DIARY-Political and General News Events from August 18

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MONDAY, AUGUST 18

** RAFAH, Israel / Palestinian Territories - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty to speak to journalists in front of Rafah border crossing in Egypt.

** BRASILIA - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva meets Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa at Planalto Palace, in Brasilia - 1400 GMT

** WASHINGTON DC – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits the White House with European leaders after Trump-Putin summit

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

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

HANOI - King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and the Queen of Bhutan will pay a state visit to Vietnam (To Aug. 22)

NEW DELHI– Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit India next week to hold talks with Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

TOKYO - German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul holds a strategic dialogue with his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya in Tokyo, as well as talks with other government representatives.

YEREVAN/MINSK – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visits Armenia and Belarus(To Aug. 20)

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 19

** NEW DELHI - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds the 24th round of border talks with Indian NSA Ajit Doval and meets PM Narendra Modi ahead of Modi's visit to China for the SCO summit at the end of this month.

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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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20

** ISLAMABAD - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Islamabad to attend the Pakistan-China strategic dialogue and hold meetings with senior government officials (to August 21)

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu will vist Japan to attend the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in the City of Yokohama

JAKARTA - German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul travels to Indonesia to meet his Indonesian counterpart there. In addition to bilateral issues, Germany's involvement in the Indo-Pacific and economic issues will play an role during the visit.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Moscow.

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

TOKYO - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit Japan and hold a summit with Japan Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (to August 24).

DHAKA – Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on a two-day official trip. (to August 24)

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

BRASILIA - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu will leave for Brasilia, the capital of the Federative Republic of Brazil, on a two-day state visit (To Aug. 25)

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

EGYPT - Egyptian Senate election.

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

TOULON, France - French President Emmanuel Macron attends the 25th Franco-German Council of Ministers (To Aug. 29)

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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SATURDAY, AUGUST 30

BEIJING – Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli to visit China for SCO summit.

DHAKA - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to arrive in Dhaka for a two-day official visit. (To Aug. 31)

BEIJING - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will visit Beijing to participate in the foreign ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states. (To Sept. 1)

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 31

BEIJING - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

TIANJIN - Leaders from more than 20 countries and heads of 10 international organizations will attend the Tianjin summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (To September 1)

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

BRUSSELS – EU informal meeting of ministers for European affairs (to Sept. 2)

GUYANA - Guyanese National Assembly election.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

JAMAICA - Jamaican House of Representatives election.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of energy ministers (to Sept. 5)

BOUGAINVILLE - Bougainvillean House of Representatives election

BOUGAINVILLE - Bougainvillean presidency election

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

NORWAY -Norwegian Parliament election.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

MACAU - Chinese Legislative Council (Macau) Election.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council Meeting.

MALAWI - Malawian National Assembly Election.

MALAWI - Malawian Presidency Election.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

NAYPYIDAW - Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan will lead an official ASEAN team to assess the situation in Myanmar

LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump makes second state visit to Britain (to Sept 20)

COPENHAGEN - EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept. 20)

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

SEYCHELLES - Seychellois Presidency Election.

SEYCHELLES - Seychellois National Assembly Election.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

WASHINGTON DC. - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit U.S. for high-level United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

SWITZERLAND – Referendum Election.

MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF - Moldovan Parliament Election.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark hosts informal meetings with EU heads of state or government of the 27 EU member states.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3

CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech Chamber of Deputies election.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12

CAMEROON - Cameroonian Presidency election.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 13

COPENHAGEN - Denmark hosts an informal meeting of the EU's trade ministers (to October 14).

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16

ROME - Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi to visit Europe for meetings with Pope Leo XIV, European leaders and EU officials.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19

NORTHERN CYPRUS - Northern Cypriot Presidency election.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26

ARGENTINA - Argentinian Chamber of Deputies election.

ARGENTINA - Argentinian Senate election.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29

United Republic of Tanzania - Tanzanian Presidency election.

Netherlands - Dutch Second Chamber election.

United Republic of Tanzania - Tanzanian National Assembly election.

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