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——————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————————————– TUESDAY, JULY 5 ** ANKARA – Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob arrived for a four-day official visit to Turkey. (To July 8)

** NAYPYIDAW/BANGKOK/MANILA/JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. (To July 14) ** PARIS – Israel Prime Minister Yair Lapid travels to Paris for a one-day trip involving a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.

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** ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov travels to Ulaanbaatar for talk with his Mongolian counterpart Battsetseg Batmunkh

** BRUSSELS – Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto visit NATO headquarters in Brussels to sign their countries’ accession protocols.

** ANKARA – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hosts Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi in Ankara for an official visit, with talks expected to focus on issues such as NATO and EU relations – 1400 GMT.

GENEVA, Switzerland – 50th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to July 8). KINSHASA – Pope Francis visits Congo (final day) BANGKOK – Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi to meet with Thailand Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha in Bangkok on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership on economics opportunities for both countries.(final day)

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BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at economic summit of the Social Democrats’. – 1630 GMT ABUJA – Mohammed Barkindo, secretary-general of OPEC, to give main speech at Nigeria oil and gas conference – 1030 GMT GENEVA, Switzerland – Human Rights Council debate on Ukraine at the Council in Geneva – 1300 GMT – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 ** SINGAPORE – Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene will pay an official visit to Singapore at the invitation of his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong to boost ties. (To July 9) ** SYDNEY – New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will visit Sydney. (To July 8) ** SINGAPORE – Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia Penny Wong will make an introductory official visit to Singapore. (To July 7) ** HANOI – Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son before meeting Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi.

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** HANOI – Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during a two-day visit in Hanoi. – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, JULY 7 ** BALI, Indonesia – Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will be visiting Bali, Indonesia to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM). (To July 8) ** HANOI – China foreign minister Wang Yi makes an official visit to Vietnam, which is part of his Southeast Asian tour.

** GENEVA – Spain´s prime minister Pedro Sanchez meets with Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

** PRAGUE – Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic visits Prague, meets his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala.

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** WELLINGTON – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to speak at Lowy Institute in Australia – 0030 GMT

MOSCOW – Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov takes part in G20 foreign ministers meeting (To July 8). BALI, Indonesia – G20 Foreign Ministers are set to meet in Indonesia’s Bali in a hybrid meeting (To July 8) KATHMANDU – 75th birthday of Nepal’s deposed King Gyanendra. LONDON – 17th anniversary of the attacks on London’s transport network, killing more than 50 and injuring 700. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JULY 8 JAKARTA – Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi to hold a news conference after G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, JULY 9 TEHRAN – 22nd anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999. JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH – Palestine marks 17th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel’s walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal. SOUTH SUDAN – 11th Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 10 TOKYO – Japanese House of Councilor’s Election. CONGO (Brazzaville) – Congolese National Assembly election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 11 ** PRAGUE – EU Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers. (To July 12) ** TOKYO – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visits Tokyo to meet her counterpart Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi for a bilateral meeting.

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BANGKOK – Thai finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith speaks at a ‘property inside 2022′ seminar – 0530 GMT BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. GLOBAL – United Nations World Population Day. MUMBAI – 15th anniversary of deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai’s commuter rail network. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JULY 12 ** TOKYO – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visits Tokyo ahead of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors’ meeting in Bali, Indonesia (to July 13).

WASHINGTON DC – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in Washington. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council BRUSSELS – European Union finance ministers will set the irrevocable exchange rate at which croatia will convert its kuna currency into euros when it adopts the single currency on Jan 1, 2023. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 ISRAEL/PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES – U.S. President Joe Biden to meet Israeli and Palestinian leadership during a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. (To July 14) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 14 PARIS – G20/OECD Corporate Governance Forum. PRAGUE – EU affairs ministers informal meeting in Prague. (to July 15)

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PARIS – Bastille Day. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JULY 15 RIYADH – US President Joe Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia and is set to meet the country’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (to July 16) BALI, Indonesia – Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from the G20 countries meet in Indonesia’s Bali. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 17 GLOBAL – World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, on July 17. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 18 ** PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron meets president of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Paris (To July 19) BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. HAMPSHIRE – Farnborough International Airshow 2022 (to Jul 22) GLOBAL – Nelson Mandela International Day. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, JULY 19

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** TEHRAN – Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Iran. PRAGUE – EU industry and trade ministers informal meeting in Prague. (to July 20) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 CYPRUS – Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 21 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl – 22nd anniversary of conclusion of NASA’s space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135. GLOBAL – International Yoga Day. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JULY 22 OSLO – 11th Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people killed. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 24 OTTAWA – Pope Francis to visit Canada (to July 30) – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, JULY 25 TUNISIA – Referendum election – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, JULY 28 GLOBAL – World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL – 108th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. PERU – 201st Anniversary of Independence. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, JULY 29 BAYREUTH, Germany – Annual Bayreuth festival 2022 (to Aug. 9) – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, JULY 31 KINSHASA, Congo – Election for Congolese National Assembly DAKAR, Senegal – Election for Senegalese National Assembly – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 KENYA – President election.

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KENYA – Kenyan National Assembly election.

KENYA – Kenyan Senate election. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, AUGUST 14

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

MONDAY, AUGUST 29 ** PRAGUE – EU informal meeting of defense ministers. (To Aug. 30)

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 ** PRAGUE – EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers.

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