DIARY-Political and General News Events from August 7

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7

** PHNOM PENH - Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena begins a four-day state visit to Cambodia at an invitation from King Norodom Sihamoni. (to Aug. 10).

** LONDON - UK PM Boris Johnson meets the King Abdullah II of Jordan in Downing Street.

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016 (to Aug 26).

GLOBAL - World Breastfeeding Week (Final Day). BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2019 (to Aug 28). WASHINGTON DC, United States - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab at the State Department. SYDNEY - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivers a public address at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney.

ANKARA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on his official visit to Turkey.(to Aug 8).

ATHENS - Energy Ministers of Greece, Cyprus and Israel meet in Athens.

TOKYO, Japan - 2019 World Rowing Junior Championships (to August 11).

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 ** JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai and ASEAN secretary-general Lim Jock Hoi officiate the opening of a new headquarters for ASEAN in Jakarta.

Kuala Lumpur - Indonesia President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will embark on a visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISTANBUL - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with Istanbul's Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the second day of his official visit to Turkey.

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia-China Belt & Road Economic Cooperation Forum. Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng, China's ambassador to Malaysia Bai Tian, Huwaei's local head among people attending - 0000 GMT.

BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to welcome Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa with military honors in Berlin - 0830 GMT.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 BISHKEK – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will visit Kyrgyzstan to attend a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council.

CYPRUS - Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek Cypriot leader, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci hold an informal meeting to discuss a way out of an impasse in peace talks which have been stalled for two years.

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 74th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 26). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 BEIJING – India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit China (to Aug 13). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, AUGUST 12 GLOBAL - International Youth Day. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 PAKISTAN – 72nd anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 JAPAN – 74th anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two. INDIA – 72nd anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. LIECHTENSTEIN - 213th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 TUVALU - Pacific Island leaders meet with delegations from China, EU, Japan and the U.S., among other countries, on the final day of meeting in the tiny island state of Tuvalu. - 2100 GMT. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 SANTIAGO – APEC Third Senior Officials' meeting and related meetings (to Aug 30). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 19

** BUDAPEST - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Hungarian premier Viktor Orban visit the Hungarian border town Sopron, where the iron curtain was first cut 30 years ago.

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Bregancon fort.

SYDNEY - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape and oil executives address investment conference in Sydney - 2300 GMT. GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 27th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 ** BOGOTA - Colombian President Ivan Duque and Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla will attend a stock exchange conference.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 SYRIA – 6th anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 PARIS – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he will visit France from Aug. 23 to attend a summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations.

TRALEE, Ireland - 2019 Rose of Tralee International Festival (to August 27).

BALTIC WAY – 30th 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. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 BIARRITZ, France - United States President Donald Trump arrives in Biarritz, southwest France for the G7 summit. BIARRITZ, France - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives in Biarritz, southwest France for the G7 summit. BIARRITZ, France - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Biarritz, southwest France for the G7 summit. BIARRITZ, France - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Biarritz, southwest France for the G7 summit.

NAURU - Nauruan Parliament election. POLAND - Poland marks the 30th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. UKRAINE – 28th Anniversary of Independence. WASHINGTON – 207th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812. BIARRITZ - G7 summit, Biarritz, France meeting (to Aug 26).

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 VENICE, Italy – 2019 Venice International Film Festival (to September 7).

HELSINKI - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (to August 29).

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Leaders of African nations and representatives of international organisations meet for the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Japan. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 HELSINKI - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (to Aug. 30).

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 WARSAW – U.S President Donald Trump visits Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

WARSAW - Polish President Andrzej Duda and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier commemorate 80th anniversary of WWII start.

WARSAW - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Poland. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

COPENHAGEN - U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive in Denmark for a two-day visit (to Sept. 3).

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 BANGKOK - 51st ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM) & Related Meetings (to September 11). BANGKOK - 33rd AEM-AFTA Council Meeting (to September 11). BANGKOK - AEM – 22nd AIA Council Meeting (to September 11). BANGKOK - 11th CLMV Economic Ministers Meeting (to September 11). BANGKOK - 11th Mekong-Japan Economic Ministers Meeting (to September 11). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russia hosts Eastern Economic Forum which is traditionally attended by Asian leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin (to September 6). MAPUTO/ ANTANANARIVO/ PORT LOUIS - Pope Francis visits Mozambique, Madagscar and Mauritius (to September 10).

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

ANTANANARIVO - Pope Francis meets Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 HELSINKI - EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to September 14). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 BANGKOK - ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) (to September 19). BRUSSELS - General Affairs Council meeting - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 ISRAEL - Israeli Knesset election.

NEW YORK, U.S. - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends U.N. General assembly in New York. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

RIYADH - Euromoney GCC Financial Forum 2019, a finance conference with speakers including Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) Governor Ahmed al-Kholifey, Saudi Arabian Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan, senior bankers, CEOs of major corporates and banks (to Sept. 19). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 HELSINKI - Informal meeting of agriculture ministers (to September 24).

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** KABUL - Presidential election.

MONDAY, OCTOMBER 21 OTTAWA - Election for Canadian House of Commons.

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