DIARY-Political and General News Events from Aug. 12

Pompeo will meet with President Borut Pahor and Prime Minister Janez Jansa to discuss opportunities for closer cooperation between the United States and Slovenia in nuclear energy and Western Balkan integration. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 ** KUALA LUMPUR – Japan's foreign minister, Toshimitsu Motegi, will visit Malaysia for talks with the country's international trade and industry minister, Azmin Ali, and foreign minister, Hishammuddin Hussein (to Aug 15).


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DIARY-Political and General News Events from Aug. 12

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---------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12

** Singapore – Japan's foreign minister, Toshimitsu Motegi, arrives in Singapore for a three-day visit and holds talks with his Singapore counterpart, Vivian Balakrishnan (to Aug 13). ** TAIPEI - U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar holds a virtual news conference to answer questions about his visit to Taiwan, the highest level trip by a senior US official in four decades - 0030 GMT. PENANG, Malaysia - APEC third senior officials' meeting (som3) and related meetings (to Aug. 15).

PRAGUE - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is due to visit the Czech Republic (to Aug. 13). LILONGWE - Rwandan President Paul Kagame to visit Malawi to hold bilateral talks with Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera (to Aug. 12) BEIRUT - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visits Lebanese.

PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets with King Felipe VI at Marivent Palace in Palma de Mallorca - 1030 GMT GLOBAL - International Youth Day. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 LJUBLJANA - U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo visits Lujubljana, Slovenia. Pompeo will meet with President Borut Pahor and Prime Minister Janez Jansa to discuss opportunities for closer cooperation between the United States and Slovenia in nuclear energy and Western Balkan integration.

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 ** KUALA LUMPUR – Japan's foreign minister, Toshimitsu Motegi, will visit Malaysia for talks with the country's international trade and industry minister, Azmin Ali, and foreign minister, Hishammuddin Hussein (to Aug 15). ** VILNIUS - Estonian President Karju Kaljulaid is in Lithuania on a working visit, will meet with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda. ** ZURICH – Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, pays official visit to Switzerland for talks with counterpart Ignazio Cassis.

VIENNA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Austrian Foreign Minister Schallenberg hold news conference in Vienna - 1125 GMT. JAKARTA - Indonesia President Joko Widodo is scheduled to deliver state of the union speech at the parliament, unveiling the 2021 budget and the government's economic agenda for the next year.

PAKISTAN – 73rd anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 NETHERLANDS - The Dutch king and prime minister Mark Rutte will attend a ceremony in The Hague commemorating the 75th anniversary of Japan's capitulation in World War II. WARSAW - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Warsaw to sign a defence cooperation agreement introducing 1,000 more U.S. troops to Poland and taking part in its Armed Forces Day. JAPAN – 75th anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two.

INDIA – 73rd anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. LIECHTENSTEIN - 214th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 17 BRUSSELS - Brexit talks in Brussels (to Aug. 21) - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day.

MOSCOW – 28th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 ** PORT MORESBY/ PHNOM PENH/ VIENTIANE/ NAYPYITAW – Japan's foreign minister, Toshimitsu Motegi, will visit to Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar (to Aug 25).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi will start an official visit to the U.S. at an invitation from Washington. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 21

SYRIA – 7th anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 22

HANOI, Vietnam - 52nd ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting (AEM 52) (to Aug 29). HANOI - Vietnam hosts 9th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 23

BALTIC WAY – 31st 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. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 24

POLAND - Poland marks the 31st anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. UKRAINE – 29th Anniversary of Independence.

WASHINGTON – 208th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the U.S. Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day.

PARIS – 76th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 BERLIN – Informal meeting of EU defence ministers - 0900 GMT - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 27

BERLIN - Informal meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich (to Aug. 28). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 MONTENEGRO – Montenegrin Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 31 HANOI - Vietnam host 53rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and Related Meetings - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds his second state of the union address. BRUSSELS - EU Commissioner for internal market Thierry Breton speaks in an online interview with Politico Europe - 0630 GMT.

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 BRUSSELS - EU Commissioner for trade Phil Hogan speaks at online event on EU trade, model of 'open strategic autonomy' and the COVID-19 crisis - 0700 GMT - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 BOLIVIA - Presidential election.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 LONDON - Brexit talks in London (to Sept. 11) - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

BRUSSELS - Brussels Economic Forum (by video conference) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to Sept. 12). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 LEIPZIG - The German EU presidency will hold an EU-China Summit in Leipzig (to Sept. 14). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 VIENNA – United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors meeting (to Sept. 18).

LEIPZIG - The German EU presidency hosts an EU-China Summit - 0730 GMT. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 New Zealand – New Zealand House of Representatives election. New Zealand – Referendum election.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

BRUSSELS - EU ministers responsible for trade hold informal meeting in Berlin to discuss current trade topics from transatlantic relations to the World Trade Organization. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 NEW YORK CITY - World leaders take part in 75th annual U.N. General Assembly high-level debate (to Sept. 28).

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 BRUSSELS Brexit talks in Brussels (to Oct. 2). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 TORONTO - Canada hosts the world circular economy forum in Toronto.

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 KYRGYZSTAN – Kyrgyz Supreme Council Election. NEW CALEDONIA – Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 ** HANOI - Vietnam hosts ASEAN senior officials' meeting in Hanoi. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 ** BRUSSELS - European Council arrives for a two-day summit (to Oct 16) - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 KUALA LUMPUR - Finance ministers of APEC countries meet to address regional macroeconomic and financial issues as well as domestic and regional financial policy priorities during the APEC-Finance Ministers' Meeting in Malaysia (to Oct. 28) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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