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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28

** BAGHDAD - Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez visits Iraq and holds talks with the country's prime minister, as well as the oil and electricity ministers. ** TALLINN - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Estonia and holds talks with his counterpart. ** HAVANA - Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez meet in Havana to discuss Venezuela's political and social situation. ** PARIS - Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney is to address an annual end-of-summer business forum organized by France's MEDEF employers federation - 1230 GMT. ** PARIS - French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire and his German counterpart Peter Altmaier are due to discuss their vision of Europe at an annual end-of-summer business forum organized by France's employers' federation - 1330 GMT. BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2019 (Final Day). JAKARTA - Malaysian King the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah begins four-day state visit to Indonesia (Final Day). SANTIAGO – APEC Third Senior Officials' meeting and related meetings (to Aug. 30).

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Moscow - 0730 GMT. TOKYO - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif holds a news conference after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Kono. - 0500 GMT BEIJING - Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. - 0800 GMT WARSAW - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis meets Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki for intergovernmental consultations.

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 - Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab attends talks with his EU peers in Helsinki. ** STOCKHOLM - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki visits Sweden for talks with his Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven - 1230 GMT. KUALA LUMPUR - Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to address a forum on security in the Islamic world during a one-day visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 0100 GMT. SEOUL - Culture ministers of S.Korea and Japan hold bilateral talks in the 2019 China - Japan - Korea and Tourism Ministers' Meeting held in South Korea - 0500 GMT. BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes new Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with military honors at Berlin's chancellery - 1000 GMT. BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speak to reporters ahead of their meeting in Berlin - 0845 GMT. BEIJING - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is due to hold talks with President Xi Jinping - 1100 GMT. BERLIN - Germany Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine Liberation Organization, for talks in Berlin - 1200 GMT. HELSINKI - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (to August 30).

- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 BEIJING - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing - 0800 GMT.

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 WARSAW - U.S President Donald Trump to meet Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during his visit to Poland. WARSAW - Polish President Andrzej Duda and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet ahead of WW2 commemorative events in Warsaw. LEIPZIG, Germany - Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF and nominee to head the European Central Bank, will address a ceremony in the Leipzig Opera presenting German Chancellor Angela Merkel with an honorary doctorate from the city's business school.

WARSAW – U.S President Donald Trump visits Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two (to September 2). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

BANGKOK - South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Madame Kim Jung-sook will visit Thailand (to Sep. 3) NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 12th anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School. 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.

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ULAANBAATAR - Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Mongolia (to Sep. 3) MALE - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to undertake an official visit to the Maldives. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 REYKJAVIK - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will visit Iceland. BANGKOK - 51st ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting (AEM) & Related Meetings (to September 11). BANGKOK - 33rd AEM-AFTA Council Meeting (to September 11). BANGKOK - AEM – 22nd AIA Council Meeting (to September 11). BANGKOK - 11th CLMV Economic Ministers Meeting (to September 11). BANGKOK - 11th Mekong-Japan Economic Ministers Meeting (to September 11). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 LONDON - World Nuclear Association (WNA) Annual Symposium (to September 6). 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). - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 LONDON - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in London for high-level meetings, including trade and Iran. MUNICH, Germany – 47th anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis. TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2019 (to September 15). MAPUTO- Pope Francis meets Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi - 0730 GMT. LONDON - Brexit minister Steve Barclay and his ministerial team take questions in parliament - 0830 GMT.

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INDIA/BANGLADESH – 8th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh. DUBLIN - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visits Ireland for talks (to September 7) - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia hosts a peace, forgiveness, unity and peace festival. Event to be attended by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and Rwandan President Paul Kagame (to Sep. 8). ANTANANARIVO - Pope Francis meets Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

CAIRO - Egypt Euromoney conference, scheduled speakers include Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait and newly appointed IMF Egypt representative Subir Lall. FUNAFUTI - Tuvaluan House of Assembly election. MAURITIUS - Pope Francis pays a courtesy meeting to Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth at the country's presidential palace. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 UNITED STATES – 18th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. BEIJING – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay an official visit to China (to September 12). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

MOSCOW - Russia holds its annual Moscow Financial Forum attended by finance minister Anton Siluanov and a number of other economic and fiscal officials (to September 13). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 HELSINKI - EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to September 14). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

TUNIS - Tunisia Presidential Election. GLOBAL - International day of Democracy. GUATEMALA – 198th anniversary of Independence.

EL SALVADOR - 198th anniversary of Independence. COSTA RICA - 198th anniversary of Independence.

HONDURAS - 198th anniversary of Independence. NICARAGUA - 198th anniversary of Independence.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hosts a summit with the leaders of Russia and Iran. VIENNA - 63rd IAEA General Conference (to September 20).

DUBLIN – Irish Minister of Finance Paschal Donohoe to address an event on "Brexit, the Irish Economy and the Future of European Fintech" at Dublin City University's (DCU) Brexit Institute. - 1100 GMT. BANGKOK - ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) (to September 19). BRUSSELS - General Affairs Council meeting - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 ISRAEL - Israeli Knesset election.

NEW YORK, U.S. - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends U.N. General assembly in New York. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to hold a news conference ahead of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. RIYADH - Euromoney GCC Financial Forum 2019, a finance conference with speakers including Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) Governor Ahmed al-Kholifey, Saudi Arabian Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan, senior bankers, CEOs of major corporates and banks (to September 19). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY,SEPTEMBER 20

WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the White House for an official visit and State dinner. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 MUNICH – 186th Munich Oktoberfest (to October 6). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 HELSINKI - Informal meeting of agriculture ministers (to September 24).

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BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 46th anniversary of Independence from Portugal. NEW YORK CITY, NY - World leaders arrive for UNGA General Debate. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, U.S. President Donald Trump, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to speak in the morning session - 1200 GMT. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 GLOBAL - World Rabies Day. KABUL - Presidential election.

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 VIENNA - Austrian National Council election. BERLIN – BMW Berlin Marathon. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 ABU DHABI - Election for Emirati Federal National Council. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 LISBON - Election for Portuguese Assembly of the Republic. TUNIS - Election for Tunisian Constituent Assembly. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to October 8)

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LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, OCTOMBER 11 STRBSKE PLESO, Slovakia - Slovakian Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, Slovakian central bank governor and member of the ECB governing council Peter Kazimir, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Vice-President of the European Commission for the Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis, European Investment Bank Vice-President Vazil Hudak will speak at the annual Tatra Summit conference (to October 13). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 WARSAW - Election for Polish Sejm. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting SANTIAGO – APEC finance ministers' meeting (to October 15). - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council (Art. 50) meeting MAPUTO - Election for President. MAPUTO - Election for Mozambican Assembly. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17

BRUSSELS - EU European Council meeting (to October 18) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 BERN - Referendum election. BERN - Election for Swiss National Council. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOMBER 21 OTTAWA - Election for Canadian House of Commons.

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 SOCHI - Russia hosts Russia-Africa summit co-chaired by President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 BANGKOK - Leaders from Southeast and East Asian nations gather in Bangkok to attend the 35th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits before handing over the chairmanship to Vietnam.

BUENOS AIRES - Election for Argentinian Chamber of Deputies. BUENOS AIRES - Election for Argentinian Senate. BUENOS AIRES - Election for President. SUCRE - Election for Bolivian Chamber of Deputies. SUCRE - Election for Bolivian Chamber of Senators. SUCRE - Election for President. PORT-AU-PRINCE - Election for Haitian Senate. PORT-AU-PRINCE - Election for Haitian Chamber of Deputies. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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