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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, AUGUST 14
- HELSINKI - British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt will meet his Finnish counterpart Timo Soini in Helsinki to discuss Brexit and other issues.
- ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan holds talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the presidential palace followed by a joint news conference - 1000 GMT.
- RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - U.S. Secretary of Defence James Mattis visits the Monument to the Dead of World War II - 1430 GMT.
PAKISTAN – 71st anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.
LEBANON - Hezbollah marks 12th anniversary of its "divine victory" - - the end of its war with Israel.
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018 (to Aug. 27).
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Third Senior Officials Meeting and Related Meetings (to Aug. 20). EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug. 27).
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- NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mark the country's 72nd Independence Day from the historic Red Fort in Delhi's old quarters - 0150 GMT.
- RIGA - The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom Jeremy Hunt will visit Latvia and hold a joint news conference with the Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics - 1025 GMT.
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives Nigerian President Mahamadou Issoufou - 1600 GMT.
JAPAN – 73rd anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two.
INDIA – 71st anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule.
LIECHTENSTEIN - 212th Anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 17BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives Prime Minister of Montenegro, Dusko Markovic - 1000 GMT.
BEIJING - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will pay an official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (to Aug. 21).
TASHKENT - The presidents of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Emomali Rahmon and Shavkat Mirziyoyev, will visit the "Made in Tajikistan" industry exhibition in Tashkent.
TRALEE, Ireland - 2018 Rose of Tralee International Festival (to Aug. 21).
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- BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will receive Russian President Vladimir Putin at Schloss Meseberg, Germany.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 19GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day.
MOSCOW – 26th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 20BEIJING - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing - 0900 GMT.
- BEIJING - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad attends a welcome ceremony hosted by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, followed by bilateral talks, a signing ceremony and joint news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing - 0200 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 21SYRIA – 5th anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22MOSCOW - Finnish President Sauli Niinisto will pay a visit to Russia.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 23BALTIC WAY – 29th 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 24POLAND - Poland marks the 29th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989.
UKRAINE – 27th Anniversary of Independence.
WASHINGTON – 206th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 25DUBLIN - Pope Francis meets Irish President Michael Higgins at the start of his two-day visit to Ireland (to Aug. 26).
URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day.
PARIS – 74th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
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- DUBLIN - Pope Francis travels to Knock, Ireland, to visit the Knock Shrine - 0830 GMT.
SINGAPORE - 50th ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting & Related Meetings 6th RCEP Ministerial Meeting (to Sept. 2). THAILAND - Special Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM)-(to Aug. 31).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 27WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta confer at the White House.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29HELSINKI - The French President Emmanuel Macron will make an official visit to Finland and meet his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto as well as Prime Minister Juha Sipila (to Aug. 30).
VIENNA - Informal meeting of defence ministers meeting (to Aug. 30).
VENICE, Italy – 2018 Venice International Film Festival (to Sept. 8).
COPENHAGEN - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Denmark.
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- ACCRA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Ghana.
VIENNA - Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (to Aug. 31).
ABUJA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel pays a state visit to Nigeria (to Aug. 31).
COPENHAGEN - World Food Summit (to Aug. 31).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1MOSCOW - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will pay an official visit to Russia.
MAURITANIA - Mauritanian National Assembly election.
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- JERUSALEM – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to discuss cooperation in labor, tourism, trade, agriculture, counterterrorism and law enforcement (to Sept. 5).
RWANDA - Rwandan Chamber of Deputies election.
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- NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hold talks with India Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
- LUXEMBOURG CITY - French President Emmanuel Macron holds a public meeting on the subject of the future of the European Union with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel - 1500 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9SWEDEN - Swedish Parliament election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10VIENNA – United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors meeting (to Sept. 14).
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- HANOI - World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Vietnam. Details to be updated once available (to Sept. 13). - - - - - - - - -
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
- MANILA - Philippines' economic managers, transportation officials and businessmen attend the Arangkada 2018 forum on infrastructure projects - 0030 GMT.
- RIGA - The Presidents of 13 EU members will meet in Latvia in the 14th meeting of the Arraiolos Group, where they will discuss the future of Europe and future security challenges. The event coincides with Latvia's centenary year (to Sept. 14).
- RIGA - The Presidents of Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Hungary and Germany meet to discuss EU matters (to Sept. 14).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23SWITZERLAND - Referendum election.
MALDIVES - President election.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28BERLIN - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a state visit to Germany (to Sept. 29)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29NEW YORK - Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will visit New York to participate in the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (to Oct. 2).
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