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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, JULY 21** PARIS - French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu meet their Indonesian counterparts, Retno Marsudi and Prabowo Subianto, in Paris and hold a press conference – 0630 GMT.
** ISTANBUL - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets his Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gil and they hold a joint news conference – 1600 GMT.
** COLORADO, United States - Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will take part in a fireside chat at the Aspen Security Forum – 1630 GMT.
** NEW YORK CITY - U.N. Security Council to meet over Russia's withdrawal from Black Sea grain deal – 1400 GMT.
NEW-DELHI - German Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck on a three-day visit to India (To July 22)
BRUSSELS - Chilean President Gabriel Boric is set to travel to Europe to meet leaders and discuss trade partnerships with them (final day).
BEIJING - President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune will pay a state visit to China. (final day)
HANOI - Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim on official visit to Vietnam. (final day)
LOGRONO, Spain - EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers. (final day)
PARIS - French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna hosts her German counterpart Annalena Baerbock in a French border town where they speak to reporters and sign an agreement on cross-border vocational training – 1310 GMT
ANKARA - Yvan Gil Pinto, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, will pay a visit to Turkey.
NEW DELHI - Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi – 0530 GMT
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Chilean President Gabriel Boric at the Elysee Palace in Paris – 1100 GMT.
HANOI - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at US-ASEAN Business Council conference in Hanoi – 0230 GMT.
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 22ROME - Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Prime Minister of Nepal, departs to attend the United Nations Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) to be held in Rome, Italy.
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** VIENNA - Alexander Van der Bellen, federal president of Austria, and Vo Van Thuong, president of Vietnam, speak to reporters in Vienna – 1000 GMT.
** NUKU'ALOF/ WELLINGTON/ CANBERRA - Antony Blinken, United States secretary of state, to visit Tonga, New Zealand, Australia. (To July 29)
** ROME - Sheikh Hasina, prime minister of Bangladesh, to visit Italy. (To July 26)
GENEVA, Switzerland - World Trade Organization (WTO) general council meets in Geneva.
BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2023 (till Aug. 28)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 25** ANKARA - Mahmoud Abbas, president of the State of Palestine, to visit Turkey.
ACCRA - Ghana's finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will present the mid-term budget review in parliament.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 26WELLINGTON - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to visit New Zealand. (To July 27)
MOSCOW - Saint Petersburg hosts the second summit and economic forum Russia-Africa. (To July 29)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 27LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, Spain – EU Informal meeting of health ministers. (To July 28)
WASHINGTON 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 28** ISTANBUL - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on a state visit to Turkey amid improving relations after a decade of strains.
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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2LISBON - Pope Francis departs for a visit to Portugal for World Youth Day 2023.
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 30TOLEDO, Spain - EU foreign ministers gather for informal talks in Toledo in Spain – 0800 GMT
VENICE, Italy – 80th Venice International Film Festival (To Sept 9)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 31TOLEDO, Spain - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers - Gymnich.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1** NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 19th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3NEW DELHI - G20 finance and central bank deputies meet + G20 sherpa meet (To Sept 6).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5** MUNICH, Germany – 51st anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6** INDIA/BANGLADESH – 12th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7** TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2023. (To Sept. 17)
NEW DELHI - G20 finance and energy ministers meet (To Sept 8).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8BOGOTA - Mexican President Lopez Obrador to visit Colombia, where he will meet with Gustavo Petro President of Colombia (To Sept 9).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9MALE - Maldivian Presidency Election.
NEW DELHI - G20 leaders' summit in New Delhi (To Sept 10).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10MOSCOW - Russia holds VIII Eastern Economic Forum.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11** UNITED STATES – 22nd anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12DUBLIN - UK to host Northern Ireland investment summit (To Sept 13)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15** GLOBAL - International Day of Democracy.
** GUATEMALA – 202nd anniversary of Independence.
** EL SALVADOR – 202nd anniversary of Independence.
** COSTA RICA – 202nd anniversary of Independence.
** HONDURAS – 202nd anniversary of Independence.
** NICARAGUA – 202nd anniversary of Independence.
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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16** MUNICH, Germany - 188th Munich Oktoberfest. (To Oct. 3)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24** BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 50th anniversary of Independence from Portugal.
** BERLIN – BMW Berlin Marathon.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25** VIENNA - IAEA 67th General Conference. (To Sept. 29)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28** GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.
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