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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, JULY 5

** HELSINKI - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker visits Finland to help launch the country's European Council presidency. - 1030 GMT ** GERMANY - German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at a summit in Poznan, Poland - 1300 GMT HANOI - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visits Vietnam (to July 7). BEIJING - Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

BRUSSELS - NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg gives news conference after NATO-Russia council meeting - 1100 GMT SONKAJARVI - Wife-Carrying World Championship 2019 (to July 6). - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JULY 6 ** BISHKEK - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission Federica Mogherini and EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica will visit Kyrgyzstan to attend the EU-Central Asia Forum and Ministerial Meeting (to July 7).

LIMA - Lima hosts 14th Pacific Alliance Summit. GLOBAL – 2019 International Day of Cooperatives. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 7 ** MUMBAI - Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan will begin a three-day official visit to India (to Jul. 9)

KATHMANDU – 72nd birthday of Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra. LONDON - 14th anniversary of the attacks on London's transport network, killing more than 50 and injuring 700. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JULY 8 ** GENEVA - WTO debates EU agriculture regulation and other trade policies KYIV- EU-Ukraine summit. BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 9 HIGH TATRAS, Slovakia - Foreign ministers of OSCE members hold informal meeting.

BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, confer at the White House. TEHRAN - 20th anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999.

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks the 14th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal. SOUTH SUDAN – 8th anniversary of South Sudan becoming an independent state. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 ** LUXEMBOURG - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: Luxembourg 2019. LONDON - British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland host a two-day conference in London about media freedom around the world (to July 11). - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 11 LIMA - Japan Princess Mako visits Peru to meet President Martin Vizcarra.

BANGKOK - Defense ministers from Southeast and East Asian nations gather in Bangkok for the 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (to Jul. 12). GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day.

MUMBAI - 12th anniversary of deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network. VIENNA - Launch of OECD Economic Surveys: Austria 2019. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JULY 14 ** BANGKOK - Third Meeting of the Senior Economic Officials for the Fiftieth ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (SEOM 3/50) (to July 18). PARIS - Bastille Day. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, JULY 15 BELGRADE - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Serbia (to Jul. 16).

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet Honduran President Juan Orlando to discuss migration, development. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 16 PARIS - World Bank chief Malpass speaks at conference "Bretton Woods: 75 years later" - 1200 GMT. PARIS - IMF chief Lagarde speaks at conference "Bretton Woods: 75 years later" - 1400 GMT - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 CHANTILLY, France - The G7 countries' finance ministers and central bank governors will meet in Chantilly, France (to July 18). GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 18 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. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, JULY 20 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 Japan - Japanese House of Councillors election. BAKU - 2019 Summer European Youth Olympics Festival (to July 27). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 22 ** 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 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 25 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 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 ** 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). - - - - - - - - - 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).

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