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——————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————————————– FRIDAY, JULY 22 ** PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris – 1200 GMT. HAMPSHIRE – Farnborough International Airshow 2022 (Final Day) JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will host his Ivory Coast counterpart Alassane Ouattara for a state visit to the country on Friday. MADRID – Spain´s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez meets in Madrid the prime minister of Andorra Xavier Espot Zamora – 0900 GMT. OSLO – 11th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people killed. RIGA – President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid, will visit Latvia (to July 23). – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, JULY 23 BUCHAREST – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds keynote speech at a conference in Baie Tusnad, Romania – 1300 GMT. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 24 OTTAWA – Pope Francis to visit Canada (to July 30) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 25 BERLIN – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire give a statement after Le Maire is awarded the Grand Cross of Germany’s Order of Merit. – 1500 GMT BEIJING – At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit China (to July 26). MEXICO CITY/ CARACAS/ BUENOS AIRES – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visit Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina (to July 29).

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GENEVA – WTO General Council meeting (to July 26).

TUNISIA – Referendum election – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JULY 26 ** KAMPALA – Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister to visit Uganda during his Africa tour. ** ATHENS – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis – 1600 GMT. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JULY 27 TOKYO – Indonesian President Joko Widodo, will conduct a state visit to Tokyo to meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. SEOUL – Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit South Korea for summit talks with President Yoon Suk-yeol (to July 28). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 28 ** VIENNA – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds a news conference with his Austrian counterpart Karl Nehammer – 1015 GMT. TEHRAN – Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Tehran. GLOBAL – World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 108th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU – 201st Anniversary of Independence. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JULY 29 BALKANS/ BELGRADE/ SARAJEVO and MOSTAR/ PODGORICA/ SKOPJE/ TIRANA – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez travels to Western Balkans. The tour includes visits to: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro,Northern Macedonia and Albania (To Aug. 1) BAYREUTH, Germany – Annual Bayreuth festival 2022 (to Aug. 9) – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, JULY 30 JAKARTA – 55th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) (To Aug. 6)

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JAKARTA – 12th EAS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS FMM) (To Aug. 6)

JAKARTA – 23rd APT Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (APT FMM) (To Aug. 6) – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, JULY 31 DAKAR, Senegal – Election for Senegalese National Assembly – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, AUGUST 1

GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7).

WARSAW – Poland marks 78th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation.

CHINA – 95th founding anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, AUGUST 5

EDINBURGH, Scotland – Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022 (To Aug 29) – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6

HIROSHIMA – Hiroshima Commemorations 77th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. – – – – – – – – –

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 ** ANKARA – Slovenia President Borut Pahor will make a state visit to Turkey (to Aug. 10). NAGASAKI, Japan – Nagasaki Commemorations 77th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. KENYA – President election.

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KENYA – Kenyan National Assembly election.

KENYA – Kenyan Senate election. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, AUGUST 12

GLOBAL – International Youth Day. – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13

EDINBURGH, Scotland – Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 29) – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14

PAKISTAN – 75th Anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.

BANGKOK – 11th APEC Tourism Ministers Meeting and the 60th APEC Tourism Working Group Meeting (to August 20). – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, AUGUST 15

INDIA – 75th Anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule.

JAPAN – 77th Anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War Two.

LIECHTENSTEIN – 216th Anniversary of Independence. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, AUGUST 19

TRALEE, Ireland – 2022 Rose of Tralee International Festival (to Aug 23).

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GLOBAL – World Humanitarian Day.

MOSCOW – 30th Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, AUGUST 21

SUNDAY – 9th Anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 BALTIC WAY – 33rd 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. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24

POLAND – Poland marks the 33rd anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989.

UKRAINE – 31st Anniversary of Independence.

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WASHINGTON – 210th Anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, AUGUST 25

URUGUAY – Uruguay’s Independence Day.

PARIS – 78th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, AUGUST 29 PRAGUE – EU informal meeting of defense ministers. (To Aug. 30) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 VENICE, Italy – 79th Venice International Film Festival (to Sept 10). PRAGUE – EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

LISBON – European Parliament President Roberta Metsola visits Portugal (to Sept. 2)

LISBON – European Parliament President Roberta Metsola speaks at the Estoril conferences, giving a 20-minute speech under the theme ‘The World ahead’. – 1130 GMT – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 VLADIVOSTOK, Russia – Russia holds VII Eastern Economic Forum (to September 8).

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PHNOM PENH – 14th CLMV Economic Ministers’ Meeting. (To Sept. 11) PHNOM PENH – 54th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Meeting and Related Meeting. (To Sept. 11) – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

PRAGUE – EU economy and finance ministers’ informal meeting in Prague. (to September 10) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 PRAGUE – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept. 10) – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 SWEDEN – Swedish Parliament Election. – – – – – – – – –

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE – Sao Tomean National Assembly Election. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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