News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from July 23

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    FRIDAY, JULY 23 
    
    • HANOI - UK Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace was welcomed during a ceremony in Hanoi, as part of his official visit to Vietnam (Final day)
    • BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the Maltese Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Evarist Bartolo, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto and Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg pay official visits to China. (To July 28)
    • LONDON - India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla will visit the UK for a comprehensive review of bilateral relations. (To July 24)
    • LJUBLJANA - EU general affairs council of ministers to discuss EU's resilience to future crises – 0730 GMT.
    • SOFIA - Bulgaria interim foreign minister Svetlan Stoev will give a news conference on the Balkan country's relations with neighbouring North Macedonia – 0730 GMT.

    WASHINGTON D.C - Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez visits the United States on an official trip to promote Spanish economy and investment (to July 24) . NAPLES, Italy - G20 climate and environment ministers meet in Naples for 2 days (Final day).

    KRANJ, Slovenia – EU Informal meeting of the European Affairs ministers. (Final day)

    TOKYO - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Japanese Emperor Naruhito ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympic opening ceremony – 0530 GMT.

    ATHENS - Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras meets the head of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers Paschal Donohoe – 0800 GMT.

    ARLINGTON, VA., United States - U.S. President Joe Biden travels to Arlington, Va., to participate in campaign event for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. GENEVA, Switzerland - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), give news conference on the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic.

    TOKYO - French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Japan as the Tokyo Olympics kick off. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting.

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    SATURDAY, JULY 24 
    

    • TOKYO - French President Emmanuel Macron in Tokyo for the Olympic Games meets Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga – 0130 GMT.
    • TOKYO - Polish President Andrzej Duda in Tokyo for the Olympic Games meets Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

    PAPEETE, French Polynesia - French President Emmanuel Macron participates in an official visit to French Polynesia. (To July 27)

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    SUNDAY, JULY 25 
    
    • AZAD KASHMIR, Pakistan - Pakistan administered Kashmir region holds general election.
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    MONDAY, JULY 26 
    

    • VALLETTA - WHO head Tedros Adhanom, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen, and BioNTech CEO Ugur Şahin speak at kENUP foundation summit "Fighting Infectious Diseases - Focus on Africa" – 1400 GMT.

    GENEVA, Switzerland - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, give news conference on the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic.

    WASHINGTON DC - Iraqi prime minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi visits Washington and meets with U.S. President Joe Biden. The two officials are meant to discuss shared interests in education, health, culture, energy, and climate initiatives, as well as joint efforts in defeating ISIS. BRUSSELS - EU finance ministers meet by video conference to approve more national recovery plans (provisionally Lithuania, Croatia, Cyprus, Slovenia and maybe Ireland) BRUSSELS - Informal video conference of EU economic and financial affairs ministers. MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his final State of the Nation Address.

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    TUESDAY, JULY 27 
    

    • SINGAPORE - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin delivers a speech named "the imperative of partnership", emphasizing the U.S. role as a reliable partner in helping nations in the Indo-Pacific make their own choices and "build back better" at an event hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a Singapore think tank.

    ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades to discuss a recent Turkish Cypriot decision to partially reopen an abandoned town in Cyprus – 1530 GMT.

    NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be on a two-day visit to India. (To July 28)

    PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Portugal 2021

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    WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 
    

    HANOI - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will make an official trip to Vietnam at the invitation of the Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Phan Văn Giang. (To July 29)

    ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis holds talks with Jordan's King Abdullah – 1530 GMT.

    WASHINGTON DC - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Banco de México Gov. Alejandro Díaz de León speak at 2021 Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture. - 1330 GMT. GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 107th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU - 200th anniversary of independence.

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    FRIDAY, JULY 30 
    

    GENEVA, Switzerland - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), give news conference on the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Hungary 2021

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    SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 
    

    GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7).

    WARSAW – Poland marks 77th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation.

    CHINA – 94th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 2 
    

    BRUNEI - 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (to August 7). BRUNEI - 22nd APT Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (APT FMM) (to August 7). BRUNEI - 11th EAS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS FMM) (to August 7). BRUNEI – ASEAN Senior Economic Officials’ Meeting (SEOM) (To Aug. 4).

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    TUESDAY, AUGUST 3 
    

    • WASHINGTON DC - Special primary election in Ohio's 11th and 15th U.S. congressional districts.

    SINGAPORE - APEC Business Advisory Council (Virtual Meeting).

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    FRIDAY, AUGUST 6 
    

    EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2021 (To Aug 30) HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 76th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 9 
    

    NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 76th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.

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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 
    

    Zambia - Presidential election. Zambia - Zambian National Assembly election.

    GLOBAL - International Youth Day.

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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 
    

    PAKISTAN – 74th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.

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    SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 
    

    JAPAN – 76th Anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two. INDIA – 74th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. LIECHTENSTEIN – 215th Anniversary of Independence.

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 16 
    

    WELLINGTON - APEC 2021 Food Security Ministers' Meeting.

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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 
    

    GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 29th Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 
    

    SYRIA – 8th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighbourhoods on the edge of Damascus.

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 23 
    

    BALTIC WAY – 32nd 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.

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    TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 
    

    POLAND - Poland marks the 32nd anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. UKRAINE – 30th Anniversary of Independence. WASHINGTON – 209th Anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.

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    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 
    

    URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 77th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.

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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 28 
    

    DUSHANBE - Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Dushanbe. (To Aug. 29)

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    MONDAY, AUGUST 30 
    

    WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at White House to discuss Ukraine's sovereignty and energy issues.

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    TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 
    

    PALESTINE - Palestinians hold National Council Elections

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 
    

    KRANJ, Slovenia - Informal meeting of EU defence ministers (to Sept 2).

    NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 17th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School.

    MEXICO - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds his third state of the union address. VENICE, Italy - 78th Venice International Film Festival (To Sept 11).

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 
    

    KRANJ, Slovenia - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich. (To Sept. 3)

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 
    

    MUNICH, Germany - 49th anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis.

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 
    

    INDIA/BANGLADESH – 10th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 
    

    MOROCCO - Moroccan Chamber of Representatives Election.

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 
    

    BRUNEI - 53rd ASEAN Economic Ministers(AEM) Meeting. TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2021 (to Sept 18).

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 
    

    SOUTHAMPTON – Southampton International Boat Show 2021 (to Sept 19).

    KRANJ, Slovenia – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept 11)

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 
    

    UNITED STATES – 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 
    

    BRATISLAVA - Pope Francis visits Slovakia (to Sept 15).

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 
    

    NORWAY - Norwegian Parliament Election.

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 
    

    GLOBAL - International day of Democracy. GUATEMALA – 200th anniversary of Independence. EL SALVADOR – 200th anniversary of Independence. COSTA RICA – 200th anniversary of Independence. HONDURAS – 200th anniversary of Independence. NICARAGUA – 200th anniversary of Independence.

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 
    

    RUSSIA - Russia hold parliament election

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 
    

    WELLINGTON - APEC 2021 Woman in Economy Forum.

    VIENNA - IAEA 65th General Conference (to Sept 24).

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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 
    

    ISLE OF MAN - Isle of Man House of Keys Election.

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 
    

    BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 48th anniversary of Independence from Portugal.

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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 
    

    ICELAND - Icelandic Parliament Election.

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 
    

    • PORTUGAL - Portugal holds local elections.
    • PORT AU PRINCE - Haiti to hold first round of presidential elections.

    GERMANY - German Federal Diet Election. BERLIN –BMW Berlin Marathon.

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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 
    

    GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 
    

    BRUNEI - ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting with the UN Secretary-General and the President of the 76th UNGA (AUMM)

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