DIARY-Political and General News Events from July 2
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THURSDAY, JULY 2
** NEW DELHI - Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds talks with India's Narendra Modi, with the two countries expected to sign some agreements. Takaichi also takes part in a business conference. - 0430 GMT
** NAYPYIDAW - Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to meet with Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing.
** ISTANBUL - Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek holds news conference with European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity Valdis Dombrovskis in Istanbul after Turkey-EU High-Level Economic Dialogue meeting. - 1300 GMT
** COPENHAGEN - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Denmark and meets Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and King Frederik.
** DODOMA - President of the Mozambique, Daniel Chapo, begins a three-day working visit to Tanzania, during which he will participate as the guest of honor in the 50th edition of the Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (Saba Saba), one of the largest commercial promotion events in East Africa. (to July 4)
PARIS - India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman embarks on a four-day official visit to France to deepen the India-France Strategic Partnership through a series of high-level engagements centred on investment, economic cooperation, technology, innovation and clean energy. (To Jul. 4)
VANCOUVER, Canada - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will visit Vancouver, British Columbia. (To July 4)
PARIS - Majesties King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida of Thailand will pay a state visit to France at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron (To July 2)
NEW YORK - Swiss President Guy Parmelin will visit the United States and meet with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (To July 9)
OTTAWA - President of the Philippines Bongbong Marcos will make an official visit to Canada, as Manila and Ottawa seek to expand cooperation in trade, defence, and regional security. (To July 4)
BAKU/YEREVAN - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit Azerbaijan and Armenia. (Final day)
NEW DELHI - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on July 1 for her inaugural official visit to India, commencing a three-day trip focused on reinforcing bilateral relations. (To July 3)
TALLINN - Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics will pay a state visit to Estonia. (To July 3)
TBILISI - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a state visit to Georgia (To July 3)
DILI - Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of the Republic of Singapore Lawrence Wong will make an official visit to Timor-Leste (To July 3)
KUALA LUMPUR - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation of Belgium Maxime Prévot will undertake a working visit to Malaysia (To July 3)
JAKARTA - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto meets Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko at the presidential palace in Jakarta.
PRETORIA - South African foreign affairs minister Ronald Lamola will host his counterpart from Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski who also serves as nation's deputy prime minister. - 0930 GMT
KINSHASA - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits Kinshasa, Congo's capital, where he will meet Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and tour Congo's medical research institute in a show of support for the country's response to the Ebola outbreak. Separately, the Africa CDC will hold its weekly press conference on the outbreak. - 1300 GMT
STOCKHOLM/HELSINKI/COPENHAGEN/OSLO - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway, and hold talks with his respective counterparts (To July 8)
TEHRAN/ANKARA - Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif is set to embark on a visit to Iran and Turkiye (To July 4)
GLOBAL - World UFO Day on the anniversary of the Roswell incident
SIENA - July annual horse race "Palio di Siena"
ALGERIA - Algerian National People's Assembly Election
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FRIDAY, JULY 3
BERLIN - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz receives leaders of the Baltic states - Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs in Berlin before they hold a joint news conference. - 1000 GMT
VIENTIANE - Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing along with his spouse and a high-level delegation embark on a state visit to Laos. (To July 5)
SEOUL - Thailand’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow will visit Seoul.
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SATURDAY, JULY 4
** STOCKHOLM - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi due to visit his Swedish counterpart Maria Malmer Stenergard to discuss Sweden-China relations, and also meet Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
** KAMPALA - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni to give a national address touching on various topics. - 1700 GMT
SLOVAKIA – Slovakia Referendum Election
UNITED STATES - Independence Day
GLOBAL - International Day of Cooperatives
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SUNDAY JULY 5
** HELSINKI - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi due to visit his Finnish counterpart Elina Valtonen to discuss Finnish-China and broader EU-China relations, and also meet President Alexander Stubb.
VIENNA - The seven OPEC+ countries will hold monthly meetings to review market conditions.
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MONDAY, JULY 6
** BUCHAREST - Canadian foreign minister Anita Anand will pay an official visit to Romania at the invitation of Romanian counterpart Oana Țoiu.
OSLO - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets his Norwegian counterpart Espen Barth Eide and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere to discuss bilateral issues.
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TUESDAY, JULY 7
** TOKYO - Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand is scheduled to visit Japan (to July 11).
KATHMANDU - 79th birthday of Nepal's Gyanendra, the last king of the Himalayan nation, who was deposed in 2008
LONDON – 21st anniversary of the attacks on London's transport network, in which more than 50 people were killed and 700 injured.
ANKARA - Turkey hosts NATO summit (To July 8)
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8
KUALA LUMPUR - French Trade Minister Nicolas Forissier holds a press conference during a visit to Malaysia. - 1100 GMT
MINSK - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Belarus (To July 9)
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THURSDAY, JULY 9
** ATHENS - President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, and energy ministers of Bulgaria and Moldova speak at an Economist conference in Athens on “Progress in an age of upheaval”.
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting
TEHRAN - 26th anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks 21st anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal.
SOUTH SUDAN – 15th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State.
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FRIDAY, JULY 10
BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
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SATURDAY, JULY 11
GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day.
MUMBAI - 19th anniversary of the deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network.
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MONDAY, JULY 13
SEOUL - Member of the British royal family, Princess Anne and her husband, Sir Tim Laurence, will make a three-day trip to South Korea. (To July 15)
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
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TUESDAY, JULY 14
LONDON - UK finance minister Rachel Reeves gives annual 'Mansion House' speech in London's financial district, including details of future AI regulation.
BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council Meeting
PARIS - Bastille Day
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FRIDAY, JULY 17
GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute.
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SATURDAY, JULY 18
GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day
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SUNDAY, JULY 19
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - Sao Tomean Presidency Election
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MONDAY, JULY 20
MANILA - ASEAN foreign ministers hold an annual meeting.
CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
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TUESDAY, JULY 21
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 26th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22
BRUSSELS – EU-UK summit
OSLO – 15th 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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FRIDAY, JULY 24
MANILA - The Philippines hosts foreign ministers from 59 countries to commemorate the 50th year anniversary of the signing of Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia.
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MONDAY, JULY 27
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) Meeting.
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TUESDAY, JULY 28
GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day
GLOBAL – 112th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1
PERU – 205th anniversary of Independence
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