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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, JULY 18 ** SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko at a regional forum in St. Petersburg. ** KOENIGSWINTER, Germany - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov speak to reporters on the conflict in Ukraine and the future of arms control on the sidelines of the so-called Petersburg Dialogue meeting - 1430 GMT. ** NEW YORK CITY, NY - Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif meets with U.S. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres - 2030 GMT. ** CHANTILLY, France - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and Bundesbank President Jens Weidman hold news conference after G7 meeting - 1000 GMT. WASHINGTON D.C. – New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters visit the United States (to July 20).

JAKARTA - Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan will make a working visit to Indonesia (Final Day). TAIPEI - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to transit U.S. during trip to Caribbean allies (to July 22).

BANGKOK - Third Meeting of the Senior Economic Officials for the Fiftieth ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (SEOM 3/50) (Final Day). WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hosts second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom (Final Day). WASHINGTON D.C. - Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas visits the United States (to July 22).

MOSCOW - Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will pay a working visit to Russia (Final Day). MONTREAL, Canada - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosts a summit with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Montreal (Final Day). GENEVA - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, U.S. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Andrea Thompson will meet in Geneva to talk about global strategic stability (Final Day).

CHANTILLY, France - The G7 countries' finance ministers and central bank governors will meet in Chantilly, France (Final Day). WASHINGTON DC - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte delivers remarks at the Atlantic Council think tank ahead of his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump - 1245 GMT. MELBOURNE – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Australia (to July 19).

CHANTILLY, France - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso and German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz hold news conference after G7 meeting - 0000 GMT. KOENIGSWINTER, Germany - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov speak to reporters on Ukraine, arms control - 1430 GMT. WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. President Donald Trump will welcome Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to the White House. GENEVA, Switzerland - United Nation human rights chief Michelle Bachelet gives first annual Nelson Mandela human rights lecture, along with former South African constitutional court judge Albie Sachs - 1600 GMT

Brussels - EU General Affairs Council meeting. HELSINKI – EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers (to July 19). BUENOS AIRES - Buenos Aires hosts the hemispheric anti-terrorism summit with the attendance of US secretary of state Mike Pompeo in Argentina (to July 19). GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.

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BUENOS AIRES/QUITO/ MEXICO CITY/SAN SALVADOR - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico and El Salvador (to July 21). MELBOURNE - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets her Australian counterpart Scott Morrison. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JULY 20 CYPRUS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Cyprus. CARACAS, Venezuela - Russia's deputy foreign minister Ryabkov to visit Venezuela (to July 22). WASHINGTON D.C. - Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan visits U.S and meet U.S president Donald Trump (to July 24).

CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 21

CANBERRA - Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape to visit Australia (to July 26). MEXICO CITY - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard. Japan - Japanese House of Councillors election. BAKU - 2019 Summer European Youth Olympics Festival (to July 27). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JULY 22 DUBLIN - Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney speaks on Brexit - 1930 GMT.

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet Honduran President Juan Orlando to discuss migration and development. WASHINGTON D.C - Pakistani PM Imran Khan is scheduled to visit United States(to July 23) 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 (to July 23).

HANGZHOU, China - 3rd APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) meeting (to July 25). OSLO – 8th anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people were killed. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 23

** 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. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 25 ** BRASILIA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Brazil (to July 26). SANTIAGO - Finance ministers from APEC countries meet ahead of 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).

SANTIAGO - Financial minister from APEC countries meet ahead of presidential summit. 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 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 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). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 GLOBAL - World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7). WARSAW - Poland marks 75th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation. CHINA – 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 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 – 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 – 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 defence ministers (to August 29).

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Leaders of African nations and representatives of international organisations 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).

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** WARSAW - Polish President Andrzej Duda and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier commemorate 80th anniversary of WWII start. 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). - - - - - - - - - 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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