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** LONDON - Suriname President Jennifer Simons begins state visit to the United Kingdom (to July 26).
** DUBLIN - EU environment ministers hold an informal meeting in Dublin, Ireland, to discuss the bloc's strategy for this year's COP31 U.N. climate negotiations in November.
** DOHA - British foreign minister Ed Miliand is in Qatar to meet with allies to discuss the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
BANGKOK - Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun is scheduled to meet with his Thai counterpart Adul Boonthamcharoen during an official visit to Thailand. (To July 26)
BISHKEK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers meeting in Kyrgyzstan (final day)
BUCHAREST - Indian President Droupadi Murmu visits North Romania (July 25).
BISHKEK – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends SCO foreign ministers meeting in Kyrgyzstan (final day)
SAN FRANCISCO/BRASÍLIA/SANTIAGO/BUENOS AIRES/BERLIN - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit San Francisco, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Germany (To Aug. 3)
MANILA - ASEAN concludes the ministerial week with commemorative activities marking the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC), a cornerstone agreement promoting peaceful relations and cooperation in Southeast Asia. Events include a signing ceremony, a high-level conference of TAC parties and a closing plenary session.
** DAMASCUS - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will begin a visit to Syria.
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina President Javier Milei is due to begin a regional tour in Brazil
** BRASILIA - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will begin a state visit to Brazil, attending a reception hosted by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and First Lady Rosangela da Silva in Brasilia.
** BEIJING - President of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini visits China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping (To July 29).
** BRASILIA - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will hold summit talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia on July 27, followed by an MOU signing ceremony, a joint press conference and a state luncheon after an official welcome ceremony.
BUENOS AIRES - The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, will visit Argentina (To July 28)
VIENNA - Austria's Chancellor Cristian Stocker hosts Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Salzburg.
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) Meeting.
** DUBLIN - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Ireland to discuss the EU’s multiyear financial framework, EU competitiveness, EU enlargement and bilateral relations - 1030 GMT
GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day
GLOBAL – 112th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1
PERU – 205th anniversary of Independence
** SANTIAGO - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will begin an official visit to Chile on July 29 with a dinner meeting with members of the South Korean community in Santiago.
** SANTIAGO - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will hold talks with Chilean President José Antonio Kast on July 30 after an official welcoming ceremony in Santiago, followed by the signing of cooperation agreements, a joint press conference and a Korea-Chile business roundtable. Lee will travel to Argentina's Buenos Aires in the evening.
MONTEVIDEO - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva is due to visit Montevideo as part of a trip that will include a meeting with Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi and his finance minister.
** BUENOS AIRES - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet Argentine President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires on July 31 after attending an official welcoming ceremony at the Casa Rosada, before concluding his South American tour with a dinner meeting with the South Korean community.
GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To August 7)
WARSAW – Poland marks 82nd anniversary of its war-time Warsaw uprising against the Nazi occupation.
CHINA – 99th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.
LONDON - Seven OPEC+ countries will meet to decide on output policy for September.
BANGKOK - Myanmar president Min Aung Hlaing makes an official trip to Thailand (To Aug. 7)
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz will deliver his first State of the Nation address.
HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 81st Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 (To August 31)
NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 81st Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks
COOK ISLANDS - Cook Islands Parliament election.
GLOBAL - International Youth Day
ZAMBIA - Zambian Presidency election.
ZAMBIA - Zambia holds general elections
ISLAMABAD – 79th anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule
LEBANON - Hezbollah marks 20th anniversary of its "divine victory" - the end of its war with Israel.
TRALEE, Ireland - 2026 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To August 18)
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (To August 30)
TOKYO – 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two
NEW DELHI – 79th anniversary of India's Independence from British rule
LIECHTENSTEIN – 220th anniversary of Independence
GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day
MOSCOW – 34th Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union
DAMASCUS, Syria - 13th anniversary of nerve gas attack that killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighbourhoods on the edge of Damascus.
KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakh National Congress election.
BALTIC WAY - 37th 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.
WARSAW - Poland marks the 37th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989.
KYIV – 35th anniversary of Independence.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 214th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the U.S. Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.
URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day.
PARIS – 82nd anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
** BISHKEK - Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jingping, alongside other leaders, attend the summut of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a regional bloc including Russia, China, India, Iran, Pakistan and Central Asian countries. (to September 1).
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors gather in North Carolina (To Sep. 1)
SWEDEN - Swedish Parliament election.
RUSSIAN - Russian Federal Duma election.
MOROCCO - Moroccan Chamber of Representatives election.
** WASHINGTON - Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the United States, US President Donald Trump has announced.
SWITZERLAND - Switzerland Referendum election.
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - Sao Tomean National Assembly election.
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