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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9


** BRATISLAVA - Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa'ar holds a joint press conference with Slovakia's Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar at the Foreign Ministry in Bratislava, following their bilateral meeting - 1130 GMT


** WASHINGTON DC - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon.

KUALA LUMPUR - United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Malaysia for a series of high-level regional meetings and bilateral engagements. (To July 12)


ULAANBAATAR - Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are scheduled to make a state visit to Mongolia. The emperor and empress are expected to lay flowers at a memorial on July 8 to commemorate Japanese nationals who died while in internment camps there after World War II. (To July 13)


TOKYO - Anita Anand, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada, will be visiting Japan. (Final day)


DUSHANBE - President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov will pay a return state visit to Dushanbe at the invitation of President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon (Final day).


DODOMA - Cyprus Minister of Foreign Affairs, Constantinos Kombos, will visit Tanzania on behalf of the European Union’s (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas, as part of efforts to strengthen the EU’s partnership with Tanzania and engage in high-level discussions on regional and global issues. (To July 10)

LONDON - French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron make a state visit to Britain. While in the country, Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will preside over a Franco-Britannic summit. (To Jul 10)

KUALA LUMPUR - 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meetings (AMM) and Post-Ministerial Conferences (PMC) (To July 11)


ISLAMABAD - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Minister of National Defence Yasar Guler will visit Pakistan.


LONDON - French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer deliver speeches in Central London.


NICOSIA - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on official visit to Cyprus


WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump to meet with African leaders at the White House, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.


ROME - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome – 1400 GMT.

BERLIN - NATO secretary general Mark Rutte is received by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin - 1330 GMT

BRASILIA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva receives his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto.

WINDHOEK - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on a state visit to Namibia.


TEHRAN - 25th anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999.


JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks 20th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal.


SOUTH SUDAN – 14th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State.


VIENNA, Austria - 9th OPEC International Seminar. (To July 10)


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THURSDAY, JULY 10


** VIENNA - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, his German counterpart Johann Wadephul and Austrian counterpart and host of the meeting, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, speak to reporters - 1100 GMT


KUALA LUMPUR - Foreign ministers of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand meet with their Japanese counterpart in the 16th Mekong-Japan Cooperation Ministerial Meeting during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

BRASILIA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva receives south Africa's President Cyril Ramphosa in Brasilia.


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FRIDAY, JULY 11


** PYONGYANG - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea. (To July 13)

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Trilateral meeting between Malaysia, Turkiye and the ASEAN Secretariat on the sidelines of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur.


KUALA LUMPUR - Foreign ministers of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand meet with their South Korean counterpart in the 13th Mekong-Japan Cooperation Ministerial Meeting during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day.


MUMBAI - 18th anniversary of the deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network.


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SATURDAY JULY 12


BEIJING - At the invitation of Premier Li Qiang, Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese will travel to the People’s Republic of China. (To July 18)


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MONDAY, JULY 14


BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) Meeting.


PARIS - Bastille Day.


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TUESDAY, JULY 15


TRIPOLI - Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis meets officials in Tripoli.

BRUSSELS - Eu Foreign Affairs Council meeting


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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16


** NOUAKCHOTT - Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez meets with Mauritania's officials to discuss migration, among other issues.


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THURSDAY, JULY 17


GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute


KWAZULU-NATAL, South Africa – G20 Finance and Central Bank Ministerial Meeting. (To July 18)


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FRIDAY, JULY 18


BURSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting


GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.


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SUNDAY, JULY 20


JAPAN - Japanese House of Councillors Election.


CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.


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MONDAY, JULY 21


KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 25th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.


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TUESDAY, JULY 22


BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers. (To July 23)


OSLO – 14th 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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THURSDAY, JULY 24


BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2025 (To Aug 26).


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MONDAY, JULY 28


GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.


GLOBAL – 111th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.


PERU – 204th anniversary of Independence.


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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1


GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To Aug. 7)


WARSAW – Poland marks 81st anniversary of its war-time Warsaw uprising against the Nazi occupation.


CHINA – 98th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.


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


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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6


HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 80th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.


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SATURDAY, AUGUST 9


NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 80th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.


EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 24).


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TUESDAY, AUGUST 12


GLOBAL - International Youth Day.


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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14


ISLAMABAD – 78th anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.


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FRIDAY, AUGUST 15


NEW DELHI – 78th anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule.


TOKYO – 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two.


LIECHTENSTEIN – 219th anniversary of Independence.


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


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SUNDAY, AUGUST 17


Bolivia - Bolivia holds presidential election.


Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Deputies election.


Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Senators election.


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TUESDAY, AUGUST 19


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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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21


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


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


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


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


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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