DIARY-Political and General News Events from June 26

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THURSDAY, JUNE 26

WASHINGTON DC. – Jordon’s King Abdullah II to visit the United States.

ANKARA - Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto visits Turkey.

MOSCOW - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov meets his counterpart from Laos, Thongsavanh Phomvihane, in Moscow - 0900 GMT.

MINSK - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends Eurasian Economic Union summit in Minsk. The summit will be hosted by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov are expected to attend. Armenian Prime-minister Nikol Pashinyan will speak via videolink - 1345 GMT.

MINSK - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Belarus. (To June 27)

ACCRA - King Mswati III of Eswatini visits Ghana (to June 27).

RIGA - David McGuinty, Minister of National Defence of Canada, will make his inaugural visit to Latvia (Final day).

MINSK - The president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, make an official visit to Belarus (Final day).

RABAT - At the invitation of the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco, Secretary-General of ASEAN, Kao Kim Hourn, will lead the ASEAN Secretariat delegation for an official visit to Morocco (To June 26)

BEIJING - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong visits China, marking his first trip to the country after taking office last year. He is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang and Zhao Leji, head of China's top legislative body. (Final day)

BEIJING - Armenia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan will pay an official visit to China. (To June 27)

AMSTERDAM - Japan's Foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya to visit Netherlands to attend NATO-related meetings. (Final day)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Leaders of NATO countries gather in The Hague, Netherlands, for the annual NATO summit. (Final day)

SEOUL - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a budget speech in parliament.

COLOMBO - United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Volker Turk holds a news conference at the end of a four-day visit to Sri Lanka after meeting its leaders and civil society activists.

BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand speak to reporters in Berlin following their closed-door meeting - 0715 GMT

GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to June 27)

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FRIDAY, JUNE 27

FRANCE - French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot meets his Greek counterpart George Gerapetritis in Paris - 0630 GMT.

JAKARTA - Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim will undertake an official visit to the Republic of Indonesia.

MOSCOW - Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak to hold intergovernemental commision with Turkey's trade minister Omer Bolat - 0830 GMT

BERLIN - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his Austrian counterpart Christian Stocker hold a press conference in Berlin - 1130 GMT.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 28

MADRID - Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will embark on a six-day official visit to Spain. (To July 3)

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SUNDAY, JUNE 29

PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 23rd anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash.

BEJING/TAIPEI - 15th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan.

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TUESDAY, JULY 1

CHINA – 104th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2

SIENA - July annual horse race "Palio di Siena".

GLOBAL - World UFO Day on the anniversary of the Roswell incident.

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FRIDAY, JULY 4

UNITED STATES - Independence Day.

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SATURDAY, JULY 5

GLOBAL - International Day of Cooperatives.

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SUNDAY, JULY 6

ULAANBAATAR - Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are scheduled to make a state visit to Mongolia. The emperor and empress are expected to lay flowers at a memorial on July 8 to commemorate Japanese nationals who died while in internment camps there after World War II. (To July 13)

RIO DE JANEIRO - The BRICS Presidential Summit 2025 is set to take place on July 6-7 at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro.

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MONDAY, JULY 7

TOKYO - United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Japan as part of a wider tour of Asian countries.

LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting.

KATHMANDU - 78th birthday of Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra.

LONDON - 20th anniversary of the attacks on London's transport network, in which more than 50 people were killed and 700 injured.

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TUESDAY, JULY 8

BRASILIA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hosts Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Brasilia, following their participation in the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro.

BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting

KUALA LUMPUR - 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meetings (AMM) and Post-Ministerial Conferences (PMC) (To July 11)

LONDON - French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron will have a state visit to Britain at the invitation of King Charles.

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TUESDAY, JULY 9

LONDON - French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron will have a state visit to Britain at the invitation of King Charles. While in the country, Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will preside over a Franco-Britannic summit. (To Jul 10)

TEHRAN - 25th anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999.

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks 20th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal.

SOUTH SUDAN – 14th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State.

VIENNA, Austria - 9th OPEC International Seminar. (To July 10)

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FRIDAY, JULY 11

GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day.

MUMBAI - 18th anniversary of the deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network.

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MONDAY, JULY 14

PARIS - Bastille Day.

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TUESDAY, JULY 15

BRUSSELS - Eu Foreign Affairs Council meeting

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THURSDAY, JULY 17

GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute

KWAZULU-NATAL, South Africa – G20 Finance and Central Bank Ministerial Meeting. (To July 18)

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FRIDAY, JULY 18

BURSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting

GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.

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SUNDAY, JULY 20

CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.

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MONDAY, JULY 21

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 25th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.

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TUESDAY, JULY 22

OSLO – 14th anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island, where 77 people were killed.

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THURSDAY, JULY 24

BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2025 (To Aug 26).

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MONDAY, JULY 28

GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.

GLOBAL – 111th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.

PERU – 204th anniversary of Independence.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1

GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To Aug. 7)

WARSAW – Poland marks 81st anniversary of its war-time Warsaw uprising against the Nazi occupation.

CHINA – 98th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 (to Aug 25)

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6

HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 80th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 9

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 80th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 24).

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 12

GLOBAL - International Youth Day.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14

ISLAMABAD – 78th anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 15

NEW DELHI – 78th anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule.

TOKYO – 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two.

LIECHTENSTEIN – 219th anniversary of Independence.

TRALEE, Ireland - 2025 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To Aug 19)

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 17

Bolivia - Bolivia holds presidential election.

Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Deputies election.

Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Senators election.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 19

GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day.

MOSCOW – 33rd Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21

DAMASCUS, Syria - 12th anniversary of nerve gas attack that killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 23

BALTIC WAY - 36th 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.

Taiwan – Referendum election to decide whether the Maanshan-2 nuclear power plant should restart

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 24

WARSAW - Poland marks the 36th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989.

KYIV – 34th anniversary of Independence.

WASHINGTON DC – 213th 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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MONDAY, AUGUST 25

URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day.

PARIS – 81st anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27

VENICE, Italy – 82nd Venice International Film Festival (to September 6).

BUSAN, Republic of Korea – APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting (EMM) (To Aug. 28).

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