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MONDAY, JULY 22 ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Comoros President Azzali Assoumani at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, followed by a joint news conference. - 1500 GMT ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets the United Nations High-Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi - 1630 GMT

TAIPEI - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to transit U.S. during trip to Caribbean allies (Final Day).

WASHINGTON D.C. - Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas visits the United States (Final Day).

CARACAS, Venezuela - Russia's deputy foreign minister Ryabkov to visit Venezuela (Final Day).

WASHINGTON D.C. - Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan visits U.S and meet U.S president Donald Trump (to July 24).

BEIJING - Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates, will pay a state visit to China (to July 23).

CANBERRA - Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape to visit Australia (to July 26).

BAKU - 2019 Summer European Youth Olympics Festival (to July 27). DUBLIN - Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney speaks on Brexit - 1930 GMT.

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet Honduran President Juan Orlando to discuss migration and development. WASHINGTON D.C - Pakistani PM Imran Khan is scheduled to visit United States(to July 23)

MADRID - Spain's parliament begins a two day debate, culminating in a vote on July 23, on whether to name acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez as the country's new prime minister (to July 23).

HANGZHOU, China - 3rd APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) meeting (to July 25).

OSLO – 8th anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people were killed. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 23

HAVANA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in Cuba, meets Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez to discuss bilateral and regional agenda (to July 24). BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 24

MOSCOW - Belarusian Finance Minister Vladimir Makei and Economy Minister Dmitry Krutoi to visit Moscow. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, JULY 25 ** MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to discuss migration and development.

BRASILIA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Brazil (to July 26).

SANTIAGO - Finance ministers from APEC countries meet ahead of presidential summit (to July 26). BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2019 (to Aug 28). - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, JULY 26

ANTALYA, Turkey - Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and Turkey's Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to hold the 16th intergovernmental committee for discussing cooperation in various areas. PARAMARIBO - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Suriname (to July 27).

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Foreign ministers of China, Russia, India, Brazil and South African meet in Rio to prepare for the November presidential summit in Brasilia. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 27 BANGKOK - ASEAN senior officials' meeting (to Aug 3).

BANGKOK - 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (to Aug 3).

BANGKOK - 20th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers Meeting (to Aug 3).

BANGKOK - 9th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting (to Aug 3). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, JULY 28

GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.

GLOBAL – 105th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.

PERU - 198th anniversary of Independence.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 29 CYPRUS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Cyprus.

BANGKOK - Foreign ministers from Southeast and East Asian nations gather in Bangkok for the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, 20th ASEAN Plus Three, and the 9th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting (to Aug. 3). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 GLOBAL - World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7). WARSAW - Poland marks 75th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation. CHINA – 92nd founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016 (to Aug 26). - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 74th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 TOKYO, Japan - 2019 World Rowing Junior Championships (to August 11) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 74th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 26). - - - - - - - - -

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

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 PAKISTAN – 72nd anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule. LEBANON - Hezbollah marks 13th anniversary of its "divine victory" - - the end of its war with Israel. - - - - - - - - -

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

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. - - - - - - - - -

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 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

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).

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 75th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War. - - - - - - - - -

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. - - - - - - - - - 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). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 ** HELSINKI - EU finance ministers meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 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, finance conference with speakers including central bank governor, finance minister, senior bankers, CEOs of major corporates and banks.

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