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---------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
** ADDIS ABABA - Experts from the World Health Organization and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will hold online media briefings on the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa – 0800 GMT. ** WASHINGTON DC, United States - Anwar Gargash, United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs, discusses "the recent announcement of normalization of relations between the UAE and Israel" at Atlantic Council online event. - 1300 GMT ** NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will receive US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo at his residence in New York. BEIJING - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi will pay an official visit to China (to Aug. 21) WASHINGTON DC - Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi arrived in the U.S. on an official visit to Washington (Final day) BRUSSELS - Brexit talks in Brussels (to Aug. 21)
RIGA - Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, is scheduled to arrive in Latvia.
MANILA - Philippines health minister and World Health Organization representative hold forum on anti-coronavirus measures - 0500 GMT. SAARLAND, Germany - Germany, France and Britain - the “E3” group of major West European countries that cooperated on Iran policy - meet for an informal meeting in Saarland (Aug. 21) BEIJING - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi visits to China to attend the second round of the China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers'Strategic Dialogue (Aug. 21)
PARIS – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit France and meet President Emmanuel Macron at his summer residence on the Mediterranean. - 1630 GMT PORT MORESBY/ PHNOM PENH/ VIENTIANE/ NAYPYITAW – Japan's foreign minister, Toshimitsu Motegi, will visit to Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar (to Aug 25).
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
** GENEVA – World Health Organization holds briefing on the latest worldwide developments of the coronavirus outbreak – 1500 GMT. SAARLAND, Germany - German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer hosts her counterparts from France and the United Kingdom, Florence Parly and Ben Wallace, respectively, for the first so-called "E3 format" meeting in her native Saarland region - 0930 GMT. SYRIA – 7th anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus. - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22
HANOI, Vietnam - 52nd ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting (AEM 52) (to Aug 29). HANOI - Vietnam hosts 9th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 23
BALTIC WAY – 31st 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. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, AUGUST 24
LAGOS,Nigeria - World Health Organization officials hold a news conference the day before Africa is expected to be declared free of wild polio - 1330 GMT. POLAND - Poland marks the 31st anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989.
UKRAINE – 29th Anniversary of Independence.
WASHINGTON – 208th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the U.S. Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day.
PARIS – 76th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 BERLIN – Informal meeting of EU defence ministers - 0900 GMT - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
** COLOGNE, Germany - German economy minister Peter Altmaier discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with entrepreneurs at an event in the western city of Cologne. - 1030 GMT BERLIN - Informal meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich (to Aug. 28).
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 GENEVA - The World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body holds monthly meeting - 0800 GMT. - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 ** HAGATNA - Japan Defense Minister Taro Kono and United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to meet in Guam.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 MONTENEGRO – Montenegrin Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, AUGUST 31
SANTANDER, Spain - Spain's economy minister, Nadia Calvino, to deliver speech at online financial conference in Santander (MC:SAN) - 0800 GMT. HANOI - Vietnam hosts 53rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and related meetings.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds his second state of the union address. BRUSSELS - EU Commissioner for internal market Thierry Breton speaks in an online interview with Politico Europe - 0630 GMT.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
DUBLIN - Chief European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier speaks in Dublin at the Institute of International and European Affairs think tank - 1200 GMT.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 BRUSSELS - EU Commissioner for trade Phil Hogan speaks at online event on EU trade, model of 'open strategic autonomy' and the COVID-19 crisis - 0700 GMT - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gives his annual speech on the state of Greece's economy. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 BOLIVIA - Presidential election.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 LONDON - Brexit talks in London (to Sept. 11) - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
BRUSSELS - Brussels Economic Forum (by video conference)
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to Sept. 12). - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
VIENNA – United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors meeting (to Sept. 18).
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 New Zealand – New Zealand House of Representatives election. New Zealand – Referendum election.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
BRUSSELS - EU ministers responsible for trade hold informal meeting in Berlin to discuss current trade topics from transatlantic relations to the World Trade Organization.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
BRASILIA - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will open the United Nation's General Assembly high-level debate that will be a virtual meeting this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic with prerecorded video speeches by heads of state.
NEW YORK CITY - World leaders take part in 75th annual U.N. General Assembly high-level debate (to Sept. 28).
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 BRUSSELS Brexit talks in Brussels (to Oct. 2).
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 TORONTO - Canada hosts the world circular economy forum in Toronto.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 KYRGYZSTAN – Kyrgyz Supreme Council Election. NEW CALEDONIA – Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 HANOI - Vietnam hosts ASEAN senior officials' meeting in Hanoi. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 Luxembourg – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Oct 09) - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15
BRUSSELS - European Council arrives for a two-day summit (to Oct 16)
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 GUINEA – Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 CHILE – Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 KUALA LUMPUR - Finance ministers of APEC countries meet to address regional macroeconomic and financial issues as well as domestic and regional financial policy priorities during the APEC-Finance Ministers' Meeting in Malaysia (to Oct. 28) - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 GEORGIA – Georgian Parliament Election.
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