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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, AUGUST 24
- YEREVAN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Armenia and meets Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan - 1030 GMT.
- MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets president of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, in Moscow - 0700 GMT.
- MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets president of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, Raul Khadjimba, in Moscow - 1000 GMT.
- ASHGABAT - Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visit Turkmenistan.
ASHGABAT - Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov visits Turkmenistan (Final Day). EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018 (to Aug. 27). EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug. 27).
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).
WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Kenyan Foreign Secretary Monica Juma at the State Department - 1800 GMT.
CAIRO/ ADDIS ABABA - Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse are going to pay State visits to Ethiopia and Egypt (to Aug. 29).
TBILISI, YEREVAN, BAKU - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan (to Aug. 25).
VILNIUS - Prime Ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will meet with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Vilnius - 0915 GMT.
MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold news conference following talks in Moscow - 0800 GMT.
KIEV - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko meets with U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton.
POLAND - 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 26BEIJING - Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at Diaoyutai, in Beijing.
BEIJING - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will pay an official visit to China (to Aug. 30).
BEIJING - Peruvian Foreign Minister Nestor Francisco Popolizio Bardales pay an official visit to China (to Aug. 29).
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 27DAKAR - World Health Organization conference - WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Gebeyesus to discuss health issues in Africa (to Aug 31).
JOHANNESBURG/ ABUJA/ NAIROBI - British Prime Minister Theresa May will visit South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya. May will give a speech in South Africa early on 28th August (Tuesday) morning. (to Aug. 31). WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta confer at the White House.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 28SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia - Spain President Pedro Sanchez on official visit to meet Bolivian President Evo Morales.
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- BOGOTA - Spain President Pedro Sanchez visits Colombia and meets Colombian President Ivan Duque.
- MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir in Moscow.
HELSINKI - 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).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 31
- BEIJING - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso meets Chinese counterpart Liu Kun in Beijing.
- - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3JERUSALEM - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte continues his visit to Israel (to Sep. 04).
MOSCOW - Moldovan President Igor Dodon expected in Moscow with official visit on September (to Sep. 6).
- - - - - - - - - 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).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17VIENNA - IAEA, General Conference, Sixty-second session (to Sept. 21).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21BERLIN - Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak and his German counterpart Olaf Scholz to meet in Berlin.
- - - - - - - - - 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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