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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, AUGUST 16
- BOGOTA - The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taro Kono arrived in Colombia for a two-day visit (Final Day).
- ASTANA – The Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister, Muhammedkaliy Abilgaziyev will take part in the meeting of the Kyrgyz-Kazakh Intergovernmental Council in Astana (to Aug. 17).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 17EDINBURGH, 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). BERLIN - 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).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 18ANKARA - The Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, has been invited to attend the Turkish ruling party conference in Turkey.
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will receive Russian President Vladimir Putin at Schloss Meseberg, Germany.
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- PAPUA NEW GUINEA - APEC Third Senior Officials Meeting (to Aug. 20).
- BEIJING – The Uruguayan Foreign Minister, Rodolfo Nin Novoa will pay an official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (to Aug. 28).
GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day.
MOSCOW – 26th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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- DUSHANBE – The Indian President, Ram Nath Kovind will pay official visit to Tajikistan (to Aug. 22).
AUSCHWITZ, Poland - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visits Auschwitz and meets Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz.
BEIJING - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 26DUBLIN - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 30ACCRA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2JERUSALEM – 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6NEW 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).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11HANOI - World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Vietnam. Details to be updated once available (to Sept. 13).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13MANILA - 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).
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- VIENNA - IAEA, General Conference, Sixty-second session (to Sept. 21).
- - - - - - - - - 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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