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TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 TOKYO - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen visits Japan (to August 9). MANILA / BANGKOK / KUALA LUMPUR - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia (to August 9).

BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2017 (to August 28). MANILA - 50th ASEAN ministerial meeting (AMM) and post-ministerial conferences, 18th ASEAN Plus Three foreign ministers meeting (18th APT FMM), 7th East Asia Summit foreign ministers meeting (7th EAS FMM), 24th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) (Final Day). MANILA - Foreign ministers of ASEAN join counterparts from Japan, China, South Korea, New Zealand, India and Australia in Manila for regional meet.(Final Day). EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017 (to August 28). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 JAKARTA/BANGKOK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Indonesia and Thailand (to August 10). NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 72nd Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 GLOBAL - International Youth Day. EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to August 28). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 BOGOTA - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence kicks off a two-day official visit to Colombia (to August 14). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 14 PAKISTAN - 70th anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule. LEBANON - Hezbollah marks 11th anniversary of its "divine victory" - - the end of its war with Israel. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 ** CHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov will visit Kyrgyzstan (to Aug. 17). JAPAN – 72nd anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two. INDIA – 70th anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. LIECHTENSTEIN - 211th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16 TRALEE, Ireland - 2017 Rose of Tralee International Festival (to August 22). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 25th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 21 SYRIA – 4th anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23 ** NEW DELHI - Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will visit India (to Aug. 27). BALTIC WAY – 28th 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. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 POLAND - Poland marks the 28th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. UKRAINE – 26th Anniversary of Independence. WASHINGTON – 205th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei Darussalam - ASEAN 4th Working Committee on Financial Inclusion (WC-FINC) meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30 VENICE, Italy – 74th Venice International Film Festival (to September 9). - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 ** XIAMEN, China - China hosts 9th BRICS Summit in the southern city of Xiamen. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 MANILA - 49th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Meeting and related meetings (to September 10). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 TALLINN, Estonia - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (Gymnich) (to September 8). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 TALLINN, Estonia - European Union Foreign Ministers meet in Estonia. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 TALLINN, Estonia - EU informal meeting of ministers for development - 0700 GMT. NORWAY - Parliament election - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 STRASBOURG, France - EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivers his State of the Union address at the European Parliament – 0700 GMT. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 TALLINN, Estonia - EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers meeting (to September 16). – 0700 GMT. TALLINN, Estonia - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 MACAU - Legislative election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 TALLINN, Estonia, - EU Informal meeting of energy and transport ministers (to September 21). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 NEW ZEALAND - House of Representatives election - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 GERMANY - Election For Bundestag (German Federal Diet). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. MANILA - 35th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) Mission (to September 29).

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