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THURSDAY, JULY 23

BANGKOK - Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun is scheduled to meet with his Thai counterpart Adul Boonthamcharoen during an official visit to Thailand. (To July 26)

BISHKEK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers meeting in Kyrgyzstan (To July 24)

BELGRADE - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis visits Serbia, meets President Aleksandar Vucic and holds news conference - 0830 GMT.

PRETORIA - South Africa's foreign affairs minister Ronald Lamola will host his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul during a working visit to discuss issues of mutual interest - 1100 GMT.

TEHRAN - Iraq Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to visit Iran.

BUCHAREST - Indian President Droupadi Murmu visits North Romania (July 25).

MANILA - Foreign ministers attend the 27th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers' Meeting, bringing together ASEAN members with China, Japan and South Korea under one of the region's principal cooperation mechanisms. - 0200 GMT

MANILA - Ministers and senior officials attend the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum, the Asia-Pacific's largest multilateral security dialogue bringing together ASEAN members and major regional powers. - 0200 GMT

MANILA - Foreign ministers participate in the 16th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting, a key forum bringing together ASEAN and major Indo-Pacific powers ahead of leaders-level engagements. - 0600 GMT

MANILA - Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro holds a newsconference during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting week. - 1100 GMT

MANILA - Ministers attend the 17th Mekong-Republic of Korea Foreign Ministers' Meeting focused on cooperation between South Korea and Mekong-region countries. - 1100 GMT

BISHKEK – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends SCO foreign ministers meeting in Kyrgyzstan (To July 24)

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FRIDAY, JULY 24

SAN FRANCISCO/BRASÍLIA/SANTIAGO/BUENOS AIRES/BERLIN - South Korean President Lee ⁠Jae Myung will visit San Francisco, Brazil, Chile, Argentina ‌and Germany (To Aug. 3)

MANILA - ASEAN concludes the ministerial week with commemorative activities marking the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC), a cornerstone agreement promoting peaceful relations and cooperation in Southeast Asia. Events include a signing ceremony, a high-level conference of TAC parties and a closing plenary session.

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SATURDAY, JULY 25

BUENOS AIRES – Argentina President Javier Milei is due to begin a regional tour in Brazil

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MONDAY, JULY 27

** BUENOS AIRES - The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, will visit Argentina (To July 28)

VIENNA - Austria's Chancellor Cristian Stocker hosts Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Salzburg.

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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THURSDAY, JULY 30

MONTEVIDEO - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva is due to visit Montevideo as part of a trip that will include a meeting with Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi and his finance minister.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To August 7)

WARSAW – Poland marks 82nd anniversary of its war-time Warsaw uprising against the Nazi occupation.

CHINA – 99th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 2

LONDON - Seven OPEC+ countries will meet to decide on output policy for September.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6

BANGKOK - Myanmar president Min Aung Hlaing makes an official trip to Thailand (To Aug. 7)

LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz will deliver his first State of the Nation address.

HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 81st Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 (To August 31)

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 9

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 81st Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12

** COOK ISLANDS - Cook Islands Parliament election.

GLOBAL - International Youth Day

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13

** ZAMBIA - Zambian Presidency election.

ZAMBIA - Zambia holds general elections

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14

ISLAMABAD – 79th anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule

LEBANON - Hezbollah marks 20th anniversary of its "divine victory" - the end of its war with Israel.

TRALEE, Ireland - 2026 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To August 18)

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (To August 30)

TOKYO – 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two

NEW DELHI – 79th anniversary of India's Independence from British rule

LIECHTENSTEIN – 220th anniversary of Independence

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19

GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day

MOSCOW – 34th Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 21

DAMASCUS, Syria - 13th anniversary of nerve gas attack that killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighbourhoods on the edge of Damascus.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 23

** KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakh National Congress election.

BALTIC WAY - 37th 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.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 24

WARSAW - Poland marks the 37th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989.

KYIV – 35th anniversary of Independence.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 214th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the U.S. Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 25

URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day.

PARIS – 82nd anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 31

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors gather in North Carolina (To Sep. 1)

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

** SWEDEN - Swedish Parliament election.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

** RUSSIAN - Russian Federal Duma election.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

** MOROCCO - Moroccan Chamber of Representatives election.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

** SWITZERLAND - Switzerland Referendum election.

** SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - Sao Tomean National Assembly election.

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