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FRIDAY, JULY 25 ** LISBON - Concluding day of Angolan President Joao Lourenco's official visit to Portugal to strengthen the existing bilateral cooperation.

** LOMÉ/MONROVIA - Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye is scheduled to undertake official visits to West African nations. (To July 26) ** SALZBURG, Austria - Romania's President Nicusor Dan will pay an official visit to Salzburg, Austria, at the invitation of his Austrian counterpart Alexander Van der Bellen. (To July 26)

** SYDNEY - Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong hold a news conference with their UK counterparts Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Lammy and Secretary of State for Defence John Healey as part of the Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN). ** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts quadrilateral meeting with Estonia's Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur, Latvia's Defense Minister Andris Spruds and Lithuania's Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene at the Pentagon – 1330 GMT PHNOM PENH - Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, accompanied by his spouse, will pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia. (Final day) WASHINGTON DC - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Ishaq Dar will visit the United States. (To July 28)

BEIJING - At the invitation of the Government of the People's Republic of China, Secretary-General of ASEAN, Kao Kim Hourn, will undertake a visit to the People's Republic of China and take part in the 2025 World AI Conference (to July 26) LONDON - At the invitation of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will pay an official visit to the United Kingdom (to July 26) DUSHANBE - President of Mongolia, Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, will visit Tajikistan at the invitation of President Emomali Rahmon. (To July 26) LUXEMBOURG - Irish prime minister Micheál Martin will conduct a working visit to Luxembourg. (Final day) BEIJING - China hosts a two-day summit with European leaders. (Final day) BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2025 (To Aug 26). TOKYO - Japan and Czech hold a summit in Tokyo – 0500 GMT WASHINGTON DC- South Korea's Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol and Minister for Trade Yeo Han-koo hold talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington. MALE - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a state visit to Maldives on the invitation of the President of the Republic of Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu (to July 26) SCOTLAND - U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Scotland for a private visit. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JULY 26 ISLAMABAD - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is scheduled to visit Pakistan. BAILE TUSNAD, Romania - Hungarian PM Viktor Orban delivers annual landmark speech in Transsylvania, setting the stage for early 2026 elections. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JULY 27 STOCKHOLM - China's Vice Premier He Lifeng will visit Sweden to hold economic and trade talks with U.S. officials (To July 30) - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JULY 28 ** MALÉ - President of Sri Lanka Anura Kumara Dissanayake will undertake a state visit to the Maldives, at the invitation of Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu. (To July 30) KANSAI, Japan - Wesley W. Simina, President of the Federated States of Micronesia, and First Lady, Ancelly Simina will visit Japan to attend Expo 2025 Osaka.(To Aug. 3) GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.

GLOBAL – 111th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU – 204th anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 29

** ANKARA - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will visit Türkiye. BERLIN - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hosts Jordan's King Abdullah at his chancellery in Berlin. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 31

HELSINKI - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (video message) and Human Rights Commissioner Volker Turk, Britain's Minister of State for Europe Stephen Doughty and OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu speak at the OSCE conference organized by Finland to mark the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act - 0700 GMT - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 1

GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To Aug. 7) WARSAW – Poland marks 81st anniversary of its war-time Warsaw uprising against the Nazi occupation.

CHINA – 98th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 (to Aug 25) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6

HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 80th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 80th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 24). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 12

GLOBAL - International Youth Day. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 ASUNCIÓN - Paraguay to welcome Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te. ISLAMABAD – 78th anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 15

NEW DELHI – 78th anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. TOKYO – 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two.

LIECHTENSTEIN – 219th anniversary of Independence. TRALEE, Ireland - 2025 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To Aug 19) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 Bolivia - Bolivia holds presidential election.

Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Deputies election. Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Senators election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day.

MOSCOW – 33rd Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 DAMASCUS, Syria - 12th anniversary of nerve gas attack that killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 BALTIC WAY - 36th 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. Taiwan – Referendum election to decide whether the Maanshan-2 nuclear power plant should restart - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 WARSAW - Poland marks the 36th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989.

KYIV – 34th anniversary of Independence. WASHINGTON DC – 213th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, AUGUST 25 URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day.

PARIS – 81st anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27

VENICE, Italy – 82nd Venice International Film Festival (to September 6). BUSAN, Republic of Korea – APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting (EMM) (To Aug. 28). - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers. (To Aug. 29)

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BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich. (To Aug. 30) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 DHAKA - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to arrive in Dhaka for a two-day official visit. (To Aug. 31)

BEIJING - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will visit Beijing to participate in the foreign ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states. (To Sept. 1) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 31

TIANJIN - Leaders from more than 20 countries and heads of 10 international organizations will attend the Tianjin summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (To September 1) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

BRUSSELS – EU informal meeting of ministers for European affairs (to Sept. 2) GUYANA - Guyanese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of energy ministers (to Sept. 5) BOUGAINVILLE - Bougainvillean House of Representatives election BOUGAINVILLE - Bougainvillean presidency election

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NORWAY -Norwegian Parliament election. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 MACAU - Chinese Legislative Council (Macau) Election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

** BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council Meeting. MALAWI - Malawian National Assembly Election. MALAWI - Malawian Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 ** BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept. 20)

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 ** SEYCHELLES - Seychellois Presidency Election.

** SEYCHELLES - Seychellois National Assembly Election - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 ** SWITZERLAND – Referendum Election.

** MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF - Moldovan Parliament Election. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Technical Issues Please Contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx

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