DIARY-Political and General News Events from July 28

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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, JULY 28

NEW DELHI - Iraq Foreign Minister Dr. Ibrahim al-Jaafari will visit India for five days (Final Day). BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2017 (to August 28). PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa in Paris. GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 103rd anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU - 196th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 29 GABONESE REPUBLIC - Gabonese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 30 BANGKOK – Chinese Minister Foreign Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Thailand and meet Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai. TALLINN - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will visit Estonia and meet Presidents of the three Baltic states (to 31 July). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 31 KHARTOUM - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit Khartoum. PARIS - Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to visit French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. TBILISI - United States Vice President Mike Pence will visit Georgia (to August 1). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 1

** ROME - French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire will visit Rome. ** JERUSALEM - Organisations of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Foreign Ministers to discuss developments in Israel. GLOBAL - World Breastfeeding Week (to August 7). WARSAW - Poland marks 73rd anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation. CHINA - 90th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. SHANGHAI - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) countries Trade Ministers meet in Shanghai (to August 2). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 ROTTERDAM - 2016 World Rowing Junior Championships (to August 6). 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) (to August 8). MANILA - Foreign ministers of Asean join counterparts from Japan, China, South Korea, New Zealand, India and Australia in Manila for region meet.(to August 08). PODGORICA - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will meet Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic and Prime Minister Dusko Markovic in Podgorica. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017 (to Aug. 28). RWANDA – Presidential election. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 TEHRAN – Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will visit Iran and attend the inauguration ceremony of the president-elect of the Islamic republic. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Commemorations 72nd Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 JAKARTA/BANGKOK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Indonesia and Thailand (to Aug. 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 Aug 28). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 ** BOGOTA - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence kicks off a two-day official visit to Colombia (to Aug 14).

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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 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 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. - - - - - - - - - AUGUST 30 VENICE, Italy – 74th Venice International Film Festival (to September 9). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 TALLINN - European Union Foreign Ministers meet in Estonia. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 NORWAY - Parliament election - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 MACAU - Legislative election. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 NEW ZEALAND - House of Representatives election - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 GERMANY - Election For Bundestag (German Federal Diet). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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