DIARY-Political and General News Events from July 8

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TUESDAY, JULY 8

** SINGAPORE CITY - Official visit of Ahmed Attaf, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, to Singapore. (Final day)

** RIGA - Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics will meet with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

** KUALA LUMPUR - United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Malaysia for a series of high-level regional meetings and bilateral engagements. (To July 12)

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)

TOKYO - Anita Anand, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada, will be visiting Japan. (To July 9)

DUSHANBE - President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov will pay a return state visit to Dushanbe at the invitation of President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon(To July 9).

DODOMA - Cyprus Minister of Foreign Affairs, Constantinos Kombos, will visit Tanzania on behalf of the European Union’s (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas, as part of efforts to strengthen the EU’s partnership with Tanzania and engage in high-level discussions on regional and global issues. (To July 10)

TOKYO - Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand holds joint statement with her Japanese counterpart after bilateral talks in Tokyo.

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

BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting

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

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9

** ISLAMABAD - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Minister of National Defence Yasar Guler will visit Pakistan.

** LONDON - French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer deliver speeches in Central London.

** NICOSIA - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on official visit to Cyprus

** WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump to meet with African leaders at the White House, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

** ROME - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome – 1400 GMT.

BERLIN - NATO secretary general Mark Rutte is received by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin - 1330 GMT

BRASILIA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva receives his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto.

WINDHOEK - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on a state visit to Namibia.

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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THURSDAY, JULY 10

KUALA LUMPUR - Foreign ministers of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand meet with their Japanese counterpart in the 16th Mekong-Japan Cooperation Ministerial Meeting during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

BRASILIA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva receives south Africa's President Cyril Ramphosa in Brasilia.

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FRIDAY, JULY 11

** KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Trilateral meeting between Malaysia, Turkiye and the ASEAN Secretariat on the sidelines of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR - Foreign ministers of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand meet with their South Korean counterpart in the 13th Mekong-Japan Cooperation Ministerial Meeting during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day.

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

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SATURDAY JULY 12

** BEIJING - At the invitation of Premier Li Qiang, Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese will travel to the People’s Republic of China. (To July 18)

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MONDAY, JULY 14

** BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) Meeting.

PARIS - Bastille Day.

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TUESDAY, JULY 15

TRIPOLI - Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis meets officials in Tripoli.

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

JAPAN - Japanese House of Councillors Election.

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

BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers. (To July 23)

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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THURSDAY, AUGUST 28

BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers. (To Aug. 29)

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29

BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich. (To Aug. 30)

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