DIARY - Political and General News Events From Aug. 24

Reuters will issue this diary daily at around 1030 GMT

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24

ANKARA/ISTANBUL - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Turkey. ** TOKYO - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi met for talks in Tokyo. ** BEIJING - Japan's National Security Advisor Yachi Shotaro will visit China (to Aug. 26). ** KIEV - President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will hold a meeting with President of Poland Andrzej Duda.

POLAND - Poland marks the 27th anniversary of the creation of the first post-communist government in 1989.

UKRAINE - 25th Anniversary of Independence. Poland's President Andrzej Duda to visit Kiev.

WASHINGTON - 202nd 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

TALLINN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas.

PRAGUE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the Czech Republic and will be meeting with President Milos Zeman and Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka.

SEOUL - South Korea's finance minister Yoo Il-ho speaks at a weekly policy meeting - 0130 GMT. ** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the prospects for bilateral cooperation with Slovakia at a meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. ** SKOPJE - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will pay a one-day visit to Macedonia

URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day

PARIS - 72nd anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.

- - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 ** GENEVA - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva to discuss the conflict in Syria and the Ukraine crisis.

RIGA - Foreign Ministers of the Baltic States and Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden) to visit Latvia - 0950 GMT.

- - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27

WARSAW - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Poland to meet Polish, Hungarian, Czech and Slovak Prime Minister's.

GABON - Presidential election.

AUSTRALIA - Australia's Northern Territory holds local elections. Northern Territory voters go to the polls to elect a new Legislative Assembly. With constant ministerial changes, two Chief Ministers and six Deputy Chief Ministers, the focus of the election will be on the record of Adam Giles' Country Liberal government.

SEOUL - South Korea finance minister Yoo Il-ho meets his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso - 0730 GMT.

- - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, AUGUST 30

NEW DELHI - India-U.S. Strategic and Commercial Dialogue. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker visit India for the bilateral Strategic and Commercial Dialogue.

- - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31

ALPBACH, Austria - Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz take part in a panel discussion on "Transparency - Cui Bono?" - 1300 GMT.

- - - - - - - - - -

THUSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

DHAKA - 6th round of Bangladesh-Pakistan foreign secretary-level annual bilateral consultations is expected to be held in Dhaka (to Sept. 2).

NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 12th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School.

- - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

BEIJING/VIENTIANE - U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to China and Laos (to Sept. 9). In China, he will attend a summit of the Group of 20 major economies in Hangzhou and hold a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss bilateral and global issues. In Laos, Obama will attend a summit between the United States and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet in Vladivostok

- - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin and South Korean President Park Geun-hye will meet in Vladivostok.

- - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

HONG KONG - Legislative Council election.

HANGZHOU, China - G20 Meeting in China (to Sept. 5).

- - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

MUNICH, Germany - 44th Anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen which killed 11 Israelis.

- - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

LAOS - India-Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) Summit (to Sept. 7).

INDIA/BANGLADESH - 5th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.

- - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 ** TBILISI - Members of the North Atlantic Council will visit Georgia (to Sept. 8). ** TBILISI - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Georgia (to Sept. 8).

- - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

SEYCHELLES - National Assembly election.

TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2016 (to Sept 18). http://tiff.net/tiff/

- - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

CROATIA - Croatian Parliament election (Snap election).

BELARUS - Chamber of Representatives election.

UNITED STATES - 15th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

- - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

LONDON - World Nuclear Association (WNA) Annual Symposium (to Sept 16). http://www.wna-symposium.org/ehome/index.php?eventid=154881&

- - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 ** NEW DELHI - Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is set to embark on a three-day official visit to India (to Sept. 17).

GLOBAL - International day of Democracy.

GUATEMALA - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

EL SALVADOR - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

COSTA RICA - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

HONDURAS - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

NICARAGUA - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

- - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

MUNICH - 183nd Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct 1).

http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/

- - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 43rd anniversary of independence from Portugal.

- - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

BERLIN - 43rd BMW Berlin Marathon.

http://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/

- - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

VIENNA - IAEA 60th General Conference (to Sept 30).

https://www.iaea.org/about/policy/gc/gc60

- - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.

SEOUL - South Korea marks the 66th anniversary of recovering Seoul from North Korea during the Korean War.

- - - - - - - - - -

NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean

that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

** Means - New Events added to the Diary on a given day

For Content related query/feedback please Contact Diaries@thomsonreuters.com

For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) link: https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx

08/24/2016 6:39

News, Photo and Web Search