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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, JULY 26 CANBERRA - Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape to visit Australia (Final Day).

BAKU - 2019 Summer European Youth Olympics Festival (to July 27). SUVA - New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters will visit Fiji to attend the Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting on 26 July (to July 27). BRASILIA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Brazil (Final Day). SANTIAGO - Finance ministers from APEC countries meet ahead of the presidential summit (Final Day). BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2019 (to Aug 28).

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 ** PORTO-NOVO/ BANJUL/ CONAKRY - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind embarks on a week-long visit to three West African nations, Benin, Gambia, and Guinea (to Aug. 3)

BEIJING - Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez will pay a state visit to China (to July 31). GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.

GLOBAL – 105th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU - 198th anniversary of Independence.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 29 ** WASHINGTON D.C. - Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga will pay an official visit to the United States (to Aug. 3) 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). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 30 ZAGREB - European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen visits Croatia. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 ** WASHINGTON DC, United States - U.S. President Donald Trump and Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga confer at the White House. ** BEIJING - Colombian President Ivan Duque meets Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing. - 0800 GMT WARSAW - Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will visit Warsaw for two days to mark the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw uprising (to August 1). BANGKOK - ASEAN foreign ministers meet with a Russian delegation led by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Bangkok. - 0930 GMT BANGKOK - ASEAN foreign ministers meet with New Zealand delegation led by New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters. - 1045 GMT

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 ** BANGKOK - Foreign Ministers of the Lower Mekong countries, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. - 0745 GMT BANGKOK - ASEAN foreign ministers meet with their Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. - 0400 GMT BANGKOK - ASEAN foreign ministers meet with their U.S. counterpart Mike Pompeo. - 0630 GMT BANGKOK - ASEAN foreign ministers meet with their South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha. - 0900 GMT BANGKOK - ASEAN foreign ministers meet with European Union delegation, led by Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini - 0900 GMT

GLOBAL - World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7). WARSAW - Poland marks the 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 ** BANGKOK - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a speech on the U.S. economic engagement in the Asia-Pacific Region. ** BANGKOK - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets his Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai on the sidelines of the ASEAN and dialogue partners foreign ministers' meeting.

BANGKOK - ASEAN foreign ministers hold meeting with Chinese, Japanese and South Korean counterparts. - 0200 GMT BANGKOK - ASEAN foreign ministers join their counterparts from eight dialogue partners including Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Korea, and the United States for an East Asia Summit meeting. - 0345 GMT BANGKOK - Thailand's Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai holds a news conference after the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Bangkok concludes. - 1130 GMT EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016 (to Aug 26). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 BANGKOK - Foreign ministers from Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Vietnam meet with their South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha at the 9th Mekong-South Korea Foreign Ministers Meeting. - 0200 GMT BANGKOK - ASEAN foreign ministers meet with their Japanese counterpart at the 12th Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' Meeting - 0315 GMT - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 ** SYDNEY, Australia - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defence Mark Esper visit Sydney for the 2019 Australia–United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN). - - - - - - - - -

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 ** NAURU - Nauruan Parliament election. 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 defense 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).

- - - - - - - - - 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 80th anniversary of WWII start. WARSAW - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Poland. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 ** 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 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 Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to September 14). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 ** 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 RIYADH - Euromoney GCC Financial Forum 2019, finance conference with speakers including central bank governor, finance minister, senior bankers, CEOs of major corporates and banks. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 ** HELSINKI - Informal meeting of agriculture ministers (to September 24).

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