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MONDAY, JULY 30 ** JUBA - Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan will be visiting South Sudan (to July 31)
** ASMARA - The President of the Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, will pay a three-day visit to Eritrea (Final Day)
** HANOI - Argentine's Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie visits Vietnam. ** BERLIN, Germany - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas holds news conference with Albanian counterpart Ditmir Bushati - 1200 GMT.
SAO PAULO - Japanese Princess Mako begins visit to Brazil's biggest city. Princess Mako will visit 13 Brazilian cities (to Aug. 4).
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 ** LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo - NATO Naples Commander the US Admiral James Foggo to hold a press conference in northern Kosovo. MOSCOW - Russian, Japanese foreign and defense ministers to meet in Moscow.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1
. ADDIS ABABA - UK Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson visits Ethiopia and he will meet Ethiopian Minister of Defence, Motuma Mekassa. 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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