Indonesia's capital Jakarta amid Southeast Asia tour (to September 6)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2024. (To Sept. 15) MUNICH, Germany – 52nd anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6GENEVA, Switzerland - 57th Session UN Human Rights Council. (To Oct. 9) PORT MORESBY - Pope Francis will tour Papua New Guinea from Sept. 6-9, where he will visit the country's capital Port Moresby and north western township Vanimo (To Sep. 9)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7ALGERIA - Algerian Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9GENEVA, Switzerland - 57th Session UN Human Rights Council. (To Oct. 9) JAKARTA - Pope Francis visits Timor's capital Dili amid Southeast Asia tour (to September 11).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10JORDAN - Jordanian House of Deputies Election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11UNITED STATES – 23rd anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. SINGAPORE - Pope Francis visits Singapore (to September 13)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13BUDAPEST - EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept. 14)
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** VIENTIANE - 56th ASEAN Economic Minister Meeting. (To Sept. 22) GLOBAL - International Day of Democracy. GUATEMALA – 203rd anniversary of Independence. EL SALVADOR – 203rd anniversary of Independence. COSTA RICA – 203rd anniversary of Independence. HONDURAS – 203rd anniversary of Independence. NICARAGUA – 203rd anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16VIENNA - IAEA 68th General Conference. (To Sept. 20)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of transport ministers. (To Sept. 20)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech Senate Election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21MUNICH, Germany - 189th Munich Oktoberfest. (To Oct. 6)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 51st anniversary of Independence from Portugal.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29BERLIN – BMW Berlin Marathon. AUSTRIA - Austrian National Council Election.
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