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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, JULY 23

** AMMAN - Turkey Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Jordan for bilateral and regional talks. ** WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan - 1300 GMT. ** WASHINGTON D.C. - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will speak at the United States Institute of Peace, likely to touch on Afghanistan and broader Pakistan-US relations. - 1400 GMT. WASHINGTON D.C. - Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the U.S and meet U.S President Donald Trump (to July 24). BEIJING - Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates, will pay a state visit to China (Final Day).

CANBERRA - Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape to visit Australia (to July 26). BAKU - 2019 Summer European Youth Olympics Festival (to July 27). WASHINGTON D.C - Pakistani PM Imran Khan is scheduled to visit United States (Final Day).

MADRID - Spain's parliament begins a two-day debate, culminating in a vote on July 23, on whether to name acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez as the country's new prime minister (Final Day). HANGZHOU, China - 3rd APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) meeting (to July 25).

HAVANA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in Cuba, meets Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez to discuss bilateral and regional agenda (to July 24). BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 MOSCOW - Belarusian Finance Minister Vladimir Makei and Economy Minister Dmitry Krutoi to visit Moscow - 0700 GMT BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 25 ** BRASILIA - Brazil Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo and China Foreign Minister Wang Yi will address the press following a bilateral meeting in Brasilia ahead of a BRICS meeting in Rio de Janeiro. - 1400 GMT MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to discuss migration and development. BRASILIA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Brazil (to July 26).

SANTIAGO - Finance ministers from APEC countries meet ahead of the presidential summit (to July 26). BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2019 (to Aug 28). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 26

ANTALYA, Turkey - Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and Turkey's Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to hold the 16th intergovernmental committee for discussing cooperation in various areas. PARAMARIBO - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Suriname (to July 27). RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Foreign ministers of China, Russia, India, Brazil, and South African meet in Rio to prepare for the November presidential summit in Brasilia. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 27 ** TEHRAN - Oman Minister of Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah will visit Iran to discuss regional developments. BANGKOK - ASEAN senior officials' meeting (to Aug 3).

BANGKOK - 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (to Aug 3). BANGKOK - 20th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers Meeting (to Aug 3).

BANGKOK - 9th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting (to Aug 3). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 28

GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 105th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.

PERU - 198th anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 29 CYPRUS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Cyprus.

BANGKOK - Foreign ministers from Southeast and East Asian nations gather in Bangkok for the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, 20th ASEAN Plus Three, and the 9th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting (to Aug. 3). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 ** BANGKOK - Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) joins in a plenary meeting during the regional ministerial meeting. - 0250 GMT. ** BANGKOK, Thailand - Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) joins in a retreat session during the regional ministerial meeting. - 0500 GMT. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 GLOBAL - World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7). WARSAW - Poland marks the 75th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation. CHINA – the 92nd founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016 (to Aug 26). - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 74th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 TOKYO, Japan - 2019 World Rowing Junior Championships (to August 11) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 74th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 26). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, AUGUST 12 GLOBAL - International Youth Day. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 PAKISTAN – 72nd anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule. LEBANON - Hezbollah marks the 13th anniversary of its "divine victory" - - the end of its war with Israel. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 JAPAN – 74th anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two. INDIA – 72nd anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. LIECHTENSTEIN - 213th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 SANTIAGO – APEC Third Senior Officials' meeting and related meetings (to Aug 30). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 19 SYDNEY - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape and oil executives address investment conference in Sydney - 2300 GMT. GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 27th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 SYRIA – 6th anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 TRALEE, Ireland - 2019 Rose of Tralee International Festival (to August 27). BALTIC WAY – the 30th 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 24 POLAND - Poland marks the 30th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. UKRAINE – 28th Anniversary of Independence. WASHINGTON – the 207th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812. BIARRITZ - G7 summit, Biarritz, France meeting (to Aug 26).

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 75th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 VENICE, Italy – 2019 Venice International Film Festival (to September 7).

HELSINKI - EU Informal meeting of defense ministers (to August 29). YOKOHAMA, Japan - Leaders of African nations and representatives of international organizations meet for the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Japan. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 HELSINKI - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (to Aug. 30). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 WARSAW – U.S President Donald Trump visits Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 WARSAW - Polish President Andrzej Duda and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier commemorate the 80th anniversary of WWII started.

WARSAW - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Poland. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russia hosts Eastern Economic Forum which is traditionally attended by Asian leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin (to September 6). MAPUTO/ ANTANANARIVO/ PORT LOUIS - Pope Francis visits Mozambique, Madagscar and Mauritius (to September 10). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 HELSINKI - EU finance ministers meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 NEW YORK, U.S. - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends U.N. General assembly in New York. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 RIYADH - Euromoney GCC Financial Forum 2019, finance conference with speakers including central bank governor, finance minister, senior bankers, CEOs of major corporates and banks.

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