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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, JULY 26** BARCELONA - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares meets Secretary General for the Union for the Mediterranean, Nasser Kamel in Barcelona.
** VIENTIANE - Japan foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa to meet her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Laos.
** MADRID - Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles meets UN secretary general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix in Madrid.
** FORTALEZA, Brazil - Spain's Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo speaks to media after G20 meetings in Brazil - 1400 GMT.
** GENEVA - WTO holds meetings on trade disputes, e-commerce meetings. HAMPSHIRE - Farnborough Air show 2024 (Final Day).
BEIJING - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visits China (Final Day)
SEOUL - Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Vladimirovich Ruzenkov will visit North Korea (Final Day)
VIENTIANE - Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Vientiane, Lao PDR, to take part in the Foreign Ministers' Meetings under the ASEAN framework in the format of the ASEAN-India, East Asia Summit. (To July 27) VIENTIANE - 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) VIENTIANE - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting in Vientiane, Laos. (To Jul. 27)
PARIS - Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov will be on a working visit to France at Emmanuel Macron's invitation. (To July 27)
PARIS – President of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam will visit France at the invitation of the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron, for the opening events connected to the XXXIII Summer Olympic Games. (To July 28) PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Argentinian President Javier Milei in Paris - 0900 GMT. VIENTIANE - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov takes part in ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Laos. VIENTIANE - 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 27** HANOI - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Vietnamese President To Lam during a short visit to Hanoi. BEIJING - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visits China (To Jul. 31)
TOKYO - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Tokyo during his Asia trip (To July 28)
PARIS - Finnish President Alexander Stubb visits France and the Paris Summer Olympics - 0000 GMT. VIENTIANE - 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 28** BEIJING - President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Jose Ramos-Horta, will visit China. (To July 31) COSTA RICA - The IMF holds a regional conference in Costa Rica on Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (To Jul 30) TOKYO - Foreign and defence ministers from Japan and the United States will hold security talks in Japan.
TOKYO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets their Japanese counterparts, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Japanese Defence Minister Minoru Kihara for a 2+2 meeting.
TOKYO - United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, and South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-sik will hold a trilateral meeting in Tokyo. TOKYO - U.S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken to visit Japan (To July 29) BERLIN - 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 29** WELLINGTON - Indonesia's foreign minister, Retno Marsudi visits New Zealand (To Jul. 31)
** PANMUNJOM, SOUTH KOREA - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong meets with South Korean counterpart Cho Tae-yul in Seoul to boost bilateral ties.
** ABU DHABI - Gabriel Boric Font, president of Chile, will commence an official visit to the United Arab Emirates. TOKYO - The foreign ministers of the "Quad" countries - the United States, Japan, Australia and India - will meet in Japan. MANILA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to the Philippines for a 2-day official visit (To July 30)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 30PANMUNJOM, SOUTH KOREA - Australian Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, visits the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 31HANOI - EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell meets Vietnamese officials in Hanoi
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ULAANBAATAR - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Mongolia. 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 6** ANNAPOLIS, US - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin host their Australian counterparts – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Penny Wong – in Annapolis, Maryland, for the 2024 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN). HIROSHIMA - 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 12MOSCOW - President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas will visit Russia and meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. (To Aug. 14) GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14KIRIBATI - 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)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15VIENTIANE - 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 24** VIENTIANE - 42nd ASEAN Minister on Energy Meeting. (To Sept. 27) BRUSSELS – 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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