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------------------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4ATHENS - EU Commissioner for Economic Affairs Pierre Moscovici to meet the Greek President and government officials (final day).
TOKYO - Prime Minister of Samoa Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi and his spouse Gillian Muriel Malielegaoi visits Japan (to Oct. 6).
MUNICH – 186th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct. 6).
MOSCOW - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte visits Russia (to Oct 5). HAVANA - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will pay a visit to Cuba (final day). DELHI – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit India (to Oct. 6). ZHYTOMIR, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko at Second Forum of the Regions of Ukraine and Belarus in Zhytomyr. MADRID - Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez to meet European Commissioner for Financial Budgets Gunther Oettinger in Madrid - 0700 GMT PRETORIA, South Africa - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari holds town hall meeting with diaspora living in South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks. - 0800 GMT COPENHAGEN - Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen hold news conference following their talks set to focus on brexit - 1200 GMT
HAVANA - Russian Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev meets Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to discuss cooperation.
OHRID, North Macedonia - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits North Macedonia. GREECE - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Greece. HANOI - Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen visits Vietnam.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5NEW DELHI - Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bilateral talks and signing of agreements to boost ties.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis meets European Council President Donald Tusk at the Vatican. ATHENS - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. GLOBAL - World teachers' day.
SAN FRANCISCO – 8th death anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
ABU DHABI - Election for Emirati Federal National Council.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6ATHENS - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Greek defence, foreign ministers during his visit in Athens. LISBON - Election for Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.
TUNIS - Election for Tunisian Constituent Assembly.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 7SiemReap, Cambodia - 15th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment(AMME) (to Oct 9). SiemReap, Cambodia - 15th ASEAN Plus Three Environment Ministers Meeting(EMM) (to Oct 9). SINGAPORE - 18th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation(AMMSTI-18) (to Oct 11). South Africa- Launch of OECD Economic Survey South Africa 2019. BELGRADE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Serbia (to Oct. 9). JAKARTA - Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte meets Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo during a 5-day trip to Asia. MOSCOW - 13th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. BAGHDAD - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Iraq (to Oct.08). LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Oct. 8)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
- BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid give statements before holding talks. - 1700 GMT PHILIPPINES – The Fifth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports(5thAMMS) (to Oct 11). PHILIPPINES - The Second ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports (2ndAMMS+Japan) (to Oct 11).
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte meets New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern during a 5-day trip to Asia. NUR-SULTAN – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Kazakhstan & hold talks with his Kazakh colleague Beibut Atamkulov. (to Oct-9)
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- BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno hold a joint news conference after talks in the chancellery. - 1145 GMT CANBERRA, Australia - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte meets Australian counterpart Scott Morrison during a visit to Australia.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte meets New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern.
SYDNEY - Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte visits Australia and meets Australian counterpart Scott Morrison (to Oct 11). GLOBAL - World post day. LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10GLOBAL - World mental health day.
GLOBAL - World day against death penalty.
GLOBAL - World sight day.
FIJI – 49th anniversary of independence. RIYADH - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Saudi Arabia.
REYKJAVIK - U.S. Energy Secretary Perry to speak at Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik (to Oct. 13). ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – The CIS Council of Foreign Ministers will meet in Ashgabat. LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11MAMALLAPURAM, TAMIL NADU, India - Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Indian Prime Minister during a two-day long summit in the southern state of Tamil Nadu (to Oct 13). STRBSKE PLESO, Slovakia - Slovakian Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, Slovakian central bank governor and member of the ECB governing council Peter Kazimir, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Vice-President of the European Commission for the Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis, European Investment Bank Vice-President Vazil Hudak will speak at the annual Tatra Summit conference (to Oct. 13).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12BALI - 17th anniversary of Bali bombings.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
SAN JOSE, Chile – 9th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine. Poland - Polish Senate election. Poland - Election for Polish Sejm.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 14ISLAMABAD - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Pakistan (to Sept. 18). LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting SANTIAGO – APEC finance ministers' meeting (to Oct. 15).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day.
GLOBAL - International day of rural women. LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council (Art. 50) meeting MAPUTO - Election for President.
MAPUTO - Election for Mozambican Assembly.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16GLOBAL - World food day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17
- GIBRALTAR - Gibraltarian parliament election.
GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty. BRUSSELS - EU European Council meeting (to Oct. 18)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18JERUSALEM – Eight anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20TRIPOLI – Eight anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Senators election
Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Deputies election Bolivia – President election
BERN - Referendum election.
BERN - Election for Swiss National Council.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 21OTTAWA - Election for Canadian House of Commons.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
- BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jeans Stoltenberg holds a news conference ahead of a two-day meeting of the military alliance's defence ministers. LIBYA – Eight anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.
VAN, Turkey – Eight anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.
Botswana - Botswana National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24
- BRUSSELS - NATO Defence ministers meet in Brussels (to Oct. 25). SOCHI - Russia hosts Russia-Africa summit co-chaired by President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27
- URUGUAY – President election.
- URUGUAY - Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives election.
- OMAN - Omani Consultative Assembly election. BUENOS AIRES - Election for Argentinian Chamber of Deputies.
BUENOS AIRES - Election for Argentinian Senate.
BUENOS AIRES - Election for President.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29GREECE - European and Arab officials meet in Athens to discuss issues ranging from climate change to migration and sustainable development. (to Oct 30).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31BANGKOK – ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (to Nov 4). ISTANBUL, Turkey - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will visit Turkey.
BANGKOK - Leaders from Southeast and East Asian nations gather in Bangkok to attend the 35th ASEAN Summit and related summits before handing over the chairmanship to Vietnam (to Nov. 4). LONDON - UK Speaker of the House John Bercow will step down on 31-Oct-2019.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4GENEVA - OECD Economic Survey Switzerland 2019
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. BUDAPEST - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Hungary.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. SANTIAGO, Chile - Heads of states from participants in the year-long Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum gather for final meeting (to Nov 17).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting. SANTIAGO - China's President Xi Jinping in an official visit to Chile meets Chile's President Sebastian Pinera.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17
- BELARUS - Belarusian Chamber of Representatives election.
- SRI LANKA -Referendum election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20BANGKOK – Pope Francis will visit Thailand (to Nov. 23)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21BANGKOK - Pope Francis meets Thai king Vajiralongkorn during his official visit to Thailand.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting. BANGKOK - Pope Francis attends welcome ceremony by Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and will give a speech on the second day of his visit.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22NAGOYA, Japan - Japan hosts a two-day meeting of G20 Foreign Ministers in Nagoya (to Nov. 23).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23TOKYO – Pope Francis will visit Japan, during which time he will go to Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as Tokyo (to Nov 26).
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- SWITZERLAND – Referendum election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting.
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- NAMIBIA – Referendum election.
- NAMIBIA - Namibian National Assembly election.
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