DIARY-Political and General News Events from June 27

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FRIDAY, JUNE 27

JAKARTA - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will hold closed bilateral talks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta.

NICOSIA - Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger meets Cyprus counterpart Constantinos Kombos in Nicosia - 1100 GMT

New York - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to speak to reporters on the Middle East - 1530 GMT

BISHKEK - Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh to pay an official visit to Kyrgyzstan.

ULAANBAATAR - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Murat Nurtleu, visits Mongolia on an official visit

MINSK - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Belarus. (final day)

ACCRA - King Mswati III of Eswatini visits Ghana (final day).

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

BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (final day)

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

BISHKEK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to Kyrgyzstan (To June 29)

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

TOKYO - H.M. Letsie III, King of the Kingdom of Lesotho, and H.M. Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso will pay a visit to Japan (To July 4)

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

ACCRA - President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, will host India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a two-day official visit to Ghana (To July 3)

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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