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THURSDAY, JULY 26
** JOHANNESBURG - Governor of the Chelyabinsk region Boris Dubrovsky will visit Johannesburg, South Africa for the 10th BRICS summit (to July 27).
** JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa to meet members of the National Vendors Association of Zimbabwe as part of his election campaign. ** LISBON - UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid to meet with Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva with rights of citizens after Brexit on the agenda - 1230 GMT. ** LONDON - UAE cabinet member and Minster of State for Foreign Affairs speaks in London. The speech is titled 'The Role of the Arab Gulf in Building Peace in the Middle East' , and will be followed by a Q&A - 1400 GMT.
SAO PAULO - Japanese Princess Mako begins visit to Brazil's biggest city. Princess Mako will visit 13 Brazilian cities (to Aug. 4).
ABU DHABI / DAKAR / KIGALI/ JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Senegal, Rwanda and South Africa, attend the 10th BRICS summit from July 25 to 27 in Johannesburg (to Jul. 27).
SINGAPORE - 36th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Energy (SOME) and Associated Meetings (to Jul. 27).
WASHINGTON D. C. - Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will pay a two-day working visit to the United States (to Jul. 27). JOHANNESBURG - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits South Africa for a summit of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies in Johannesburg (to July 27).
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will host a summit of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies in Johannesburg in July (to Jul. 27). BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2017 (to Aug. 29).
BELGRADE - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin meets Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and members of the Serbian government.
MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno in Madrid - 1100 GMT.
WASHINGTON D.C. - Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo due in Washington for talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer that could re-energize efforts to conclude the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (to July 27).
MADRID, Spain - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and French President Emmanuel Macron to hold talks in Madrid with a focus on migration.
JOHANNESBURG - Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit South Africa for a summit of BRICS (to Jul. 27).
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LISBON - French President Emmanuel Macron and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa take part in a consultation with citizens about "Europe challenges" - 1000 GMT.
MADRID - Ecuadorian President, Lenin Moreno Garces to speak at an event in Madrid - 0800 GMT.
LISBON, Portugal - Portuguese PM Antonio Costa hosts French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez at a summit on energy interconnections in Lisbon.
WASHINGTON D.C. - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed travels to the United States (to Jul. 28). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 28
** HAVANA - Cuba Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez meets with Europe and France Foreign Affairs Minister Jean Yves Le Drian - 2030 GMT.
ZAMBIA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Zambia.
GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 104th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU - 197th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, JULY 29
Cambodia - Cambodian National Assembly election.
Mali - Presidential election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, JULY 30
** BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (RC) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund is meeting to examine debt-crippled OPEC member Congo Republic's request for a bailout.
** WASHINGTON D.C. - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Energy Secretary Rick Perry speak at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum - 1230 GMT.
BEIJING - Britain Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt holds a joint news conference with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing – 0200 GMT.
BEIJING - British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will visit China. SINGAPORE - 28th meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) & ASEAN Ministerial Meeting's (AMM) Interface with AICHR (to Aug. 3).
WASHINGTON D.C. – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will visit Washington and meet President Donald Trump.
SINGAPORE - 51st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM), Post-Ministerial Conferences (PMCs), 19th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers Meeting (APTFMM), 8th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting (EASFMM) and 25th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) (to Aug. 4).
Zimbabwe - Zimbabwean National Assembly election. Zimbabwe – President election.
Comoros – Referendum election.
Zimbabwe - Zimbabwean Senate election.
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TUESDAY, JULY 31 MOSCOW - Russian, Japanese foreign and defense ministers to meet in Moscow.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1
. GLOBAL - World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7). WARSAW - Poland marks 74th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation. CHINA – 91st founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. SINGAPORE - ASEAN Foreign Ministers will meet in Singapore.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 02 SINGAPORE - Opening ceremony of 51st ASEAN foreign ministers meeting - 0130 GMT.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 3
SINGAPORE - Foreign ministers of ASEAN and partner countries are treated to a gala performance in Singapore - 1120 GMT.
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018 (to Aug. 27). - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4
SINGAPORE - Foreign ministers of ASEAN countries, China, Japan and South Korea hold a meeting - 0100 GMT. SINGAPORE - Foreign Ministers of East Asia Summit Member States (ASEAN countries plus Australia, China, Japan, India, New Zealand, South Korea, Russia and the United States) hold a meeting - 0245 GMT. SINGAPORE - News conference hosted by Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore, Vivian Balakrishnan - 1015 GMT.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Third Senior Officials Meeting and Related Meetings (to Aug. 20).
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MONDAY, AUGUST 6 HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 73rd Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 RACICE, Czech Republic - 2018 World Rowing Junior Championships (to Aug. 12) - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 73rd Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug. 27). - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 GLOBAL - International Youth Day. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 PAKISTAN – 71st anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule. LEBANON - Hezbollah marks 12th anniversary of its "divine victory" - - the end of its war with Israel. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 JAPAN – 73rd anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two. INDIA – 71st anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. LIECHTENSTEIN - 212th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 TRALEE, Ireland - 2018 Rose of Tralee International Festival (to Aug. 21). - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 26th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21 SYRIA – 5th anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus. - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 MOSCOW - Finnish President Sauli Niinisto will pay a visit to Russia.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 BALTIC WAY – 29th 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. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 24 POLAND - Poland marks the 29th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. UKRAINE – 27th Anniversary of Independence. WASHINGTON – 206th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.
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THAILAND - Special Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM)-(to Aug. 31). - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 VENICE, Italy – 2018 Venice International Film Festival (to Sep. 8). COPENHAGEN - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Denmark. - - - - - - - - -
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30
VIENNA - Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (to August 31). ABUJA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel pays a state visit to Nigeria (to Aug. 31). COPENHAGEN - World Food Summit (to Aug. 31). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 MOSCOW - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will pay an official visit to Russia. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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